First bit of advice: don't ride it home. Riding a side car is very very different from a motorbike. Your experience on two wheels will actually count against you on three of them. Honest. The handling is totally different. A class of its own really.
Second: keep a big bag of sand in the sidecar boot. It will counteract the natural tendency of the sidecar to lift in turns.
Here are some links (keep in mind that steering advice is dependent on which side of the bike the car is placed):
http://motorvation.com/scmanul1.htm
http://home.jps.net/~snowbum/sidecarbasics.htm
http://hometown.aol.com/sidebike99/sidecararticles.html
Lastly, you certainly will not be able to register the outfit if the car is on the "wrong" side for the UK. If you do have to sell, drop me a line first, as I would love to own the rig you've bought.
This lot are very friendly:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sidecarsuk/
There are loads of clubs out there.
Go easy, do a rider's course, enjoy.
Good luck,
Simon
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Simon Kennedy
Around the world 2000-2004, on a 1993 Honda Transalp
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