Pros and Cons of Sidecar in South America

[martinef]

Looking for adventure travel experiences with a sidecar attached a motorcycle!!!! We are thinking about adding a sidecar to our 2007 DL1000 and we would like to hear from people that actually have traveled or are traveling with a sidecar. Please if you are not one of this people, refer me to them, we need to see pros and cons of this kind of way to travel and make the decision. This bike is going to be part of MotoNomadas-Explorando el Sur 2010-2012 journey two-up from Charleston SC to South America.

After reading Hubert Kriegel adventures, we started getting the idea about the side car because we know we are going to go through a lot of off road on our trip to SA, and it seems the handling of the DL1000 with sidecar off road is different but easier than by the bike itself. I do not have that much of experience off road with the big bike, we use to have a BMW F650gs and used to go off road with no problems or fears. When we tried going off road with the Strom, we did not have a good experience, it feels scary.....I do not feel the front end.....even after recommended modifications were done, so we think, the sidecar might give the bike more stability and plus it is going to be good to have, so my girlfriend is going to be able to take pics easier and feel more comfortable during the long journey.

Thanks for your contributions!!!

MotoNomadas-Explorando el Sur-2010-2012
2 Latinos+1 DL1000+1 Sidecar
Efrain Martinez
Ileana La Torre