Sidecar Motorcycles Built For Battles And Back Roads

Sidecar Motorcycles Built For Battles And Back Roads MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT Miscellaneous 30-3-32 Cross a dirt bike with a Harley, attach a sidecar with engageable drive wheel and you get the idea behind these Ural motorcycles. Originally built for the Russian army, they are the kind of motorcycles you can drive around the farm, says Chip Uren, a Ural dealer in Knoxville, Ark. "We bill them as sport utility motorcycles," he says. "They are street legal, but built to go back into the woods, too. One model called the Gearup is true to its military heritage, even to the machine gun mount on the sidecar and camouflage paint." Uren says another version, the Patrol, is a sportier version with more chrome and paint. Both have two-wheel drive. The Gearup starts out at $10,495 and the Patrol at $9,695. Both weigh in at a hefty 825 lbs. for motorcycle and sidecar. The rear wheel on the sidecar can be engaged to provide the two-wheel drive and they have a recommended top road speed of 62 mph. The company offers less rugged and more luxurious sidecar versions also. All models share a heritage going back to the 1930's. Uren says millions have been built, and since the company went private, it has improved quality to reach international standards. "This was the car for the common man in Russia," says Uren. "Now the market has shifted to the U.S. and Europe." Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Chip Uren, ARTRAC Motorsports, 24571 Hwy 64, Knoxville Ark. 72845 (ph 479 885-3267; sales@artrac.com; www.artrac.com/Motorsports.html) or Irbit MotorWorks of America, Inc., 15411 NE 95th St., Redmond, Wash. 98052 (ph 425 702-8484; fax 425 696-0834; info@imz-ural.com; www.imz-ural.com).

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