This has gotten lots of attention on Ural forums, even ID'd the culprit.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDkLmU0U6D8
commentator: "37 years....and that the first time I've seen anything like that in a storm like this"
This has gotten lots of attention on Ural forums, even ID'd the culprit.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDkLmU0U6D8
commentator: "37 years....and that the first time I've seen anything like that in a storm like this"
Last edited by 35634; 12-28-2012 at 02:31 AM.
K75S
Original litter
Original owner
2012 Ural Gear Up
Originally Posted by 35634
Lee 2011 K1300S
MOA # 30878
Past BMW Bikes, 2003 K1200RS, 1991 K75S, 1987 K75T(bought new in 1988), 1984 R100RT
Back in the early 1990 I was on my way to work. I was living in glen wood springs. We had snow the night before with about a foot of snow. When I saw a guy on his bike with a side car waiting to turn onto main street. It Was quite a sight.
Snowed a decent amount here over Xmas. This was as close to getting outside as my bike got...
Gotta give the hack guy credit though, looked like fun!
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When I was at ASU in Boone, NC, we loved it when they closed the Blue Ridge Pky for snow; it made for some great motorcycle riding.
Jerry Dockery
309 N. 3rd. Ave.
Kure Beach, NC 28449
1996 R1100RT main bike & 1985 K100RS...too fast to believe.
We used to wait for the storms to get B A D...then we headed out! :-)
So, what is bas***d supposed to mean??? I tried to fill in all the letters I could think of and could not come up with a word in need of censorship...???
Mike Simon
78 BMW R100S, 90 BMW K1; 99 BMW R1100RT, 12 K1600GT
bastard "A child whose birth lacks legal legitimacy" often used to describe Ural's relationship to BMW. Probably didn't need hide it from the censors, but this is such a polite forum
K75S
Original litter
Original owner
2012 Ural Gear Up
And I could not figure that out. Just shows what a through and through polite guy I am....
Mike Simon
78 BMW R100S, 90 BMW K1; 99 BMW R1100RT, 12 K1600GT
Some of the newer Urals have two wheel drive. The guy is still a little off his rocker, though.This has gotten lots of attention on Ural forums, even ID'd the culprit.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDkLmU0U6D8
commentator: "37 years....and that the first time I've seen anything like that in a storm like this"
Urals always had 2 wheel drive, though you could get models with one wheel drive.
Joe Dabbs
2011 RT
1975 R60/6
Well, the first ones they made were just one-wheel drive at the start of WWII, then they captured the plant that produced the two-wheel drive BMW R75, and then they were 2 wheel drive. By that time, the Germans were going to just produce the Zundapp 750, as it was considered a superior machine, but the military went with the VW Kubelwagen, much like our army went with the Jeep.
Joe Dabbs
2011 RT
1975 R60/6
The K??belwagen did not directly succeed the motorcycles. It came much later. The first German "Jeep" was a DKW, the "Munga", with a 2-stroke 3-cylinder engine.
Mike Simon
78 BMW R100S, 90 BMW K1; 99 BMW R1100RT, 12 K1600GT
The DKW Munga was a 50's vehicle - I'm referring to WWII. You might be thinking of the VW "Thing" which was a later, updated version of the Kubelwagen (Schwimmwagen ws the amphibious version). Unless you can enlighten me...
Interesting that the very first prototype for the American "Jeep" had the soldier laying down on his stomach whilst driving, such that he could sneak up on enemies in tall grass and shoot. This version was nixed for poor driver visibility.
This, I would not have known had I not worked for Jeep and Dodge Truck Engineering in the past.
Joe Dabbs
2011 RT
1975 R60/6
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