Are Urals reliable?

Designed for reliable service over rough terrain (from urban to back-country), Russian-made Ural motorcycles are as rugged as their namesake mountain range. Featuring a 749cc air-cooled opposed-twin engine and shaft drive, the Ural is an unabashed throwback – and there are plenty of customers who like it that way.

What country makes Ural motorcycles?

Russia
Today, Ural Motorcycles is led by a small team in Redmond, WA. We help coordinate worldwide distribution and work directly with our factory in Irbit, Russia to develop and refine the best adventure ready sidecar motorcycles available. Where will you explore?

Who owns Ural motorcycle?

IMZ-Ural (Russian: Ирбитский мотоциклетный завод, romanized: Irbitskiy Mototsikletniy Zavod, lit. ‘Irbit Motorcycle Factory’) is a Russian maker of heavy sidecar motorcycles. In 1940, the Soviet Union acquired the design and production techniques for BMW R71 motorcycles and sidecars.

Where are Urals built?

Where can I buy a motorcycle in Russia?

You will not find anything for sale on this site, but if you are new to Russian bikes it should help you to identify exactly what you have bought. If you do not already own a Ural, Dnepr or Izh machine it will also allow you to identify which model you are looking at when you go to buy one.

Is it possible to repair a Russian motorcycle?

“If you are unfamiliar with your motorcycles assemblies, and how to maintain and adjust the motorcycle, it may not be possible to expect that your motorcycle will work successfully and reliably”. Our instruction manuals provide general servicing and repairing information for Russian motorcycles covering Dnepr, Ural, Voskhod, IZH, Riga and Minsk.

Where are the instruction manuals for Russian motorcycles?

Our instruction manuals provide general servicing and repairing information for Russian motorcycles covering Dnepr, Ural, Voskhod, IZH, Riga and Minsk. The manuals are reproduced

When did they start making motorcycles in Russia?

As means of transport, the motorcycles premiered in the twentieth years of the XXth century. They had special popularity in West until they appeared in Russia in the 1950s. Rather, they appeared there much earlier, but these were items from foreign plants. The mass production of Russian motorcycles started in the 50-70th.