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Even Huell Howser, the host of PBS-affiliate KCET TV's popular "California Gold," showed up for the weekend event that brought sidecar rigs trundling into L.A.'s Griffith Park from all points of the compass. After all, this is the mother lode for rare, unusual and very high-tech sidehacks and their equally unique owners and fans, and the 32nd such gathering was no exception. Just ask its organizer Doug Bingham, aka "Mr. Sidecar."
Back in 1969 Bingham founded a company called Side Strider and began designing and building street sidecars. Besides production rigs from Harley-Davidson, Doug's "Bingham MK-1" was the first sidecar in several decades made available to the public--the event was even marked within the pages of the December 1969 issue of Popular Science magazine.
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It was no surprise to see some racing "cars" at this year's event, since Bingham himself was a racer, having campaigned...
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