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She’s Back!

Smutyanka was finally returned to us yesterday.  I don’t have very nice things to say about our mechanic, who had her for 5 months and still didn’t fix everything we asked him to, but at least she’s back, with new pistons, cylinders, and brakes, and she idles well without stalling.  Something is up with the [...]

A Visit to the Shop

So, Marc and I finally threw in the towel and sent Smutyanka off to the mechanic’s.  We found out that the other Ural owners in this area use a very small shop called Brooks Cycles.  It’s only a two man outfit, but they’re really nice, they offer free towing, they have experience working on Urals, [...]