Don't get me wrong: I love the Ural! It is a great bike and I still very much enjoy riding solos.
It's not that I want rid of either of my bikes, more a case of building the bike I wish some else would!
Or perhaps just thinking about it.....!
Hmmm...
I'm not feeling a lot of love for my plan!! ;)
But they're all good points. I'm not too worried about licencing and insurance: where I live there is scope for that.
However if it is technically a non-starter, then I'm a little concerned...
So may have to look at a MC motor: shame...
Presently, I ride a mild mannered Honda Transalp and a Ural sidecar.
However, I am tired of compromising in this way or that with my bikes and lack the funds to buy a new one. I want a sturdy, reliable bike that can go off road, albeit without needing to win titles...
It should be potent...
Mike, Thanks a lot for your time and input!!
I have a design in mind that could encompass the equal tube lengths that would be ideal, relatively large radii, and a single exhaust, but there will be a lot on kneeling next to the bike with flexi-hose before I know if it will work!!
I will still...
Thanks for the insights and advice.
Truth is I like the idea of a 2-1 and what it might allow for me to do, but I loath the idea of actually making it.
The advantages in almost every aspect of keeping 2-2 are not lost on me, but I would doubtless have a problem of relocating the jerry can, and...
Problem is that the upswepts on the right, ie between the bike and the tub have the tub mounts, the 2WD lever, the final drive housing and the tub drive shaft, a pillion's leg and a 20L jerry can bolted to the boot of the tub to navigate round: not easy to get pipes that fit...
Meanwhile on the...
...by a novice with an angle grinder a few files and a mallet and vice!
First of all, some introductions.
I'm now 35, and I left the UK late 2007 to settle in Tallinn, Estonia, with my girlfriend. We stuck to our plan and got a dog and I stuck to mine which was to be still able to ride a...
