Ural, strong as a bull

[guzzi850m2]

Found this in a Triumph forum but thought I will share it as it's very impressive and any serious off-road biker should see.

 

PS; I am not an off-dude myself, did some on Fraser Island (Aus) in 1998 on a KLR650 but never since.

 

 

 

[eisfeld]

How did they get air into the engine when submerged in that river? Holy crap...

[canthai55]

Only other bike to navigate the wet rock portion would be a trials bike with the world champ riding it. And still doubtful. Long Way round would have had much more success in portions of their trip if equipped with these. Thanks for posting.

[papa al]

The side car wheel is driven, acting as a propeller too!

So cool!!

[KhruGin]

Pretty good eh, thx for the vid.

[BSJ]

The driven sidecar wheel is a real bonus.  I'd rather have one of those for my wife than the Wave and little blue trailer she currently uses around the farm and orchard. If the chair was removable I could make a carrier for the water pumps.   

 

Ps: Holly sh.te, I just looked up the price in Oz........Au$21k and up! 

[canuckamuck]

I really could use one of those, surely they can't be 21k Au though, that must be a mistake.

[oldcarguy]

I wonder what the quality is now /

Back in the 90s after the wall came down the quality was very bad . and anyone that really wanted one hunted out a 1960s-70s built one ,

 

China built one too (BMW copy) but I do not know if it had a driven sidecar

[canthai55]

1 hour ago, canuckamuck said:

I really could use one of those, surely they can't be 21k Au though, that must be a mistake.

 

$20,599 in Edmonton, AB

[canuckamuck]

Darn

[papa al]

Wonder about that rear axel.

Just a straight axel, 

no differential ?

Hmmm...

 

[BSJ]

On 1/21/2017 at 1:48 AM, papa al said:

Wonder about that rear axel.

Just a straight axel, 

no differential ?

Hmmm...

 

It may have a friction clutch on the chair wheel just in case <deleted> happens!

[DekDaeng]

On 1/20/2017 at 8:17 AM, BSJ said:

The driven sidecar wheel is a real bonus.  I'd rather have one of those for my wife than the Wave and little blue trailer she currently uses around the farm and orchard. If the chair was removable I could make a carrier for the water pumps.   

 

Ps: Holly sh.te, I just looked up the price in Oz........Au$21k and up! 

Looks like a diff - which may not be a bonus - unless it's slippery or a locker.

 

[jackdd]

http://advrider.com/index.php?threads/why-you-should-not-buy-a-ural-motorcycle.794963/

haha