I don't know how into motorcycles anyone here is. I know if you're anything like Jeremy Clarkson of Top Gear and Grand Tour fame, you will most likely just despise motorbikes. But even if you do, you should stick around because this piece has nothing to do with the bikes. It has everything to do with the sidecars attached to them. And I don't know if you've ever seen any of these but there are some very odd sidecars out there.

This is a list of 24 silly sidecars. Silly because of danger, because of the owner's wacky imagination, or simply because of the sheer size of the thing. Either way, it is actually astounding just how many absolutely ridiculous sidecars there are out there in the world. It's almost scary. It sort of makes me question the sanity of some people; it makes me despair for our species while I laugh at it.

All of that being said, I guess it's time for you to scroll on down and take a peek at some of these silly sidecars (if you haven't already just skipped my intro to do so). I think there is something for everyone here to enjoy. Not that you would actually want one of these, but you can at least enjoy laughing at it all.

24 The Wicker Basket

I cannot help but laugh at this. I mean, I get that it's a classic-looking bike that goes along with this sidecar and that's all well and good but, I mean, it's a bloody wicker basket! I know people really didn't care about safety back in the day but I dare say that this is probably one of the most unsafe sidecars in this entire article (save for the one entry about the racing sidecars...those are scary). I somehow picture an old granny sitting in this sidecar. For some reason, I just cannot picture anyone else riding in that seat. Wicker just seems to work that way.

23 The Scary Sidecar...

Ok look, I know that this sidecar is built for the biker who loves the outdoors and plans on doing some camping while on tour with the motorbike.

That being said though, I think it would be pretty terrifying to see some big, bearded biker running the roads with a shovel, a hatchet, and a length of rope strapped to his sidecar.

Now, to be fair to the owner of this car, I put those items in reverse order. If I started with the rope then followed with hatchet and shovel I would basically be describing a number of CSI episodes as well as some myster thriller film plots.

22 JAWS

Before we even begin to focus on the sidecar here can we please just take a moment to look at this bike? I mean...was this bike built in Norway? It has a real Viking feel to it that I just can't (or perhaps won't) understand.

But trying to side-step that bike to move on to talking about the sidecar, I have to say that the only thing that matches with this ridiculous car is the set of horns up top.

Otherwise, this overwhelmingly jagged-toothed shark motif is pretty out of place. And just generally ridiculous. But no one ever really praised the Vikings for how incredibly conservative they were.

21 The Little Red Barn

I've heard of a little red wagon. I mean, I used to deliver papers with one. But a little red barn? As a sidecar? I'm very confused by this, for sure. It just doesn't make sense to me at all. And the fact that this little sidecar is actually just being used for this old guy's dog is also kind of silly. Not only is it a doggy car (which is fine) but what makes this guy think that his dog wants to be hanging out in a red barn? Sure, it is cute but you can't deny that it's pretty silly too.

20 Thomas' Friend Henry

How many of you grew up watching Thomas The Tank Engine? I know I did. I was actually amazed recently to discover that the show is still running! It's a different style, but it still exists. Anyway, one of Thomas' friends is Henry. He is the number 3 and is a pretty high-strung engine. Apparently, he is "based on a Stainer 4-6-0 Class 5 engine", according to the Thomas And Friends website. Now, I do not know what it is that goes through someone's mind to make them get a train engine as a sidecar, but this is the world we live in.

19 Classic Cabby

Alright, I have no idea what this is all about but this is a very real motorbike sidecar. I cannot grasp what would possess someone to do this to themselves but here we are. I mean, sure, it seems like you could fit a few people in this sidecar but the bloody thing is bigger than the bike! And then when you get to the design...I think the owner needed someone who understood complimentary colors when getting this thing made. Of course, not everyone likes to bother making sure that what they do isn't totally silly, which this is definitely an example of.

18 The Hippie Van 

I cannot even begin to understand what must have been going on in the mind of this biker. I mean, if you want a hippie van, why not fork the money out for the van itself?

I honestly would not be surprised if it would actually be considerably cheaper to just buy the "shaggin' wagon" than it would be to have a sidecar designed and built in the likeness of one of these classic VW vans.

And imagine how much slower this sidecar makes the bike. It is by no means aerodynamic. Not with that flat face on it, that's for darn sure.

17 Classy Sidecar...Car

Well, if nothing else this sidecar at least looks pretty classy. That being said, it even has a fake steering wheel in it that I think might get in the way of the passenger who, for whatever reason, might like to actually ride in this completely silly sidecar. I do have to admit that the sidecar at least does work well with the bike in that it actually does match, which is much more than can be said for a great number of the sidecars in this article. That is a pretty good redeeming quality with this sidecar but that doesn't change the fact that it is still silly.

16 John Leenders Merc Sidecar

The first thing I have to say here is that I sincerely hope that this sidecar was not actually designed or made or owned by John Leenders. For those of you who do not know, John Leenders is a Canadian furniture maker who uses all sorts of unsuspecting materials to create his interesting pieces. But I have to say that they all look far superior to this ridiculous sidecar. I hope it was just a fan who used strange pieces to build this silly sidecar who decided to put Leenders' name on the unfortunate contraption. Otherwise, I now have reason to be very disappointed by Leenders' work.

