Hi Snorkel i loved your account of early sidecar memorys.Your dads gear reminds me of mine around the same time, but i was then riding a 125 trials Bsa bantem and i might have had a acu pudding basin helmet, glad those days are over, after various other singles and twins i decided to follow the family trend and ride a sidcar outfit so off i went to Sid Lawtons shop in Southampton bought a 700 Enfield Conni. ordered a new Stieb chair and arranged for the shop to fit it on its arrival from the factory.When i collected said outfit some weeks later i to had some hairy moments on the way home. Still we can talk about that when we meet. Cheers for now sidebike