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Ural Motorcycles Recalled over Rims Issue
Ural Motorcycles Recalled over Rims Issue

19 Nov 2013, 13:18 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / The NHTSA issued the recall campaign number 13V507000 for a number of 273 Ural motorcycles potentially affected by a rim problem. According the the NHTSA, 273 bikes, models 2012 Ural Gear-up, Pat...

 
Ural to Announce 2014 Models in Early December
Ural to Announce 2014 Models in Early December

16 Nov 2013, 08:15 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Ural will announce the 2014 model year bikes in early December, during the North American Dealer Meeting. According to Ural's newsletter, the 2014 EFI (electronic fuel injection) bikes will...

 
One More Sidecar Drift Going Wrong
One More Sidecar Drift Going Wrong

28 Oct 2013, 16:22 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Sidecar motorcycles are anything but stable as speed builds up, but it looks like some need to crash before acknowledging this fact. Problem is, crashes involving sidecar motorcycles tend to be v...

 
World's Fastest Electric Sidecar Motorcycle Does 212 MPH
World's Fastest Electric Sidecar Motorcycle Does 212 MPH

8 Oct 2013, 11:05 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Eva Håkansson and her KillaJoule electric sidecar motorcycle have made history at the Bonneville Salt Flats, getting past the 200 mph mark with a top speed of 212.040 mph (341.172 km/h). Ra...

 
Ural Gaucho Rambler Photos Leaked
Ural Gaucho Rambler Photos Leaked

19 Sep 2013, 07:16 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Yesterday we reported about Ural having prepared a new member of their Limited Edition bike series, the Gaucho Rambler. Even though Ural mentioned they will unveil the bike in twoo weeks, we got our...

 
Ural Teases a New Limited Edition Bike, the Gaucho Rambler
Ural Teases a New Limited Edition Bike, the Gaucho Rambler

18 Sep 2013, 14:39 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Ural announces they will soon unveil the new Limited Edition machinery, a very cool yearly habit, by all means. The 2013 bike is called the Gaucho Rambler, and is scheduled to fully break cover in t...

 
Watch and Learn: High-Speed Sidecar Trick Goes Very Wrong
Watch and Learn: High-Speed Sidecar Trick Goes Very Wrong

4 Sep 2013, 15:36 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Funny and convenient as they are, sidecar motorcycles come with a very high rick factor when it comes to speeding. This is the lesson two (possibly) Russian guys (judging by the swearwords) have lea...

 
This Ural Motorcycle Runs on Wood
This Ural Motorcycle Runs on Wood

26 Aug 2013, 11:17 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / A bike what would run and run and keep on running into the deepest corners of the wilderness, hundreds of kilometers far from the nearest gas station sounds pretty much like a dream, doesn't it...

 
Ural Introduces 4.75% Financing on All Models
Ural Introduces 4.75% Financing on All Models

3 Aug 2013, 06:28 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Ever dreamed to ride a beastly Ural machine across both paved roads and incredibly unwelcoming paths in the wilderness? Well, it's good news coming your way, as Ural announces financing on all ...

 
One of the World's Most Insane Sidecars
One of the World's Most Insane Sidecars

1 Aug 2013, 14:22 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Creativity, mockery, lack of sanity and total disregard of the basic motorcycle safety rules: put them together and add a healthy dose of fun, and there you have it, one of the silliest, most extrem...

 
Infinite Style. This Sidecar Kawasaki Has It
Infinite Style. This Sidecar Kawasaki Has It

25 Jul 2013, 11:34 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Regardless of how cool they might be, modern bikes lack that awesome attire the retro machinery emanates. And when it comes to older motorcycles kept in top-notch running condition and with carefull...

 
Alcohol or Plain Stupidity?
Alcohol or Plain Stupidity?

16 Jul 2013, 12:07 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / There are two explanations for the incredible scenes in this video, at least these are the two which have received major support from us here: alcohol abuse and stupidity abuse. We know that nerv...

 
Super-Cool Russian Print Ads for Ural Motorcycles
Super-Cool Russian Print Ads for Ural Motorcycles

19 Jun 2013, 11:53 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / When Russian motorcycles come into discussion, cool advertising for them might not be exactly the first things to come to one's mind. However, the Friends agency in the Russian capital Moscow p...

 
Rider Run Over during Sidecar Race, Miraculously Unscathed
Rider Run Over during Sidecar Race, Miraculously Unscathed

28 Apr 2013, 14:23 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / When it comes to racing, there's good luck days and bad luck days... and watching this video makes us believe there's bad&good luck days, too. Sidecar racing is a very dangerous spo...

 
Unbelievably Stupid Head-On Sidecar Bike Crash
Unbelievably Stupid Head-On Sidecar Bike Crash

25 Apr 2013, 15:29 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / An almost deserted road in the middle of the Russian nowhere, a car with a dashboard camera, a guy riding a sidecar motorcycle with no helmet. Broil these together and we get one of the silliest acc...

 
Ural Shows 11% Sales Growth in Q1 2013
Ural Shows 11% Sales Growth in Q1 2013

25 Apr 2013, 15:17 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / It may be hard to believe for some one, but here's the facts: historic bike Russian manufacturer Ural reports a nifty 11 per cent sales increase in the first quarter of 2013, over the same figu...

 
Ural T Sidecar Promos Are as Rare as It Gets
Ural T Sidecar Promos Are as Rare as It Gets

7 Apr 2013, 14:03 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / There was a time when sidecar motorcycles were quite popular, and not only in Russia. As time passed and the motorcycle industry got better and bikes became faster, sidecars have slowly drifted away...

 
Russian Motorcyclist at -30 Degrees
Russian Motorcyclist at -30 Degrees

1 Apr 2013, 15:54 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Riding a bike in -30 (-22 F) weather is not a thing one sees or does ever so often. However, if you happen to live in Russia, it looks like meeting such hardcore guys is not that crazy anymore. N...

 
Sidecar Motorcyclist Crashes Head-On into Car
Sidecar Motorcyclist Crashes Head-On into Car

17 Mar 2013, 12:03 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Sidecar motorcycles are extremely fun, but they also come with some downsides. Aside from the significantly lower speed, the biggest negative impact is on steering, and this can sometimes mean m...

 
Riding a Bike in the Winter: Pros and Cons
Riding a Bike in the Winter: Pros and Cons

1 Feb 2013, 16:16 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Some guys on this planet are really lucky, as they can ride their motorcycles 12 months a year and never have to worry as they hear about things like "December", "winter prepping"...