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This could be my next bike... Ural ST
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Re: Ural ST
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Learned Hand
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Nice. I do likey these ones. 
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Re: Ural ST
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Second Wind
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Whoa no side car I didn't ever think I would see that. Have you seen those off road trials of those with the side car. that sidecar drive wheel is insane.
I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active - not more happy - nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago.
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Re: Ural ST
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Re: Ural ST
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Should be Riding
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Should be Riding
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So, that's what the Russians consider a sport tourer (ST)?
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Re: Ural ST
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So, that's what the Russians consider a sport tourer (ST)?
Nope, that's what they consider a solo.
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Joined: Jun 2006
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BTW, an R100 engine will bolt right up to the Ural tranny.
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"There is no cure for Celibacy. But we can treat the symptoms."
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Re: Ural ST
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Joined: Mar 2009
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Stickman Yogi
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Stickman Yogi
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Good looking bike... specs are good too and the price at $7000 ain't bad either. Apparently they're built like a tank. 
Live to love, love to live.
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Re: Ural ST
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Joined: Feb 2005
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Fe Butt
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Whoa no side car I didn't ever think I would see that. Have you seen those off road trials of those with the side car. that sidecar drive wheel is insane.
OH! Do you mean somethin' like THIS, Chad??? 
http://www.youtube.com/v/3q2HJEXlxuc?fs
(...ummmm yeah, I'd say the word "insane" might apply HERE, alright!)  
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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Re: Ural ST
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Adjunct
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I've heard the top ends are garbage and they leak oil like its there job. Thats only what I read about however, could be very wrong.
2008 Speedy, AI removed, DIY airbox destruction with K&N filters, spectres, re-jetted and "custom" rattle can paint job.
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Re: Ural ST
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Worn Saddle
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and they leak oil like its there job.
You say that like it's a bad thing. Having grown up on "old" trumpets, I just learned to think of it as "freshing up the oil"! It's all a state of mind.
Fidelis et Fortis
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Re: Ural ST
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Old Hand
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and they leak oil like its there job.
You say that like it's a bad thing. Having grown up on "old" trumpets, I just learned to think of it as "freshing up the oil"! It's all a state of mind.
DAM! and that lying dealer told me it was an "automatic oil change feature."
Let's hope there's intelligent life somewhere in space 'cause it's buggar all down here. -- Monte Python
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Re: Ural ST
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Joined: May 2005
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Couple of thoughts:
1) Buddy of mine runs a Ural dealership, and took their mechanics training. Says they've come a LONG way in the past 2-3 years in terms of reliability (e.g., alternator is now out of a Honda car). I'd be curious to hear reports on late-model Urals and how well they stand up, but he says they're much, much more reliable than the ones made just a few (4-5) years ago.
2) As I dropped my Speedy off at his shop, he gave me a lift to the Metro in a Ural Gear-Up -- HOLY S**T that thing is FUN! I watched him trying to drive the thing, and it's clear that it very much does NOT handle like a normal bike, but it's quite capable in city traffic, and it's just a helluva lot of fun to ride in the hack! (I told my wife she needed to try it sometime.)
--Jaeger
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