Crazy winter motorcyclist.... what's a Ural?

[dw1]

What makes the Ural sidecar rig great for poor roads and lousy weather is that both the rear wheels are driven.

Several years back, the quality of Ural bikes was very poor. Like casting sand left in the crankcase bad.

Since they've gone after the export market more seriously, quality has improved significantly.

In many ways they are derived from the old R-series BMW bikes, but do contain some updates for modern riding.

I agree, the history of these bikes is interesting. (ref. the links posted by combatic's post above).

[VaSteve]

Originally Posted by kaisen

First, it was Seven degrees Fahrenheit in Minneapolis today (that's pretty cold)

Second, it snowed a couple inches today and made everything very slippery. There were accidents all over the place, and traffic was generally horrible


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Third, she had no idea that someone was distracted driving shooting photos of her.


My local BMW riders club always talks about riding in the cold....they of course have modern bikes with 1000 amp alternators powering their heated suits.

[kaisen]

Originally Posted by VaSteve

Third, she had no idea that someone was distracted driving shooting photos of her.

We were stopped in heavy traffic. Not much to do. Stop. Go ten feet. Stop. Wait