Topic: Ural

[70CB750]

Just like the Prague Sturgis 

[70CB750]

Chopped up Dnepr - original Ukraina.

[BeSeeingYou]

Just like the Prague Sturgis 

That's pretty funny....setting aside the Nazi thing of course.

Those look like Zunndaps in that picture.  Does the Ural drive the sidecar wheel  and have a reverse gear?  Would be an awesome off road machine.  How about going down the highway with a fake MG42 mounted on the sidecar....the looks would be priceless.

BMW R75 (1943) vs Zündapp KS750 (1944)

1942 Zundapp Military KS750 with Steib B2 Sidecar

[70CB750]

You got me there, I could not tell Zundap from a BMW

[BeSeeingYou]

You got me there, I could not tell Zundap from a BMW

The frame is the easy tell.

[HotCarl73]

as far as i know all urals with a sidecar have reverse. they make one wheel drive and two wheel drive. two wheel drive is selectable. mine is one wheel drive. the two wheel drive model is heavier, more expensive, more complicated, harder to work on, and has a higher center of gravity because the sidecar has to sit higher to clear the driveshaft. all of that not by much. you can only use 2wd on loose stuff like gravel and snow. the 2wd is obviously better for snow and off road. i don't do either of those so i went for the 1wd. i did mine kinda like a bobber where i took off a lot of stuff to make it lighter, lower and faster. it didn't help with that but it made it look how i wanted.
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you're not really supposed to ride it without the car, because of the weird steering geometry designed to work with the car, but i've done it a few times and haven't even died once. it does handle weird though, especially once the tires are squared off from never leaning with the car attached. it gets a lot quicker though.

[HotCarl73]

if any of you saw my thread about trying to hook up a hondaman key switch saver relay, you'll be shocked by this. the relay kit was four wires. 2 of which were power and ground. it took me about 10 questions to get it working right. i rewired the ural from scratch with spools of wire.

[Connito]

Anyone run a Ural? My eldest wants one I think she's crackers but I'll go along and check it out with her.
Bill the demon.

I got a 2002. In my opinion, one of the best ones to own for a few reasons.
This is one of the last years that have drum brakes all around, which makes the spare wheel usable in the front as well and once set up right, the drum brake stops just as well as the disk. On the hack, the stopping comes from both rear wheels, not the front as a on motorcycle or car. It has the "modern" 750 engine and an electrical starter. Only once I wished I had a two-wheel drive. The rest of the time is just an expensive dead weight.
My $.02

Cheers,
Pete

[knowsnothing]

Peter, i was waiting for you show up 

[Connito]

As you know I don't post much, but I couldn't resist giving $.02 about the Ural.
I see that I have to update my bikes in the signature line too... May be I will do that now.