BONNY: Russian Ural Motorcycle at the Bonneville Speed Week | ///S 

Russia and the USA are neighbors. We have a common border and as bikers, we have common interests. Bonneville is a place where we can come together. Loved the film presentation and the design/construction. Running in the classics classes is the best. It's nostalgia and modern concepts all rolled up in vehicle. You'all di very well. Some teams take 10 years to get what they want, get the bugs worked out, etc. LSR is not a forgiving enterprise. They do not give gold stars for showing up. It's hard and tough at teh same time. You'all did exceptionally well for your first time :)

That is one of the coolest motorcycles I have seen in a long time. Very steampunk

Wherever the original designers of the Ural Motorcycle are they must be smiling upon you guys, not only did you make a Ural go faster than its designers ever dreamed but you set a speed record . I'm hoping that you guys keep working on that bike & come back to bonneville & try again, this time to break your own record .

Beautiful bike, beautiful film, beautiful story.👍

This is the most uniquest bike built ive ever seen.amazing talent....keep buildiing u are a awesome builder

Красавцы парни! Так держать! Не сдаваться ни при каких обстоятельствах! Думаю вы получили шикарный опыт. Уважаю таких людей. Удачи вам, ребята!

Watching someone make something that didn't exist before they started is as exciting and organic as a dramatic sky, or a coastline. Awesome.

A great effort you guys…… so take what you have learned find the weak points and correct them…and come back again and give it another run…..👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

What a frickin awesome machine and an unusual platform……the narration was right on point and the video was jewel quality…..kudos to all involved……👍🏁👍🏁👍🏁👍🏁👍🏁👍🏁👍🏁👍🏁👍

Awesome job y’all, from deep in the heart of Texas, USA I congratulate you on a fantastic job! I absolutely admire your ingenuity and teamwork as well as your dedication to the “Bonny” project. What an accomplishment and fantastic result. I would have never imagined a land speed record Ural ! OUTSTANDING!

Great bunch of guys with a dream that required a team...must watch!

Beautiful work of art!

10/10 better see you guys back on the flats. The journey gave me goose bumps and i wasn't even there.

Atleasty’all tried & you’ve built an AMAZING BIKE !

Amazing story, amazing team, and an amazing beautiful and performing motorcycle. Much respect...

Fantastic effort guys, you can be very proud of that. Love that bike, it's brilliant, fabulous ingenuity. Superb video production quality too, look forward to seeing you again.

That is one gorgeous motorcycle, well done guys...

You guys are the real definition of Hot Rodding. Keep going and never give up. Love it......Roger Stegall, U,S. Army in Germany

actually, the last ever holder of the now defunct 650 sidecar class at Bonneville is owned by a Ural 650! Rider is Steve Jackson, motorcycle's name is Daisy. It can be found at IMWA (Ural's current corporate headquarters) headquarters in Redmond, Wa, USA. But a flat head is always cooler!

Excellent metal work

Hope to see you folks at the Salt again. BTW some of the nicest people I've ever met.

I'm here by accident. One of the best videos I've seen in a long time. Thanks for posting.

What a stunning looking machine and great story! Thanks you

What a work of art!! That fabrication work is just beautiful. And it’s fast!

Greetings from Denmark. Met you guys at Mojave in 2015 where I was racing my supercharged 350 BSA, and again at Bonneville in 17 where I was running a friends Ducati. Great video! Thanks for making it.

Super great video! Drive makes winners!

I owned a M72 sidecar and loved it. What a great job you did, amazing!!!!

Awesome , guys I wish you the best .

Any one crazy enough to try that with a Side Valve Engine deserves my respect!

great video great bike and great effort from a bunch of great guy`s = thank you top video 100% !

Wow epic..beautiful machine...badass👍

very impressive, the bike is engineering art, If you ever come to New Zealand you must see Burt Munro's bike, I think he would be impressed with yours

Great quality and production of video good story too well done.

Reminds me a lot of Burt Munro's story well done.

GOOD LUCK ...GOD BLESS Brother

A well put together documentary of your effort. I was cheering in my heart hoping that things would hold together that you might secure your record. Best wishes in your 2018 effort. Beautiful machine and workmanship!

