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Cozy Road Rocket - Honda Helix Mounted

June 6th, 2008 Posted in Road Rocket

The larger displacement scooters such as the Helix seem to be in better proportion to the larger sidecars such as the Cozy motorcycle Road Rocket. The larger motorcycle wheel also gives a better ride on rough roads. After two tanks of gas there does not seem to be any major change in fuel consumption (still in the low to mid 50’s in mixed town/rural driving). 3/4 throttle cruising speed is about 55 MPH.

 

A Cozy motorcycle road rocket with 16 inch motorcycle tire mounted to a Honda Helix using a sub-frame. The sub-frame is over-length, both to be more universal for larger displacement tubular frame scooters and to mount a steering damper if desired. Some wobble is noticeable at very low speeds when starting but is easily controllable, so a damper has not been mounted. The sub-frame length can be trimmed using a hack-saw if desired. The Aspencade emblem on the front of the Helix is not a standard factory item.

Rear 3/4 view of a Cozy motorcycle Road Rocket mounted to a Honda Helix. Mud-flap is included in the sidecar price.

(Yep, That’s George)

A passenger’s eye view of the windshield and grab bar. This grab bar is constructed from 1/2 inch (13 mm) heavy steel tubing and is both a mounting bracket for the wind shield and a grab bar or assist handle for the sidecar passenger or when reaching to the nose of the sidecar to store something. Passengers will tend to use the wind shield as an assist handle even when it does not have this type of reinforcement, so this is a very worthwhile feature. The windshield is constructed from heavy 1/4 inch ( 6 mm) shatterproof medium tinted plastic.