Ural MIR, limited edition

RhynoCZ · Super Spammer Joined: 09 Mar 2012 Karma :

map · Mr Calendar Joined: 14 Jun 2004 Karma :

I actually like in a retro get something different way, but can you ditch the sidecar?

...or at least swap the solar panel/rack for a general purpose machine gun to add 'character'?
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stinkwheel · Bovine Proctologist Joined: 12 Jul 2004 Karma :

You'd HAVE to ditch the sidecar.

Not road legal in the UK. It's on the wrong side.
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I've fancied trying a sidecar outfit for a while and this is seriously nice; but:

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good job we dont get a spanner it would be nicked the first time you parked up somwere
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Does it have a leisure battery or something?

Or is the charging system just REALLY poor, to need an additional solar panel?

Tungtvann · World Chat Champion Joined: 07 Dec 2012 Karma :

If I was going to ride across the world on a bike, it'd have to be on something like this.

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Indeed; R1 is where it's at!
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talkToTheHat · World Chat Champion Joined: 21 Feb 2012 Karma :

Surely a BMW with just a few years of development is a slightly better purchase? Looking at the monies for the solo bike, I think I think much better could be done.

There was an article in a magazine (now probably claimed by my boy) not long ago about a UK company making sidecars. Cant remember the name or how much money they wanted, but they were fitting them to all kinds of modern kit.

Saw a late 80s boxer in town a while back complete with enclosed sidecar. Had 95k on the clocks. Owner caught me looking and insisted that want the first time round either...
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RhynoCZ · Super Spammer Joined: 09 Mar 2012 Karma :

Velorex did/does sidecars for various motorcycle, not sure if left hand side ones. Thumbs Up

Edit: Google ,,Velorex UK'' for the left hand side sidecars. Thumbs Up

Edit 2: an example: https://www.simplysidecars.co.uk/sport563.html
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stinkwheel · Bovine Proctologist Joined: 12 Jul 2004 Karma :

Velorex sidecars do come in left sided and are utter death-traps.

I have scars to prove it.

You get left side urals too but NOT the 2wd ones because the sidecar drive shaft comes off the left side of the shaft-drive bevel box. You could flip the wheel, but then it would go backwards. Flip it and fit a BMW engine (final drive runs the other way on the BMW boxer engines) and you've got yourself a 2WD compatible LHS sidecar. Waste of a boxer engine if you ask me though and to my knowledge, noone has ever done it.

I know this because a mate of mine painstakingly fitted an LPG converted boxer engine into an ural sidecar outfit a few years back only to find he had five reverse gears. I'm still taking the piss.
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The Urals have priced themselves out of the market, a second and very similar offering is the Chang Jiang which just like the Ural is a reversed engineered BMW but they do not cost 12-13k, you can have a new one with the option of a sidevalve or OHV engine for around 5k
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