BMW Sidecar Kits

We offer LBS sidecar kits of our own design for your BMW. A complete kit may include a sidecar body, fender, chassis, trailing arm suspension, shock absorber, rigging, subframe, leading link fork, wheels, and optional accessories. We are also a dealer for STEPLER Sidecars, URAL, STERN Gespanneservice, RUKO Farhrzeugtechnik, and MOBEC International GmbH. We can fabricate a chassis to accept any body for most any motorcycle with sufficient load-bearing hardpoints for a subframe.

LBS OVERLAND

Robust design for extreme overlanding. Chassis and exoskeleton formed and welded from tubular steel. Highly configurable. Can be fitted with cargo boxes, luggage racks, tie-down points, bench or bucket seat, fuel cannisters, spare tire carrier. Handrail, seat rails and nose shroud for passenger. Leading link fork and custom wheels optional.

Standard Equipment

Bench seat on cargo box
Bench seat backrest
Trunk cargo box
Passenger handrail
Front shroud with black gelcoat finish
Fender
Fender luggage rack
Tie-down points for luggage
Sidecar wheel
Sidecar wheel disc brake
Flexible design, numerous options

Length: 2080mm | 82in
Width: 620mm | 25in
Legroom: 1200mm | 48in
Wheels: cast/spoked dptions available
Shocks: Touratech or Bitubo
leading link front fork kit: optionAL

Featured

Dual Seats

“Fighter cockpit” dual seats with armrests. Replaces standard cargo box bench seat in front, and trunk cargo box in rear.

Dual Seats

Another option could be dual cargo box bench seats with backrests and grab rails.

Standard Cargo Box Bench Seat with Backrest

Standard cargo box with bench seat and backrest.

Cargo Box

Dual stacked cargo box rack.

Cargo Box

Single cargo box with top luggage rack.

Spare Wheel Rack

Nose-mounted rack for BMW Cross-Spoke wheel.

Spare Wheel Rack

Nose-mounted wheel rack for KTM spoked wheel.

Fuel Canister

Side-mounted steel NATO-style fuel canister and locking carrier.

Fuel Canister

Rear-mounted steel NATO-style fuel canister and locking carrier.

Custom Graphics

Custom adhesive-backed letter and number graphics.

Custom Graphics

Custom multi-color decals and graphics.

STEPLER

STEPLER | BMW K1600GT, BMW R1200GS | Photo courtesy of LUDO SIDLER

The STEPLER Sidecar. Conceived in England. Re-born in Holland. Engineered + forward-looking + innovative design. Landed in America.

An evolved highways and byways touring sidecar. Welded, tubular steel external frame construction. Clamshell passenger compartment. Capacious trunk. Adjustable motorsport seat. Bellcrank sidecar suspension. May be optimized for the interstates, or the roads less traveled . . . .

Standard Equipment

Adjustable motosports seat
Windshield
Aluminum locking trunk
Cast or spoke\cross-spoke wheel
Hydraulic disc brake with proportioning valve
LED tailight (matches bike on BMW models)
LED turn signals and running light
Tonneau cover

Length:2100mm | 83in
Width: 710mm | 28in
Legroom:1150mm | 45in
Trunk Volume: 120L | 4.25 cu ft
Wheels: Cast/Spoked options available
Shocks: Touratech or Bitubo
leading link front fork kit: optionAL

Featured

STEPLER

BMW r1200GSA

STEPLER

Clamshell

Clamshell passenger compartment. Cockpit deck supported by twin gas-spring shocks.

Suspension

Bellcrank suspension system lowers overall suspension system height and allows for longer-travel shock absorber.

Seat

Adjustable seat base and back. Headrest. Available with dual-range heating inserts.

Rigging

Purpose-built, 4-point rigging.

Lighting

Numerous lighting options. Shown here, RIGID Industries “side-shooter” LED auxiliary driving lights.

Lighting

Dual-color sealed LED running light/turn signal assembly. OEM BMW LED tailight.

