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Posted by Troll
- October 11, 2012, 15:29:34 PMFrom what I have learned about the Ural and it's fraternal twin, the Dnepr is that they are 1936 BMWs without either the sophistication or the craftsmanship....I know someone who owns one, and has been kind enough to pass this information along.
Posted by CDNRatMan
- October 11, 2012, 14:33:37 PMI was actually looking at a Ural before I decided on the drifter, and I learned or was told, Urals are easy to work on and do your own maint. if you have some skill, prone to tire issues for some reason, not fast and slow if the bike is loaded and sidecar has a load on, think some one told me it was like a 300 lbs payload on them....they are cool but the drifter is nicer.
Oh and yes it has been snowing here on and off all day not staying but trying really hard to stick......
Posted by 49Reo
- October 11, 2012, 13:18:48 PMWhen I rode up to Whitehorse in '08, I met a Ural, with a hack, Blaze Orange, knobby tires like a dirtbike, sounded like an old John Deere tractor when it went by me. They are a tough bike; google them and see some of the 'torture tests' the military puts them through; it is amazing. Wouldn't like to be the poor slob in the side car though! 
Regards and such,
49Reo
Posted by 45 Bravo
- October 11, 2012, 12:02:57 PMWhen i lived in Colorado, I used to see a guy with a ural riding in the snow, it was the model with the sidecar wheel driven off of the bikes rear wheel..
They are only a 750, and come in 2 gearings (high altitude, and low altitude)
Really a neat bike.
but not unique like our Drifters.
Sorry to get sidetracked.
Posted by 49Reo
- October 11, 2012, 11:42:18 AMQuote from: CDNRatMan on October 11, 2012, 07:03:55 AM
49'r pity for you, I had to scrap the windshield this morning before heading off to work. But I am hoping to get a ride in before it snows ........
No pity-party out here, pal, we takes it like it comes!! Bigger problem than -3 to -5 is all the MUD from all the sideroads and truck traffic; mud on the pavement in places makes it look like a dirt road, plus .6 mile of dirt side road that is VERY slick when wet, from my driveway to the pavement.
Regards and such,
49Reo
Posted by 49Reo
- October 11, 2012, 11:35:06 AMQuote from: 45 Bravo on October 10, 2012, 23:05:13 PMI like snow, (when not on 2wheels)
I also like your antique diesel plant holder.
(My brother restores old engines & bikes)Sorry to hear the season is cut short up there this early..
45 Bravo
Could be worse; and has been some years. Incidentally, that is not a diesel; it is a 1 1/2 hp Stover gasoline engine; one of my parts engines. I have been collecting and restoring these old flywheelers for longer than I care to think about. I have 2 engines that are over 100 years old; one, a 3 hp Gray Marine inboard, 2-stroke runs on straight gasoline, NOT mixed gas,(lets see if some of you mechs can figure that one out!)built in 1902, and a 1910 Fairbanks Morse type N; HUGE! Shipping weight from factory, not including fuel tank, cooling tank, or skids, was 2200 lbs. Plus a multitude of others up to 1948 (my newest) including a 1926 Briggs and Stratton.
Anyway, got off topic off topic here; there have been years where biking is over by 3rd week of September, and not back until mid-May. So all in all no complaints (well, not too many,anyway) about the weather. Just means time to cover them and move on to other projects/hobbies like old engines, tractors, guns, yada-yada. 
Regards and such,
49Reo
Posted by CDNRatMan
- October 11, 2012, 07:03:55 AM 49'r pity for you, I had to scrap the windshield this morning before heading off to work. But I am hoping to get a ride in before it snows .........
45 hard to ride with both legs in a casts and in traction.......lol....making fun of us up north here......
Posted by 45 Bravo
- October 10, 2012, 23:05:13 PMI like snow, (when not on 2wheels)
I also like your antique diesel plant holder.
(My brother restores old engines & bikes)
Sorry to hear the season is cut short up there this early..
45 Bravo
Posted by 49Reo
- October 10, 2012, 22:17:22 PM (Around here, anyway) Got up to this this morning, 
NOT nice! -3 C (around 25F to you fine folk south of the Canadian border) At least I went riding yesterday. Time to put 'em away up here for the winter I guess. 
Regards and such,
49Reo