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Dr. Tankenstein

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I saw this old bike and side car on my way to lunch today. I've got NO IDEA what it is, just thought it was cool, especially the 'twin seats'.
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Dr. T
 
my 1967 ducati ts americano had the exact same aprilla headlight. to be honest the entire front clip looks to be almost identical.
 
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well not identical, but very similar. i wouldn't be surprized if it were a ducati front end (different year)
 
They have a small dealer in Tipton, IN that carries these brand new bikes that look like those, cheap too, sidecar and all is like $10 grand. I been thinking about one. They are out of Russia but are some sweet bikes

http://www.imz-ural.com/
 
I'd put money on it being a Ural. They made a ton of BMW military-ish "knock offs," and most had side cars.
 
Anyone here know anybody who has an Ural? I have been looking at them for a while thinking about getting one but wondering about reliability, maintainability, and all that. I did test ride one and it rides pretty good for a cheap bike and I was impressed, I think it's a heck of a deal! I mean $10K for a bike with sidecar and everything that still has that old-school look to it is cool, but I'm hoping it's not like the Chinese bike engine kits as far as reliability goes.
 
outskirtscustoms said:
Anyone here know anybody who has an Ural? I have been looking at them for a while thinking about getting one but wondering about reliability, maintainability, and all that. I did test ride one and it rides pretty good for a cheap bike and I was impressed, I think it's a heck of a deal! I mean $10K for a bike with sidecar and everything that still has that old-school look to it is cool, but I'm hoping it's not like the Chinese bike engine kits as far as reliability goes.
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I have a friend who has one and it has had many problems related to build quality. They are cheap for a reason. That being said it is a very simple design and I have helped him work on it quite a bit. They are definately not high tech and the average mechanic can fix most of the issues.
 
2manybikes said:
outskirtscustoms said:
Anyone here know anybody who has an Ural? I have been looking at them for a while thinking about getting one but wondering about reliability, maintainability, and all that. I did test ride one and it rides pretty good for a cheap bike and I was impressed, I think it's a heck of a deal! I mean $10K for a bike with sidecar and everything that still has that old-school look to it is cool, but I'm hoping it's not like the Chinese bike engine kits as far as reliability goes.
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I have a friend who has one and it has had many problems related to build quality. They are cheap for a reason. That being said it is a very simple design and I have helped him work on it quite a bit. They are definately not high tech and the average mechanic can fix most of the issues.
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Well I am a mechanic so small issues shouldn't be a problem, it's the big ones I worry about.
 
Dr. T is right...it is Russian. The is a Dnepr m 72, built during WW2 all the way till the late 50's...It was a copy of the BMW R71. My friend from Russia told me that they were more into mass production...unlike the Germans who focussed more on precision.
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