15 Racing Sidecar...

This is perhaps the silliest sidecar in the entire article. Actually, I will confirm that this is the silliest sidecar in this article, for sure. I mean, it's not meant to be silly.

It's a racing sidecar, the rider of which is meant to help balance and steer the actual racing bike.

But just imagine, if you will, that the man above in the sidecar slipped his left hand...just imagine what would happen to the poor man's chin as it smashed into the ground, while his legs got caught and tossed off the sidecar. No thank you! This is just plain silly.

14 The Red Racer

This is an interesting one. I guess it is important to note that at least the bike matches the exact same amount of silliness as the sidecar. It's strange though. This sidecar looks a lot like a really awful box-shaped Ford Mustang from the 90s mixed with a Toyota Tercel from the same era.

And I have to say that both cars are pretty poor choices when it comes to designing anything after but I really do not understand just how it could be seen as anything but silly to do this to a sidecar. But who am I to say that there's such a thing as common sense?

13 The Yellow Jacket

Looking at both the bike and sidecar here, I cannot help but feel the sidecar would be far better off if it was just simply made into a three-wheeled buggy that didn't need to be attached to a bike at all.

It looks like it originally was a three-wheeler. If it was, then why modify it to be nothing more than a sidecar?

And if this was built specifically to be a sidecar then I have to say that no one will really notice the bike because of this silly yellow monstrosity. Maybe that's what the owner wants, but it won't be because of how awesome people think the sidecar is...

12 The Escape Pod

When it comes to this yellow monstrosity, at least I can say that the bike actually looks quite nice. Mainly because, from this angle anyway, I can actually see it. However, from the right side of the bike all you would be able to see is this gigantic yellow space-age escape-pod-style sidecar. And I have to point out that the front of this sidecar looks an awful lot like a giant bottle opener. I'm not sure what the significance is of this front end but it does make me chuckle quite a bit thinking about some giant cracking a bottle of beer on the front end of this ludicrous sidecar.

11 The Monorail Car

I'm going to throw it out there and guess that this bike and sidecar hail from Scotland, and if they do not then the owner of them is at the very least a big fan of Scotland. Why do I say this? Because there is a blue and white cross of St. Andrew on the front of the sidecar.

There is also a lion there which may mean they don't just support Scotland. Either way, this sidecar looks like a sort of monorail or gondola-style sidecar. I cannot imagine trying to balance this when riding the bike...just look how high off the ground it is!

10 The Tin Can

Ok, cards on the table here, I actually don't care how silly this sidecar is. And it is certainly a silly sidecar. I just happen to also think that this sidecar is pretty awesome. It's got that wicked classic car feel with that added hotrod element that is accented by the red overtop of the wheels against the silver of the rest of the car.

Thankfully, the owner of this, while they do have a ridiculous-looking bike, at least knew how to coordinate colors between bike and sidecar.

That is a lot more than a lot of people can say. I just wish that the bike style matched the sidecar style more.

9 Red Slim

Well, I happen to think that an actual, living person could ride that bike but I really think that it would take someone as thin as the skeleton in this shot to ride in that sidecar. Look at how thin that thing is! I think it must be a torture device of some sort that people really would not suspect. What else could it be?

How on earth could you actually fit someone in there? It's not just impractical, it is very silly. Of course, given that the owner of this bike has a stuffed animal on the back overtop of a sign that says "the millennium," I guess we can't really question too much what is wrong here...we already know.

8 Going Boating

This is just hilarious. This boat-styled sidecar even has a bass-fishing seat for the passenger...and it also happens to have a pretty damn decent amount of leg room. I'm not sure how this sidecar would be road legal though in United State. I mean, it is the epitome of unsafe.

It is a completely open top with no front support and I'm sorry but this boat looks at least a little unbalanced.

Now, that doesn't mean it is, necessarily, but are you really going to be willing to chance that and go for a ride? I know that I'm not going to be a member of that party.

7 A Barrel Of Fun

Alright, this is pretty awesome. The bike is at least an advertisement for a brewery so it makes perfect sense to have a barrel as the sidecar. I have to say that I was very excited and then made very sad when I discovered that this setup was not in support of Jameson Irish Whiskey. Either way, this is still a well-matched and pretty good-looking bike and sidecar pairing...It's still silly but it looks pretty good and that has more of an appealing base than most of the sidecars found in this article.

6 The Blue Spoiler

There has to be credit given where credit is due. This bike and sidecar at least match in terms of color. That doesn't mean that the sidecar and the bike match in terms of style though. Indeed, while this sidecar may not look too silly overall, it still is based on some sort of Oldsmobile, actually has two wheels on the outer side, has a decorative gas cap, and even has a ludicrous spoiler on the back which does nothing for this sidecar but spoil it as the item suggests. I guess at least spoilers are consistently bad on both cars and sidecars.

5 Think Coca-Cola

Give me a break. We're not supposed to be advertising any sort of alcohol or unhealthy business like it but we are certainly more than able to advertise something as disgusting as Coke.

The bike and sidecar might match but that doesn't mean that they should exist or that the sidecar is not at the very least much more than silly.

Alcohol can be used to clean wounds...Coke can be used to clean bloodstains and rot teeth. I'm pretty sure I know which one is nastier...but it still gets its own sidecar in the shape of a giant Coke bottle!