Ural Motorcycles

[junior varsity]

Speaking of which, anyone know if the Puggle Pod is still kicking around?

heck yes it is - i'm headed over to richd's house to drop a tire off later, duke (the dog) is still furiously humping legs, much like richd

[akmnstr]

Peter Egan did a column in Cycle World about a trip he did on one several months ago, check it out.  Keep in mind that Peter loves old odd bikes so, of course, he loved the Ural.  His trip was all on backroads so the lack of freeway speed was not a problem.  

[Greg]

The sidecar is the biggest selling point for me. Any other bikes offer a sidecar?

I saw one of the sidecar models recently, and was surprised to see a driveshaft running to the sidecar wheel 

[akmnstr]

I saw one of the sidecar models recently, and was surprised to see a driveshaft running to the sidecar wheel  

Yes, that is the 2 wheel drive model.  Makes for a mud, snow, and sand handling bike.  Good on northern latitude dirt roads and maybe the desert and the tropics.  

[ducpainter]

A friend of ducpainter's had an old BMW airhead with a sidecar that he was looking at selling (this was over a year ago), not sure what happened to it. Looked like a great rig.

He sold that last year.

He gave me first chance...I just didn't have 5K at the time and he had a guy in Laconia that did.

[Buckethead]

Kind of a shame. I think you'd have been able to see Zippy's grin from space.

edit: Browsing and found THIS.

[Mulletbiker]

I have an '07 Arctic Gear-Up and it is a blast to ride. Bought it as a commuter bike for the winter. They are pretty reliable, once you get them dialed in.
It does help to be a little mechanically inclined if you own one. Mine had the right carburetor blow off onto my right foot, about 2 weeks after I bought it. Put it back on & limped home. Turned out the adjuster nut on the pushrod had backed off & the pushrod had jumped the rocker arm, thus leaving the exhaust valve closed & upon detonation it neede somewhere to go, so out the carb. But after doing a valve adjustment ( which is extremely easy on these ) no further problems in the last 15,000 km.
They do sell a cd-rom that has a walk thru of just about any servicing/repair you would need to do on one. It's great , just start it up & pick what you need & "Ivan" at the factory walks you through the job.
They are much more reliable than they used to be. There have been many updates in the last few years. Since 2006 & up , they have Brembo disc up front,Ducati electronic ignition, Herzog gears & '08 & up have newer Valve train.

[Mulletbiker]

As far as speed, they aren't fast, but hold their own. I usually take backroads to work, but when I need to hop the highway, 70 mph is no problem the whole 40 miles.

If you are serious about purchasing one, feel free to pm/e-mail me with any questions, I'll be happy to answer them.

[RichD]

...i do believe there is a machine gun mount in the accessory catalog...

Realy......?   

[RichD]

Speaking of which, anyone know if the Puggle Pod is still kicking around?

Go through the kitchen where the 1098S is parked and make a right...
It's sitting in the hallway just outside the guest bathroom
...just around the corner from where the Triumph Daytona is parked in the livingroom.
If you see the dirtbike, you went too far...

I get some funny looks from visitors 

[junior varsity]

that's because duke is 'hugging' their leg while 'dancing'.   he's so welcoming.

Realy......?   

y'know we have a dealer over in grand prairie right? i been over there a few times

[RichD]

y'know we have a dealer over in grand prairie right? i been over there a few times

I don't think I would be happy with a non-articulated sidecar.

A test ride might be fun...

[junior varsity]

i wonder if they do that. in the dirt.

[junior varsity]

http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=422290&page=39

[matmcd78]

That was a really interesting post. What an adventure. I am not a cold weather person, so a trip to the Artic Circle will never be in my future. Now, "if" things ever calm down, I would like to take down the west Mexico coast.