Datsme Posted September 19, 2019 Report Share Posted September 19, 2019 Just joined the sidecar world. Picked up a 1958 M-72M that needs some work to get running again. I think everyone here should be a big help.Once I can resize my pictures, I will share one with all of you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RussN Posted September 19, 2019 Report Share Posted September 19, 2019 Welcome. Looking forward to seeing your project Rig.RN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsme Posted September 19, 2019 Report Share Posted September 19, 2019 Here it is, with 61 years of genuine patina! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luca.stere Posted September 20, 2019 Report Share Posted September 20, 2019 Here it is, with 61 years of genuine patina! More pics! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KC0YEF Posted November 22, 2019 Report Share Posted November 22, 2019 picked my first hack 2005 ural 1WD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vance Blosser Posted November 23, 2019 Report Share Posted November 23, 2019 A little TLC and it will be as good as new. And the 1wd models require less maintenance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aronbike Posted January 28, 2020 Report Share Posted January 28, 2020 Dear all,my name is Vinz, I have stated a project for rebuilding a Dnepr MB650. I will post question and picture. Hope in your help Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott E Posted June 9, 2020 Report Share Posted June 9, 2020 Lots of folks have signed up over the past couple of weeks - How about introducing yourselves!!! Tell us about your rides. JohnJust joined a couple of days ago. Been lurking for a while and thought it was time to join and make my presence known.Back in 2019 just before Thanksgiving in November I found a Dnepr MT-11 in a barn with just 194 Km on it. It was in poor shape being exposed to the elements beside a hole in the barn wall. The engine was stuck of course but that never dissuaded my interest. I purchased it and got it home on a trailer. A little Marvel Mystery in the spark plug holes allowed to work it's magic overnight and the engine broke free from rocking it in 4th gear back and fourth a few times. I did a compression check and found none on the right side and only about 60 psi on the left. Little wonder it only had 194 Km showing as it was obviously a poorly running 325cc engine instead of the 650cc engine it should be. I pulled the right valve cover and found one of the four nuts and washers loose in the valve cover. The other three had been started but never torqued down. No wonder there was no compression! I went ahead and pulled the engine apart so I could order parts for it. I also checked out the gearbox and final drive as well. All showed signs of Soviet Union Slave Labour assembly. Things like all four valves leaking because no one lapped them and all the piston ring gaps all lined up straight on the pistons because it's easier to slip the cylinder over them like that. After getting it put back together and getting 2,500 Km on it I removed the engine, gearbox, and final drive so I could washout any metal made during break-in. Everything looked fine so I put it back together again. It runs great (for what it is) and the only trouble I've had was that USSR red ignition coil going bad. I replaced that with a Harley Davidson coil until I order an electronic ignition unit that comes with a coil. Currently I'm running the original points ignition, which works fine but I do want to switch to electronic ignition but keep the points stuff as backup in the took box I keep in the sidecar trunk just in case of Nuclear war, Zombie Apocalypse, or the Electronic Ignition dies from Alabama heat. I currently have 3,500 Km on the bike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vance Blosser Posted June 10, 2020 Report Share Posted June 10, 2020 Welcome! You have definitely passed your initiation, good job! I was in Russia in 2005 and visited the Ural factory. It was surprising to me how many of them said they MISSED the old government. Further discussion revealed why - they had jobs that it was hard to be fired from, medical care, and a pension. The older folks were obviously hit hardest as their pensions vanished. I wouldn't want to live under that system but I can understand more now that if you were used to it you might feel differently. Plus we always remember the good stuff and tend to forget the bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott E Posted June 10, 2020 Report Share Posted June 10, 2020 Welcome! You have definitely passed your initiation, good job! I was in Russia in 2005 and visited the Ural factory. It was surprising to me how many of them said they MISSED the old government. Further discussion revealed why - they had jobs that it was hard to be fired from, medical care, and a pension. The older folks were obviously hit hardest as their pensions vanished. I wouldn't want to live under that system but I can understand more now that if you were used to it you might feel differently. Plus we always remember the good stuff and tend to forget the bad.After 6 years in the U.S. Navy as a Gas Turbine System Tech (GS1) I switched over to the U.S. Army's M1 Abrams Tank rebuild program at the Anniston Army Depot. Not only was I sort of a Tech Rep for M1 Abrams maintenance crews I ended up working on captured or otherwise randomly acquired (stolen) Russian Military Equipment for the Apposing Forces "Army" at 29 Palms training Base in California. I already had lots of experience with Ural and Dnepr Motorcycles. We found 22 Iraqi Dnepr MT-16's abandoned in Kuwait after Desert Storm, which I ended up working on. I was shocked to find a MT-11 in a barn about 20 miles from my home. I was informed about it by a friend that thought I was just the person to buy it and fix it. I assumed it would be a civilian Ural Sidecar Motorcycle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vance Blosser Posted June 11, 2020 Report Share Posted June 11, 2020 The Dnepr plant shut down more than a decade ago but many were assembled from leftover parts or by combining several bikes, and a few people imported them to the US. Some were honest, some not. The Ural factory re-organized in 2000 and has a very different assembly method compared to it's heyday but their quality went up enormously and they are using a lot of imported parts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RussN Posted June 11, 2020 Report Share Posted June 11, 2020 ...And far better metals in their bikes than before!RussN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoJoe Posted June 22, 2020 Report Share Posted June 22, 2020 Hi all, I've been riding Urals since 1998, when that guy ^ (Hi Dad!) bought "Gort", our '98 BC-65 from Costco back in ... 1998. I've since taken ownership of the bike, and have been riding it ever since. Just yesterday I rolled over 100,000 km on the odometer while caravaning with another local Ural rider here in Seattle! I honestly wasn't sure what the odometer would do, but it dutifully rolled over to all zeros and started counting back up again. So I'm now at "00018". I've attached a photo of the odometer at all 9s (don't mind the broken speedometer needle..... It's always only been approximate anyway) As one of my friends said: "Great, now you can sell it as a brand new Ural!" Naw, I don't think I'm ever selling this bike. I suppose I'll just have to get it to roll over again to 0 in another 20 years! Joseph "NoJoe" Noe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RussN Posted June 23, 2020 Report Share Posted June 23, 2020 Well done NoJoe! That bike has provided our Family with endless adventures. Especially now that your incredible wife also pilots it.See you on the roads again soon. (a viral statement.)The Dad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoJoe Posted June 25, 2020 Report Share Posted June 25, 2020 Ahh, good memories. :) And I'm excited to make some new ones! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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