Absolutely mind blowing engineering there fellas! Incredible skills, and I am so grateful for your generosity in sharing such jewels of knowledge with us. I'm not pretending I'll *ever* be so capable with engineering, or even come anywhere close to it, but the joy I feel watching such a craftsman play his trade is unparalleled. Great viewing.

Beautiful bike. Superb engineering skills .....Bring more cylinders next time :) Well done.

What a beautiful sled! Fantastic work!

Wow ... fantastic!

Fantastic Motorcycle. Greetings from Switzerland

Simply Fantastic.

The old iron and the new titanium. Unique effort.

Don't care who you are, that is a BEAUTIFUL Bike.

Oh shit... what a beauty! Bolts, gold, and rivets.

Father in the name of Jesus thank You for watching over these boys, this was really the act of faith. God bless to you all.

Very cool.

Fantastic🔩engineers , Russia really has some brilliant minds as you guys show , good luck in your future projects. ☑️☑️👍

Nice guys, well done. You'll be ready for the next year! Очень хорошо ребята.....

Awesome guys. Hope you guys can come back and do it again. That is an amazing bike.👍👍👍👍

Super nice bike . well done

Great effort. The bike was beautiful... a work of art IMO. The video production was spot on too.

Another video of extraordinary motorcycles with the sound of a real motor drowned out by synthesized violins. Know your audience. We came for the motorcycle and it is infuriating that we never get to hear the motors without that third rate soundtrack.

That's a great video, I love the enthusiasm and the choice of motorcycle to the build 👍🍻

awesome vidio....i love it ....

beautiful looking bike. Congratulations on building such a wonderful machine

pure beauty, masterpiece. congrats from the argentine patagonia

Deep respect for the Bonny team gooooooo for it.

Wow.... wonderful, I wish you luck for fruture ventures, brilliant!

beutiful say Bengt in Sweden. Good luck with Bonny in the future.

Traditional Russian style - Ural design is a stolen 1944 BMW Motorrad motorcycle from Germans and remained unchanged in Soviet production for almost 50 years. This race was doomed from the start, good thing they have a nice video to show.

Really terrific production and a beautiful bike. Best of luck to you, I hope you keep returning to Bonneville

JUST AWESOME.FANTASTIC ATTEMPT.

Awesome bike, awesome engineering and an awesome documentary! Well done guys 👍👍👍

Thank you for sharing. Awsome work. Loved it....

you did not fail.you are all winners

Going to Bonneville Speed Week is one of my bucket list events.

I thank you for your efforts. This is wonderful.

Great job guys, & excellent video production.

Totally AWESOME !! Do it again !! !!

Respekt guys!

gosh ! my best congrats and impressive re-building job !

This is NOT the first team to show a Ural at Bonneville! I was a member of the Siberian Speed Team, an American group of Ural enthusiasts that went to Bonneville in 2001 and set 4 records in 4 classes: MPS 650 pushrod gas, MPS pushrod fuel, 650 pushrod sidecar gas and 650 pushrod sidecar fuel. Our slowest speed (my run) was 104mph avg in 650 sidecar fuel. 1 of our record still stands. Our motorcycle was all Ural, no Harley parts, no custom frame. I applaud the efforts of a 500cc flat head effort but they were NOT The first Ural on the salt...we were: The Siberian Speed Team.

What a great documentary! I agree with some here, we need to hear the the song and music of the machine above all else, not the attempt at dramatic background music. The nam and machine have their own voice, let us hear it.. If you ride a motorcycle, you've not lived until you ride full throttle in a full tuck for miles on the salt. They call it the "Great White Dyno". It will find a way to break you or your bike. Even on the short course the feeling of euphoria at the end of a successful run is impossible to describe. The sounds, smell and even the taste of the flats is something EVERY speed junkie has to experience at least once. Doesn't matter if you are a spectator or a participant, put it on your bucket list Official "130MPH Club" member - 2003

Enjoyed your efforts.

fantastic effort, with the engine design that you have! Thanks for the inspirational documentary!

