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A Few Ural Videos

The sound a Ural engine makes is often compared to “a sewing machine missing a few parts”.  I tend to agree, but here, you can decide for yourself:

An amusing video in German about the superiority of a Ural sidecar rig over a Harley sidecar rig:

Who needs a snowmobile if you have a Ural?

The Ural factory display team doing donuts on wet pavement:

The display team showing how the bike can be driven from the sidecar and the sidecar wheel can be changed while driving (2 videos):

Urals in Siberia. At the 3min mark, you can see them drive through over a foot of water:

Urals have a reputation for being easy to tip over on righthand turns (due to the fact that the sidecar can’t turn and is much lighter than the bike), but this video proves that you can also tip them over on lefthand turns!

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