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Awesome sidecars
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Dragonrider
New member
Anyone interested in riding a hack should take the rider's class - I have, and for the roads I ride on, my Spyder is as close as I'll ever come to one. Among other things, I'm a licensed pilot, and "flying the car" is as inspiring as an pulling a stall and ending in a spin.... :chat:
Smylinacha
Yellinacha
Well if we ever get a Ural, I'd love to learn! I heard driving a hack is hard to do.
Not hard just different. I had forgotten how different till I jumped on the Ural the other day and had my first mishap on her. I put her into the fence next door when I made the sharp up hill right to go up the driveway.
Buggered up my left turn signal and brused my pride. Damn Spyder is so stable I forgot just how much I need gear back in corners on the Ural.
My Ural will go 70+ mph but you do not want to run that fast, you are just wringing the life out of her. 55 MPHs and she'll hum along all day without complaint. Back woods roads, offroad she will really shines. You can haul 600lbs of gear in the sidecar or mans best friend as well as your SO.
If you are in a hurry stick to the Spyder. For chores around town or exploring back roads the Ural is a great tool. The MPG is like the Spyder 26 to 38/40 depending on how hard you ride. The Ural and Spyder are the perfect pair mfor me. If someone does get a Ural the sidecar Trike course is a MUST IMHO.
RAL
Dragonrider
New member
:agree: I really recommend the course, if you have any interest at all. The one I took had both sidecars and standard trikes. My course gave me a 30% discount for bringing my Spyder, which none of the instructors had ever ridden!! Might be worth a shot out there too....
Smylinacha
Yellinacha
HDX keeps saying he wants a Ural - this way we can ride in the snow and off road. Not in a hurry - not in that type of weather but it would be fun! There is a guy at work who rides one. Don't see too many of them around but I think they are totally cool!:2thumbs:
NancysToy
Motorbike Professor
Nancy wanted us to get one real bad. I talked her out of it, and eventually she got her Spyder instead. I am so glad! I am not too fond of the Ural. Probably due to my BMWs. The Ural is a copy that originated with the WWII era Beemers. I like vintage, but that may be taking things too far. Next thing you know they will be reproducing Orville & Wilbur Wright's airplane. :joke:
Been there, Done that.
But I really would like to have a Ural, just for the back road stuff. We spent many years and many miles on Harley Sidecars. Last one was a 90 Ultra Classic. Sold that and bought our S3t Buell (still have it). We were racing cars then and weren't doing much riding. When I finally got tired working 5 days a week on the race car for one night of racing we decided to go back to motorcycle touring. It was getting pretty hard for me to muscle a big rig around so we started looking at trikes. I put a Gold Wing/Hannigan kit together in 04, Harley Ultra/CSC in 07, bought and sold a Tri-Glide this year (09) and took delivery of our new RT-S on the 23rd of Dec.
Sidecars require a whole new learning experience and while we enjoyed them the trikes, in our case, are just more fun.
I also had a racing career with sidecars. We raced a dirt sidecar for several years. In 1977 I lost the heat race and the main event in the national AMA amatuer championship for the 500cc class, crashing out when I ran into the back of the first place rig.
pps: In 1980 we won the whole thing without losing any races. Pretty much my 15 minutes of fame.
We are looking forward to many miles on the new Spyder, big trip this summer, New Hampshire to see friends, Maine, then the ferry to Nova Scotia. Still haven't planned the whole route but thinking of using 3 or 4 weeks to do it. Ok, that's probably more information than anybody wanted to know so I'll sign off now.
Dwight
But I really would like to have a Ural, just for the back road stuff. We spent many years and many miles on Harley Sidecars. Last one was a 90 Ultra Classic. Sold that and bought our S3t Buell (still have it). We were racing cars then and weren't doing much riding. When I finally got tired working 5 days a week on the race car for one night of racing we decided to go back to motorcycle touring. It was getting pretty hard for me to muscle a big rig around so we started looking at trikes. I put a Gold Wing/Hannigan kit together in 04, Harley Ultra/CSC in 07, bought and sold a Tri-Glide this year (09) and took delivery of our new RT-S on the 23rd of Dec.
Sidecars require a whole new learning experience and while we enjoyed them the trikes, in our case, are just more fun.
I also had a racing career with sidecars. We raced a dirt sidecar for several years. In 1977 I lost the heat race and the main event in the national AMA amatuer championship for the 500cc class, crashing out when I ran into the back of the first place rig.
pps: In 1980 we won the whole thing without losing any races. Pretty much my 15 minutes of fame.We are looking forward to many miles on the new Spyder, big trip this summer, New Hampshire to see friends, Maine, then the ferry to Nova Scotia. Still haven't planned the whole route but thinking of using 3 or 4 weeks to do it. Ok, that's probably more information than anybody wanted to know so I'll sign off now.
Dwight
dltang
Very Handy Member
I've been looking real hard at this one.
I think Bruce would like this one, just for the name alone.
dltang
Very Handy Member
The Red October is a sweet looking unit. I was thinking it would be pretty cool to own for street use( too pretty to beat up in the woods and it is one wheel drive) when I found the Spyders.
The Urals are not for eveyone, you will be happier if you don't mind twisting a wrench once in a while. 2005s are much better than the 04s and older and the 08s and newer are much better than the 05s. Most of what goes wrong can be fixed at home and the newer models are WAY more dependible than most people believe.
If you really are interested check out soviet steeds forum: http://sovietsteeds.com/
You will get a better idea of what to expect from the ol Russian girl.
RAL
The Urals are not for eveyone, you will be happier if you don't mind twisting a wrench once in a while. 2005s are much better than the 04s and older and the 08s and newer are much better than the 05s. Most of what goes wrong can be fixed at home and the newer models are WAY more dependible than most people believe.
If you really are interested check out soviet steeds forum: http://sovietsteeds.com/
You will get a better idea of what to expect from the ol Russian girl.
RAL
Smylinacha
Yellinacha
I want the Gear Up! HDX can ride that w/ me in the sidecar having a few brewskies :thumbup:
Smylinacha
Yellinacha
dltang
Very Handy Member
LOL, I think it would be such a blast. Imagine me barreling up the hill at Lamont's house with that. hmmm
dltang
Very Handy Member
You can only go about 55mph to get there, though.......
Why do you want to burst my bubble..LOL
