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Ural Delay Factor Cards

One of the things about owning a vintage-looking sidecar bike like a Ural is that, well, a lot of people stop to ask you about it.  Ural owners often refer to this as the “Ural Delay Factor”, or UDF for short.  I’ve experienced this even in the parking lot, and when we went to put [...]

Smutka, I dub thee “Attention-Grabber”…

Smutyanka has been attracting a lot of attention even when she’s just sitting still.  The folks on Soviet Steeds had warned us about the “Ural Delay Factor” if you try and run errands in one (add approx. 30 minutes of time to your errands to account for people stopping you to ask about the bike), [...]