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Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2005 3:36 am
by HypeDOG
Don't mean to sound like a "pencil", but who voted for the Wolf?
I don't see the contest. As a comparison, it's really strange. It's kinda like saying "Diablo or F150"?
Just don't get it.
Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2005 7:21 am
by le_r0umain
Have a closer look guys, the Ural engine looks so .... BMW!
I remember, when I was living in Europe, I've seen once a brand new Ural featuring an almost identical copy of an older BMW boxer engine.
Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2005 11:36 am
by High_Side
le_r0umain wrote:Have a closer look guys, the Ural engine looks so .... BMW!
I remember, when I was living in Europe, I've seen once a brand new Ural featuring an almost identical copy of an older BMW boxer engine.
Still, the pinnicle of motorcycle design circa 1955
Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2005 3:43 pm
by Zohw
The ural series bikes are ugly and abnormal looking, which is why I love them and voted for the wolf. Besides I'm not a sporter/street bike fan anyways. I'm planning on getting a ural with a sidecar, eventually.
Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2005 11:43 am
by Aggroton
le_r0umain wrote:Have a closer look guys, the Ural engine looks so .... BMW!
I remember, when I was living in Europe, I've seen once a brand new Ural featuring an almost identical copy of an older BMW boxer engine.
im pretty sure they(the urals) are made on beamers old machines from world war II...
Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2005 12:17 pm
by vega44
i think there both ulgy
heak with them im going with the honda F4I 600
Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2005 1:53 pm
by High_Side
Dems fightin' words!
Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2005 2:56 am
by Buelligan
Recently spent some time in East Germany and have seen some of the relics left over from the Russian's. I would suspect the Wolf is held together with duct tape.
I also wondered what might be optional, sometimes on Russian made vehicles to prevent having to raise the price, they make lots of things optional, on the cars, it's things like steering wheels and tires.
Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2005 3:00 am
by Gummiente
Buelligan wrote:I would suspect the Wolf is held together with duct tape.
Actually, they've come a long way in quality control and reliability in the past few years. They're not for everyone - but then, what bike is?
Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2005 11:29 am
by Aggroton
le_r0umain wrote:Have a closer look guys, the Ural engine looks so .... BMW!
I remember, when I was living in Europe, I've seen once a brand new Ural featuring an almost identical copy of an older BMW boxer engine.
The official version reads that, after long discussion and debate, the BMW R71 motorcycle was decided to most closely match the Red Army's requirements. Five units were covertly purchased through intermediaries in neutral Sweden and smuggled to Russia. Soviet engineers in Moscow busily dismantled the 5 BMWs. They copied every detail of the BMW design and made moulds and dies to produce their own engines and gearboxes in Moscow. Everything about the bike was reverse engineered. Early in 1941, the first trial samples of M-72 motorcycles were shown to Stalin, who immediately approved production of the motorcycles.