Cisco
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Four passenger motorcycle.
http://thebikeshed.cc/2016/04/01/kevils-ural-750-combo-the-t...
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KurtG
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Yesterday was the annual motorcycle side car gathering in Paso Robles, Ca. Several Ural rigs but none as cool as this. Ural offers their sidecar
with a driven sidecar wheel, slow but rugged.
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Gulliver
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And it will take all four people to get it out of the ditch!
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Quote: Originally posted by KurtG  | | Yesterday was the annual motorcycle side car gathering in Paso Robles, Ca. Several Ural rigs but none as cool as this. Ural offers their sidecar
with a driven sidecar wheel, slow but rugged. |
"Rugged" does not really describe these dinosaurs. The technology here could be best described as dawn of man. They used 1/4" X 2" steel straps to
reinforce the cabin. Now what you would call practical but heads will turn.
Every beautiful beach in the world needs a few condo towers - NOT.
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Pacifico
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Love it! What a beautiful ride...
"Plan your life as if you are going to live forever. Live your life as if you are going to die tomorrow." - Carlos Fiesta
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chuckie
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Urals are Kool..I have owned two...Like the Greeves, they appear to have been chopped out of old railroad rails with a Dull axe...BUT you cant break
em...
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| Quote: Originally posted by chuckie | | Urals are Kool..I have owned two...Like the Greeves, they appear to have been chopped out of old railroad rails with a Dull axe...BUT you cant break
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Chuckie and Kurt,
Well, that bike is so cool because it's a Beemer....Urals are what they are....relics even when new....trendy slumming downgrade bikes.
I have a friend in Seattle who has a number of sidecars ....some uber-expensive custom BMW ones and a few Urals....he uses the Urals more for the
rough stuff....probably because he enjoys getting underneath it in the mud to fix something every 1/2 hour....
Don't believe everything you think....
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chuckie
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They are definitely NOT Beemers...I was a BMW dealer when I owned the Urals...That's like saying Jennifer Lopez and Hillary Clinton are twin
sisters...Sorry Ed, Ya got that wrong...First time EVER for you, tho...gotta say that
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motoged
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| Quote: Originally posted by chuckie | | They are definitely NOT Beemers...I was a BMW dealer when I owned the Urals...That's like saying Jennifer Lopez and Hillary Clinton are twin
sisters...Sorry Ed, Ya got that wrong...First time EVER for you, tho...gotta say that |
Chuck,
I stand corrected (just skimmed the article notes and saw "BMW", but that was in reference to who built the rig....my apolo-geeze...).
...that link show some beauty beemers, though.
I have owned a 1973 R75/5 (silver)... sold
1981 R80G/S...black ... sold
1984 R100RS dark grey/smoke trim...sold
1996 R1100 GSA black....still riding it
The Russians took a run at copying the BMW....fun project bike....like owning a British sports car....
Don't believe everything you think....
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Cisco
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| Quote: Originally posted by motoged | | Quote: Originally posted by chuckie | | They are definitely NOT Beemers...I was a BMW dealer when I owned the Urals...That's like saying Jennifer Lopez and Hillary Clinton are twin
sisters...Sorry Ed, Ya got that wrong...First time EVER for you, tho...gotta say that |
Chuck,
I stand corrected (just skimmed the article notes and saw "BMW", but that was in reference to who built the rig....my apolo-geeze...).
...that link show some beauty beemers, though.
I have owned a 1973 R75/5 (silver)... sold
1981 R80G/S...black ... sold
1984 R100RS dark grey/smoke trim...sold
1996 R1100 GSA black....still riding it
The Russians took a run at copying the BMW....fun project bike....like owning a British sports car....
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Ged did you click the link in the article for:
http://thebikeshed.cc/2015/12/24/kevils-moto-3/
More to your sport liking.
on edit: For the Beemer folks, the "Hangover" bike.
http://thebikeshed.cc/2015/06/01/kevils-bomber/
[Edited on 4-25-2016 by Cisco]
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My Daughter pointed out that I actually owned THREE Urals..Two came as part of a trial dealer startup package, and one I bought years later at an RMTA
event...We fitted a sidehack to one of the new ones, hack was made by JAWA with a converta kit to URAL...If memory serves, the retail price on the
Urals was under 1200.00....Had to deep discount em to get rid of them...But other than Ugly, never had a comeback complaint...They were
neat...Cisco..thanks for the trip down memory lane...
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motoged
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Cisco,
I got on to his site from pour original Ural link....nice bikes, for sure.
I like a simple dirt-beast beemer/cafe racer stripped beemer when it comes to modified bikes.....
Sold this backroad beast:
... for an upgrade:
Standard Ural procedure .... "I dunno...maybe it's leaking from there..."
Don't believe everything you think....
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