Looking to lose weight? Well, get rid of your stair-climber and get yourself a kickstart-only Ural motorcycle. I guarantee that you will have calves of steel in no time.
Smutyanka is having ignition issues. Trying to kickstart a bike 150-200 times will give you quite a workout. I am really not pleased that [...]
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The Ural Workout
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 [...]
It’s been a busy few days for Smutyanka!
A lot has gone on for Smutyanka in the last couple days! When I last wrote, we were hoping that our battery drain problems were being caused by the fact that we hadn’t been disconnecting the battery after driving. Well, we had another Ural Tourist owner from Soviet Steeds come by and help us take [...]
Discovery Channel Ural Clip
Apparently there was a tidbit on the Discovery Channel awhile back about Urals. The narrator is great and wonderfully cheeky, and he is dead on about the bikes. ”It’ll go sideways, backwards, almost upside down, just about anywhere apart from where you want it to go. But, you’re never really going to fall off it, [...]