Nice one lads, well done. total admiration.

respect from greece

Great looking machine

A most interesting and informative video that is also very inspirational. Gentlemen: I wish you every success, for both Bonny and Team. I greatly enjoyed the video, and am glad you included Burt Monro's quotation. As a child I very briefly met him in New Zealand, and in my teen years saw the Indian motorcycle which gained that 1967 record at Bonneville. The M72 is a great motor, and the Ural family of motorcycles are very good machines; in my humble opinion much under-rated outside Russia. I admire Ural bikes. Kind and Respectful Regards Gentlemen, Uyraell, NZ.

Great video.

Great film keep following your dreams. As a new builder I’m inspired.

A very nice documentary, well presented and edited.

OK I SHOWED OFF WITH THE NUTS ,,,,,,lmfao so good great stuff guys .

This Team has what it takes to Winn !!!

One of the best Bonneville Salt Flats production I have seen! We're you out at the 2017 Speed Week competition? I remember a Russian team out running out there, I was one the silver Triumph Thruxton R.

Back in the middle '60s the local Indian dealer in my hometown built me a custom Indian 1200cc balanced and installed in a scout chassis. This was standard procedure for racing and Harley used their 45 incher. I was Mac's Motorcycle shop in Clarkston Washington. His name was Allan McLean. Probably the most knowledgeable mechanic builder a rider in the area at that time. On gas it would do about 125 miles an hour. However when racing, you would set the timing at about tdc or a couple of degrees after. Start the bike on gas that was left in the carburetor and since you had just put enough straight nitro in the tank you were good to go. I rode it in a hill climb with rear tire wrapped with chain and then inflated. 3 speed transmission. Wind it up while feet flat on the ground and drop the clutch, rear tire spinning. drop onto to the seat. One hard bump and up the hil you go almost vertically. Just sit as far forward as you can to control any lateral movement of the rear tire. Simple. At the drag strip, 1/4 mile 10 seconds. But I was not allowed to ride it. Had threats from some bad people in town who were trying to steal it. The engine is still cold at the finish of both events. You could lay your hand on it.

Great Job just a hair faster than my Ural with sidecar

My father rode one, good bike👍😄

That sure didn't spark like the titanium I'm use to. I bet those Russians had a little more fun in that Cumins Turbo Diesel than compared to that European transit van! I don't know if that's a Keith Code approved twist of the wrist haha but that man is grabbing throttle like I've never seen... I love it!

That is a fantastically beautiful bike......every part is a masterpiece. I am surprised you guys didn't go with methanol right away with high octane gasoline. When I was young and used to build engines to make the absolute power for the street without nitrous oxide, I used distilled water/methanol injection activated by a certain engine vacuum (switch) to inject right at the point of detonation. With a recurved distributor and strict attention to engine "knock" I could get engines to "walk the edge" of destruction and make great torque and horsepower. Very easy to do with water/alcohol tank, vacuum sensitive switch to turn on/off pump to the injector located in the intake and it solved a lot of my problems. It just takes a LOT of time to set up exactly where you want it. I would use ARP studs and bolts throughout the engine due to their absolutely superior strength. Many times I remachined the combustion chambers on a bike to get more efficient quench area in the combustion chambers and quell detonation. Use either a copper head gasket or machine grooves for wire "O-rings" between the head and cylinders to hold the tremendous combustion pressure. and perhaps regrind the cam to open the exhaust sooner to get rid of some heat....(if it didn't cost too much horsepower). P.S. You had enough handmade parts and instrumentation to land a '48 Skoda on the moon! Remember, Bonneville is a sickness that is nearly impossible to conquer. LOL!

The Original Designers was BMW,at ore before WW2...but,iam proud of these Russian Guys.My Respekt,Greetings from Germany.

Nice bike

great work ... no failure there!

Beautiful, you did not fail, you only suffered a delay.

cool!

Impressive! Seems the engine is the weak link here. Did you guys consider boring the cylinders out and redesigning the heads? Sleeving them in 718 Inconel might solve some problems. You'll need some sort of innovative rings to handle the interference (maybe Monel or Invar) but the works should hold up under the heat.

Che spettacolo.

Splendid work !! Try again !! A wind tunnel test for the fairing would help ?

coooool