[Rhodes22-list] BMW Sidecars

[brad haslett]

Rummy,

Jiang Chiang.  They are made by the same company that
makes Nanchang CJ6 aircraft but then that's somewhat
like Mitsubishi in Japan, they make a bit of
everything.  Do a Google search and you'll find lots
of info and several companies that are importing them.
 You basically have to re-assemble them out of the
crate and license them as "home built" motorcycles. 
We had a deal working on some CJ6 aircraft but had our
legs cut out from underneath us by a Canadian dealer. 
Doing business in China is still a bit slippery in
that you have little legal recourse if things go
wrong.  You need your own eyes on the ground at the
shipping point when the money changes hands unless
you're WalMart and are buying by the billions.

Brad
--- John Tonjes <johntonjes at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Brad,
> What are the motorcycles called now? Factory name?
> 
> Rummy
> 
> 
> > [Original Message]
> > From: brad haslett <flybrad at yahoo.com>
> > To: The Rhodes 22 mail list
> <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> > Date: 5/7/2003 3:44:27 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] BMW Sidecars
> >
> > Bill,
> >
> > Reverse gear is an option (one I would think you
> would
> > want). The Earles fork is a "curve ball" for me
> and I
> > had to do a Google search on it.  Dunnoh!  I'm not
> a
> > motorcycle person, my buddy is.  Some folks are
> > importing the bike in small quantities,ie., one at
> a
> > time.  We have about a half-dozen persons between
> us
> > that want to buy one as soon as they hit the West
> > Coast.  I hope they show up with cash!
> >
> > Brad
> > --- Bill Effros <bill at effros.com> wrote:
> > > Brad,
> > > 
> > > As I remember the old BMWs some of them were
> > > motorcycles with a reverse gear, so you could
> back
> > > them out when you needed to.
> > > 
> > > Also, I thought the sidecars were made for
> > > motorcycles with Earles forks.  I haven't seen
> many
> > > of those since the late 60s.  Are they producing
> BMW
> > > style motorcycles in China with Earles forks, or
> do
> > > they attach them to more modern motorcycles with
> > > telescopic forks?
> > > 
> > > Bill Effros
> > > 
> > > 
> > > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > > From: brad haslett 
> > > To: kroposki at innova.net ; The Rhodes 22 mail
> list 
> > > Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2003 8:43 PM
> > > Subject: RE: [Rhodes22-list] SARS Update
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Ed,
> > > 
> > > The short version of a long story is that the S2
> is
> > > leaving Maryland Marina via truck on Thursday
> and
> > > will
> > > arrive at Pickwick Dam, TN on Friday.  A lot of
> > > folks
> > > wanted to participate in moving her on her own
> > > bottom,
> > > but, no one could really make a timely
> commitment. 
> > > I
> > > picked the brain of a co-worker who owns a 43'
> > > Beneteau and trucked his boat from Pickwick to
> the
> > > Chesapeake with the idea of sailing her back to 
> > > home
> > > port over the summer.  Several weeks and
> thousands
> > > of
> > > dollars later he arrived in Florida where he
> left
> > > the
> > > boat.  Not a bad idea but I really don't have
> the
> > > time
> > > just now and I want the boat here.  Down the
> road
> > > I'd
> > > like to motor down the Tenn-Tom to the Gulf and
> do
> > > the
> > > trip in reverse with some diversions along the
> way. 
> > > I
> > > shot-gunned some bid requests over the internet
> to
> > > truck her home and got a bid from a guy who was
> > > picking up a boat at Pickwick to move to Chicago
> and
> > > he gave me a really good price.  It was my
> intention
> > > to move her to Anne's lake (KY) for re-rigging,
> but,
> > > the price was a good bit cheaper to my home port
> and
> > > the driver is a sailboat owner, licensed
> captain,
> > > and
> > > experienced rigger.  He can't move boats over
> the
> > > weekend so he's re-rigging my boat during his
> > > downtime.
> > > Complicating the scheduling and my own time
> > > commitments was our trip to China which is now
> > > posponed indefinitely.  Throw in to the mix that
> > > we're
> > > short on pilots in my seat position and moving
> > > vacation slots around is not as easy right now
> as it
> > > sometimes is, and well, my new baby is going on
> a
> > > truck and that's that.  We bought another
> apartment
> > > in
> > > Beijing (we'll rent our other one) and its under
> > > construction now.  We really wanted to be more
> > > pro-active in choosing the finish materials on
> this
> > > one but Fan's sister is e-mailing us photos and
> > > through the internet, we're involved as much as
> > > possible.  Remember the old German side-car
> > > motorcycles from WW2 movies?  They were made by
> BMW
> > > and the factory ended up in Soviet hands.  They
> > > moved
> > > the whole factory to the Ural mountains and then
> > > traded it to the Chinese in the 50's.  They
> still
> > > build them, exactly as they were in 1936.  My
> best
> > > friend and I are importing a whole container of
> them
> > > and I really need to get to Beijing to supervise
> > > them
> > > going on the ship.  That's been postponed as
> well. 
> > > We're sponsoring the daughter of one of Fan's
> > > college
> > > buddies to live with us and attend her junior
> year
> > > of
> > > high school here.  That may be at risk as well. 
> > > This
> > > SARS thing has really turned the Asian world
> upside
> > > down.  We'll just have to ride this thing out
> > > through
> > > the summer on our new boat.  Life sucks!
> > > 
> > > Brad
> > > --- Kroposki <kroposki at innova.net> wrote:
> > > > Brad, 
> > > > Any more details how you will get the boat to
> the
> > > > "Mid West"?
> > > >                                    Ed K
> > > > 
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
> > > > [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On
> > > > Behalf Of brad haslett
> > > > Sent: Monday, May 05, 2003 4:59 PM
> > > > To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
> > > > Subject: [Rhodes22-list] SARS Update
> > > > 
> > > > We postponed our annual trip to China for
> obvious
> > > > reasons.  I fed Fan daily with more bad news
> but
> > > her
> > > > parents in China followed the party line (read
> the
> > > > newspapers) until it was too overwhelming to
> > > ignore.
> > > > 
> > > > Then the truth came out. Now, Beijing has a
> 911
> > > type
> > > > phone number, 120, that you can call if you
> have
> > > > SARS
> > > > symptoms and need transportation to a
> treatment
> > > > center.  During Fan's last weekly phone
> > > conversation
> > > > with her sister and parents the following
> story
> > > was
> > > > told. My sister-in-law has a three year old
> 
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