Dnepr sidecar outfit and/or Eldo w/car

[motoguzzibill]

I've been considering a sidehack outfit and have found a local fellow with a Dnepr sidecar unit that he would sell. I haven't seen it yet but he claims it's an 05' which I question because the factory has been closed for a long time. He's says it's a 650 model and used very little as it has 3-400 KMs on it. I have been searching the internet for more information about these bikes but they are somewhat uncommon and information has been difficult to find.

Any listers had personal experience with one of these units? When were the last of these brought to the states? I might have to part with my 73' Eldo to buy it or have considered putting a car on the Eldo. How's an Eldo handle with a car on it?
Thanks,
Bill

   

[oldbike54]

 NO NO NO NO NO ...

 Build a Guzzi  pm sent .

 Dusty

[Sasquatch Jim]

  Dnepr stopped building in the nineties.  I got mine by buying a bunch of parts in Canada and building it myself.  The frame welding is crude but resonably strong.  The nuts and bolts were soaked in salt water before assembly. ( Russian form of lock tite ) the nuts and bolts are of inferior metalurgy and break or strip easily.
 I put mine together with American metric stuff.  The lectrics are undependable and the wires brittle and subject to breakage.  The older engines are better that the same age Urals, but in the last few years Dnepr
 did not always pay workers on time and a lot of units suffered from various sabotages.  Broken drill bits left in holes before assembly and such.
 If you take it apart and put it back together using American hardwre and Bosch electrics and american wiring, you might be able to get a sort of decent rig. 
  If you can buy it for a completely dirt cheap price, you can use the sidecar on a real motorcycle and sll the bike for parts or hang a mailbox on it or something.