When we think of the Meadow Brook Concours D'Elegance, motorcycles don't normally come to the front of the mind — it's all about old and exotic automobiles. This year Meadow Brook featured a selection of classic motorbikes featuring sidecars. Great fun was had trying to figure out the mechanism details: Every motorcycle seemed to have a different solution to the same problem, and we had a good ole time trying to figure out what all the widgets did. It's safe to say these side car motorcycles are a fair bit more civilized than the Cat III.

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