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How the Cozy sidecar mounts on a motorcycle (Enfield Bullet motorcycle made in India shown)
The current Cozy system of sidecar attachment was developed specifically to fit the Enfield and Yezdi (Jawa) motorcycles manufactured in India. While this mounting system was specifically developed for Enfield Bullet and Czech Jawa motorcycles, Cozy sidecars are very widely used in India on a tremendous variety of motorcycles, old and new, large and small, although this may require some adaptation and modification of the mounting hardware (and installer ingenuity).
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The Cozy sidecar mounting system has evolved
over the last 50 years for use on some of the
worst roads that you will ever encounter.
This view shows the main attachment point of the Cozy mounting system for motorcycles. This massive and extremely strong clamp securely bolts around the front down tube or frame member.
This locates the main sidecar attachment point at
one of the strongest points of the motorcycle.
The flange style attachment allows easy
dismounting when you wish to use the motorcycle without the sidecar, and re-attachment
without loss of alignment or lean angle settings.
Note that this mount does not interfere in any way with either the center or side stand, thus these can remain installed for easy dismounting of
the sidecar for motorcycle only use.
The tubular mounting, retained by 4 heavy machine screws allows easy and rapid adjustment of the motorcycle/sidecar lean angle which
corresponds to camber in a four wheel vehicle.
This adjustment has a major effect on the
tendency of a motorcycle with sidecar to pull
to one side or the other. The amount of weight
in the sidecar will determine the amount of lean necessary for neutral (no pull) steering. Therefore you may wish to make adjustment when the sidecar load is significantly changed, for example from lightly loaded everyday use to a heavily loaded condition for touring/camping. Difficult (or non-existent) lean angle adjustment seem to be a major cause of dissatisfaction with many sidecars
The four bolt circular flange bolts to the the flange in the above down tube mount. The center strut
attaches to one of the strongest possible areas of the motorcycle -- the foot peg.
Note that the front bumper / guard is part of the frame, and thus actually protects the body rather than being mere decoration.
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A head-on view showing the immensely robust
Cozy sidecar mounting system. Notice how the
front bumper is an extension of the
frame so that it actually protects the body
rather than simply transferring the damage
to another area of the body.
As shown above, the large diameter tube and
flange, which provides most of the strength,
mounts to the front of the engine, which is one of the strongest areas of the motorcycle.
The center strut attaches to another very strong frame location, the foot peg mounting lug.
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