(Pics) 1924 Sunbeam motorcycle and sidecar

How cool is THAT! Love both shots Mike! Thanks!

I have this one in my collection as well; it's cool!  Surprisingly they are fairly available for reasonable cost on ebay.  Here is one listing pic.

Same since childhood, still love it and display it.

Neat looking model. Thanks, Mike.

Got to love a sidecar!

Thanks ! I have an older Harley-Davidson MoY replica, too, that I got decades ago when I was (actually) a kid.  After World War 1  In the very early 1920's and before my Grandfather went to Diamond T trucks, he worked at Harley-Davidson motorcycles.

I wonder if it is standard to always have the sidecar on the left side of the cycle, as with both of these vehicles ?

@michaeldetorrice  Mike;

I can see it being that way in the UK (and of course MBox and Dinky were made there).....driver tight to the center line and all that.

I believe the Harley-Davidson sidecar motorcycle was made in the USA, although it also has the sidecar on the left, so I wonder if there are also motorcycles with the sidecar on the right, or even if this was a buyers option ?

I think all the Models of Yesteryear and Matchbox replicas were made in the UK so maybe they were modeling British sold vehicles.

Mike;  Here are some Harleys with sidecar.  Seems to me that the sidecar placement is relative to the destination country the m/c is being made for.  It aalso seems that in many cases in the UK the sidecar is added after the initial m/c purchase.

That makes good sense. It would advantageous have the driver be able to be nearer the center line to be better able to judge the distance.

Thus, it would be a great help to look for yourself than to ask the sidecar passenger to judge and get no reply ....  and also no longer have a sidecar !  

@michaeldetorrice LOL.  Sounds like a theme for a Benny Hill comedy skit!