Talk to me about Ural/Dnepr/Cossack Outfits

chris-red · Have you considered a TDM? Joined: 21 Sep 2005 Karma :

Me and a mate a considering buying one by, the looks of it £2000 will get you a tidy one, we are looking at spending 1000-1500 on something that needs a bit of work mainly for shits and giggles. It will be something we use for solely the LOLZ as the kids say.
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stinkwheel · Bovine Proctologist Joined: 12 Jul 2004 Karma :

Buy one, they are entertainingly horrible. Take it out in the snow and do donuts.

Or get a nasty Chinese import sidevalve one for even more authentic WW2 nazi sidecar action. Chang Jiang I think they were called. I think they were knocking out new old-stock ones from the 1950's at one point that you could register as tax exempt.

You do know sidec*rs are hyper-unstable turbodeath suicide machines?

I would strongly suggest riding one before buying one. The experience is truly terrifying.
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grr666 · Super Spammer Joined: 16 Jun 2014 Karma :

^^^
But fun, I regularly 'borrowed' my dads 400 Four with cheese wedge shaped Squire sidecar at age 19 approx.
Character building rather than terrifying I'd say. Cool

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Howling TerrorOutOfOffice · Super Spammer Joined: 05 Dec 2008 Karma :

silky666 hasn't posted since he got a Ural outfit. I suspect he's either halfway around the world or stuck under it on the exit of a roundabout.
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Polarbear · Super Spammer Joined: 24 Feb 2007 Karma :

Wonderful things. Fell in love with them after seeing one haring around backwards at some rally.

Go for it, especially the driven sidecar version Thumbs Up

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Pete. · Super Spammer Joined: 22 Aug 2006 Karma :

I had a sidecar outfit on L-plates when I was 19, back when there was no engine size restriction for them. First time out I hit a milk float with the chair wheel and bashed the mudguard right in. Few days later I shit myself on a left-hander down a country lane when the chair lifted and put I it in the opposite ditch. Later I learned if you do small left hand circles in the car park with a mate in the chair you could lift them right off the ground Very Happy

Killed it eventually overtaking a Sierra which turned right.
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stinkwheel · Bovine Proctologist Joined: 12 Jul 2004 Karma :

stinkwheel · Bovine Proctologist Joined: 12 Jul 2004 Karma :

Oh, you'll like this. Ural dealers not being without a sense of humour.

Remember that scene in the film Armageddon where the cosmonaut goes apeshit and starts battering the spaceship with a huge spanner?

Well, they found out what sort of spanner that was and fitted one to the side of a special edition Ural.
https://www.imz-ural.com/2014-ural-mir.html
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“Rule one: Always stick around for one more drink. That's when things happen. That's when you find out everything you want to know.”
I did the 2010 Round Britain Rally on my 350 Bullet. 89 landmarks, 3 months, 9,500 miles.

chris-red · Have you considered a TDM? Joined: 21 Sep 2005 Karma :

Pretty much as I assumed then, shit at anything practical but plenty of laughs till it's written off. I'll hopefully be picking one up next weekend. Tuned for project Boris!
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Well, you know what they say. If you want to save the world, you have to push a few old ladies down the stairs.
Skudd:- Perhaps she just thinks you are a window licker and is being nice just in case she becomes another Jill Dando.
WANTED:- Fujinon (Fuji) M42 (Screw on) lenses, let me know if you have anything.

Trippy · L Plate Warrior Joined: 03 Apr 2016 Karma :

Ural quality test
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUZOzT4F0DI
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sickpup · Old Timer Joined: 21 Apr 2004 Karma :

LongJohn22 · Trackday Trickster Joined: 16 Jul 2010 Karma :

Any sidecar combo registered before 1981 can have the sidecar on either side, after that, it must be on the left.

RhynoCZ · Super Spammer Joined: 09 Mar 2012 Karma :

Try to obtain the 2WD version, if you're going for the sidecar Ural.
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sickpup · Old Timer Joined: 21 Apr 2004 Karma :

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Andy_Pagin · World Chat Champion Joined: 08 Nov 2010 Karma :

I'd love one, but I'd have to mount a Lewis gun on the sidecar.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p31mw0WPGrk
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