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Very well done on the bike and the video production.

Old Soviet motorcycle restoration.

Cool how he improved the fit and finish.What really jumped out at me was the poor quality of the castings, it stood out to me when he was putting it back together. Turned out great, I would love to have one.

Built to do a job, looks not being that important. I had quite a few MZ, CZ utility bikes, Would love to get one back again but hard to find now.

I don't know what that was but it looked very much like a Ural, those are available. Looked really cool. I had a couple odd bikes in years gone by I would like to have now but were worth nothing to me at the time. I had a late 40s Allstate moped ( might have been early 50s, can't remember for sure.) I simply tossed that in the scrap pile. I also had a 1966 Yamaha YL100, sold cheap. I traded away my 75 GT550 triple 2 stroke for a Norton P11. The 550 ran and the Norton was a basket case. Couple cool tricks in that restoration video I may use in the future.

Yes, it's a Ural. My wife used to ride one of those. Quality of the metallurgy was poor. Almost everything needed changing...from carburettors to bearings and all electrical components.
Despite that I liked it. I last worked on one about 5 years ago for some friends in the British Army based on cyprus.
We have a local dealer near me. These days the metal is better and the electrics are Japanese.
Prices have gone up accordingly.

My initial thought was "No way I'm gonna spend 35 minutes watching that."
BUT I couldn't turn it off; I even watched the ads. What a transformation! Great workmanship.

Great video, thanks.

Someone here in Ottawa rode his Ural all winter for many years although I have not seen it this year. He had studded knobby tires on it for traction and with the two drive tires it could plough through the snow drifts with ease. . The Ural was quite the novelty to see so people tended to give him a wide birth. Studded tires are illegal in Southern Ontario but who is going to say anything to a guy on a MC in the middle of winter other then... you are nuts.