| Here are a few pictures
of my bike here in Beijing. I have had it for
almost four years now but since I have a passion for
‘shiny’ things I had the bike restored after
the first year. |
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| Keeping a bike in this
condition in Beijing requires about four hours per week
of polishing and general cleaning. Those damn
spoked wheels. |
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| My baby! |
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| A Sunday morning meeting.
(It's what the weekends were made for!) |
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| It's nice to get out of
the city and head to the countryside for some fresh air. |
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| Fresh air is harder to
find than Changs over here. |
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| My wife and I at the
Great Wall |
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| It’s hard to beat
the feeling of riding to the Great Wall on the bike after
it has just been polished!! I have grown so
attached to the bike that it was my intention was to ship
it to the States at the end of the month. That was
until I met Luke at Beijing Sidecar Solutions and visited
his shop in Beijing. The initial plan was just to
take a look which led to another visit and another.
Trying to fight the urge I enquired how long it would
take to build me one. The whole process was made
easy since Luke and his wife both speak English and
replied to my emails the same day. So four weeks
after placing my order my bike was ready. |
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| Wow! The reason I chose
BSS was the standard of their work. |
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| Check out the frame
seams! They are gone! Luke also moved the fusebox
from under the seat and relocated it to the
boot. I think it’s a big improvement
and makes the bike look very clean. Not to mention
the fact that it is now protected from the
elements. |
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| Even the sidecar light is
now flush with the wheel arch, a big improvement over the
original spot welds. Nice! (And the seams inside
the sidecar are gone) Luke also added leather seats and a
seat belt. |
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| I do like
‘shiny’ things. |
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| Sweet! I have never been
a fan of the standard fishtail exhausts since I think
they are too quiet so Luke made me these. Very nice. |
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| I would like to say thank
you to Luke and his wife Mary at Beijing Sidecar
Solutions for all their help with my new bike.
Unfortunately I could only enjoy the bike for an hour or
so since I won't register it here in Beijing and it will
sit in Luke’s shop waiting to be shipped to New
York. Thankfully he is taking care of all the
paperwork, crating and shipping. I just have to pick it
up in the States next month. I can hardly wait. |
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| Will I ever own two
Changs again? I certainly hope so! |
