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It's the same when you drive a motorcycle with a sidecar. The way you drive it is just completely the opposite of driving a normal motorcycle.

FYI: I have both and the first time I drove my sidecar I ended up in a hedge :D

A good overview of the physics and how to ride these is the yellow book from Ural: http://welcome-ural.ru/documents/HowToRideUral.pdf

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That document says you need to lean into a turn. That's what I would expect. Turn left, lean your body left. The picture on the cover shows the rider turning left and leaning left.

>Since sidecar outfits are not symmetrical, the technique for left turns is somewhat different from right turns. The outfit won't lean into the turn like a "solo" bike, but instead rolls slightly towards the outside of the turn like an automobile. The sidecar driver compensates by leaning body weight towards the turn and by applying extra force to the handlebars.

But you turn the steering wheel the other way. Normal motorcyle left goes right. Sidecar right goes right ^^

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