Electrical

Optional sidecar power module. Lighted rocker switch. Sunlight-readable digital Voltmeter. 12VDC outlet, twin 5VDC USB outlets.

URAL

URAL | LBS URAL | BMW GS “TWIN SONS, DIFFERENT MOTHERS”

The iconic sidecar. All steel construction, in production for over seven decades. Battlefield-proven, can be configured to meet any mission profile: highway touring, backroads and byways, two-rack, or no roads at all.

Widely imitated, only the URAL sidecar has a shock-isolating mounting system. Rubber bushings and tube clamps under the nose allow the body to pivot on a chassis cross-member. Rubber shock towers under the trunk de-couple the load of the body, cargo, and passenger(s) from the chassis.

The “essentials” kit includes a nicely-appointed/complete body, seat, windshield, cover, fender, lights, and the mounting system. LBS options include our own chassis, trailing arm and hub adapter, rigging, subframe, wheel and brake, leading link fork - everything but the bike itself. All you need to add . . . . is you.

Standard Equipment

primered steel sidecar body (paint/chip-guard optional)
primered steel fender with led front/rear light assemblies
pivoting/shock-isolating suspension system for moounting body
Italian-made two-piece seat
latching seat base with under-seat tool storage compartment
Armests
footrest
adjustable windshield with apron, can be stowed into sidecar
short ot tall clear windshield
passenger grabrail
dual-latch/locking trunk lid
heavy-duty multi-point Tonneau cover
- optional lbs leading link front fork
- optional lbs chassis
- optional lbs trailing arm, hub and shock
- optional lbs subframe
- optional LBS rigging
- optional lbs cast or spoke/cross-spoke wheels
- numerous accessory options

Length:1950mm | 77in
Width: 720mm | 28in
Legroom:1220mm | 48in
Trunk Volume: 120L | 4.25 cu ft

Featured

Body

Strong. Capable. Simple. A highly versatile sidecar. Dealers and authorized service centers in over 40 countries. The best value package in sidecars today.

Sidecar

Ural sidecar body, LBS chassis, trailing arm, rigging, subframe, leading link forks.

Sidecar

Subframe

Leading Link Fork

Shown with custom wheel. Front wheel is the same as the bike’s rear and sidecar wheel. All take the same size automotive tire. Note large diamter single-sided disc rotor with tinned calipers.

Sidecar

OPTIONAL Chassis

Two to three rubber shock towers support rear of body over rear cross-member (2WD driveshaft shown availavle on URAL Gear-Up outfit only).

Seat

Two-piece seat is made in Italy. Latched seat base has under-seat strorage space for tools, etc. Weather resistant seat cushions. Arm rests. Folding/stowable windshield. Heavy duty tonneau cover.

Storage

Generous trunk with cable stay. Lever-operated dual-latching system with key-operated lock.

Chassis

Custom LBS chassis. Hydraulically-actuated disc brake with inline proportioning valve, eliminates need for constant adjustment of sidecar bake bias. All brake components are attached to trailing arm for simple wheel removal. Wheel hub designed to accept same wheel as motorcycle, has dual-row sealed bearings for axle shaft. This one has a OEM BMW ESA shock installed.

Chassis

Purpose-built chassis designed to accept complete URAL sidecar body and its unique dual-suspension system. Sidecar has rubber bushings under nose and clamps to forward cross-member to allow it to pivot on axle. Rear of body is support on two to three rubber shock isolators to de-couple body mass from chassis.

Rigging

Purpose-built 4-point rigging (not “universal”) designed for each model motorcycle.

Subframe

LBS engineers the best subframe in the business. Each is custom to a specific model bike, not “universal”.

LBS BOXER

The Original LBS sidecar, our most popular model. Solo, or side-by-side seating. Faired/blended lights. Full windshield and clamshell cockpit for passenger comfort. Spacious trunk. A great choice for long-range highway touring, can also be configured as an adventure machine.

Standard Equipment