URAL 2WD - first Australian review- Roothy 

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What a beautiful bit of machinery mate. Bet it would make ya smile every time you look at it, not to mention what it would do to you every time you ride it.

Superb review again mate! I tried watching a few other channels reviews of this but clicked off because they were such idiots!

At his age, still enjoying Ural ride ? Yes, he has his own toy to enjoy.

I remember sidecars in dirt racing you don't see that now

As a long term URAL owner … gotta say, best & most honest review I have seen. Nice work mate

The first time I see the Ural with a sidecar on the left. This means that you can even put 2 strollers and make 3wd! This will be a miracle! 😁

The value of a spare wheel that fits front or rear cannot be overstated

Best ever commentary about the Ural. You tell more enjoyable things about the Ural than anyone else. And I have a 2017 in the States.👍

Cool accent %) Big Hi from Russia )

Roothy, there's just something about a machine like that, everything is out to see, no plastic to hide all those glorious bits and pieces coming together to make a serious fun machine. The perfect Rally machine perhaps? Been missing the motorcycle reviews since Motorcycle Traders demise. Good on you mate

I’m only 33 and I’m in love, what a gorgeous bike

Все у австралийцев не как у людей. Даже коляска с другой стороны.

... замечательно ! Моя собака тоже очень любит путешествовать со мной на мотоцикле Урал . Видно на моём

Such a positive review. My Ural Sportsman arrives at the end of the month. I see a lot of negative reviews of the ural where I question if I have made the right choice. But seeing this review really makes me happy and hypes me up for my new motorcycle :D thanks mate!

Nice video. Glad to see that 2WD is now available down under. Really nice color too!

Hello! I'm from Russia. I want to tell you that modern Ural motorcycles are made specifically for export abroad, and they are assembled in a completely different way. We have more common motorcycles of 40 years ago. the driving experience is completely different. If you are with us, be sure to find such a motorcycle and take a ride :)

I have been waiting for 2WD in Australia for ever, no excuse not to get one anymore! Great review mate!

Nice video John. I love my 1975 M67 Ural and use it daily here in the UK. The only disadvantage is that it draws so much attention it takes ages to do anything 🤣🤣

Was having a bad day and 5 mins into watching this video, I realized I had a smile as I listen and daydream of riding the Ural. Thank you for the quality content!

I love it, dad had sidecars mated to Norton’s, Triumph’s and BSA’s back in the 60’s and 70’s.

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

Спасибо папаша, за Урал оранжевого цвета двадцатого века!

Впервые вижу "Урал" правым рулем. Спасибо за обзор, очень инетресная новинка

So nice listening to someone who knows and appreciates a Ural for what it is. 75 years of development.

Уралу нужно сохранить такие комплектации как эта, чтобы человек мог сам сделать ремонт, если они пойдут далее развивать мотоциклы то нужен выбор между простотой и ремонтопригодностью и современными моделями

Glad to see a beautiful side car straight from the Russians in Australia, from snow to desert, always beautiful

I bought one without sidecar in about 1970. $650 for 650cc with rego! Even the Tasmanian dealer, John Spillsbury, wasn’t sure what to call it because it was all written in Russian, but voshkod and Ural were possibilities. Running in speed was 35 miles per hour, top speed was a little faster. Endless fun. Thanks Roothy.

From Russia with love! More precisely from the Urals, this is the region we have here. From us begins Siberia, which is so loved in "cranberry" films! So, Ural is not only a proper name, but also a name! My brother's name is Ural, my name is Ildar, we are Tatars. But we are Russian guys and we are proud of our land!

Holy cow, do you know what this means? It means there is now a left hand drive arrangement for 2 wheel drive on a right hand tug Ural. That is game changing..... Australia , N.Z., UK, India, Japan.... Huge markets opened up. I want to the the mechanicals and how they did it.

Lovely shade of orange. Women love sidecar because they feel safer. They can do phone 📱🤳 stuff or go to sleep 💤😴. All of the parts now bought from Europe are responsible for the high prices of the rig. Stainless steel pipe,EFI, Brembo disc brakes, Ducati ignition, German tires and shocks+. 2 wheels drive.

These are Ukrainian now, have been for a long time. I'm halfway through getting a 750 side valve mongrel back on the road so I can cart my wolfhound around.

I *REALLY* hate cars, and owning things. But for this motorcycle + sidecar, I may just make an exception. Damn you.

Is that ‘Milo 3’ mate ? 😆👍 Awesome bit of gear that, would take some getting use to but pretty cool indeed

You've got to really want one of these. They're the Land Rover of the motorcycle world. Prepare to get acquainted with it mechanically.

Fantastic presentation 🤗 I’m in love with this bike 💜👌 Much love from Austria 🇦🇹 🍻

Glad to see a beautiful side car straight from the Russians in Australia, from snow to desert, always beautiful

For the price of 24000$ you can buy in Russia a young beautiful wife and two slaves.

Я на таком без коляски как то в овраг ушел, пришлось за машиной идти вытаскивать его.

Around the world in one of these ,what a dream. Great review

Привет из Сибири.

The leading link front end allows the front end to rise when braking instead of diving

Was it just a happy accident that Ural Australia is based in Uralla (NSW)?

Be careful with 2WD on normal roads. If you corner too fast and the sidecar wheel comes off the road it will spin up and when it makes contact again, it can flip the whole outfit. I have seen it happen and know a lady who nearly broke her neck this way.

Love the girl live fairly close to a dealer wrote them many times if Honda makes similar I would stand in line take good money for one

Great review! Ha, I always rode my CT with no weight ballast when no one was in it. You really adjust to how these things handles, if you’re not afraid to hammer it around. I do believe the CT is lower, which does provide much better handling.

I have a Ural M63 from 1965 is under renovation: D it will be ready in spring: D

Great review John! I absolutely agree with your sentiments and find it so refreshing to see such a refined "mechanical" machine that is able to put such a smile on your face when you ride it! I'm so over all the rider aids (rain, sand, rocks & mud, sport etc etc) that "nanny" all the new riders. Whatever happened to common sense - my rider control is my brain and my throttle wrist!! There's something to be said for back to basics riding! Greeting from South Africa mate!

Awesome looking motorbike 👍 Great video Sir

A great review of a legend by a legend

Finally we get 2WD. Suddenly the Ural becomes desirable!

I've seen so many americans try to replicate the river crossing stuff you see in videos like this, or in the Ural ads here on youtube. They throw it into a massive puddle, sink down to the seat and flood the motor and then turn to the camera in shock and say "ITS UNRELIABLE" No, its plenty reliable. Its just not water proof.

Great presentation, I liked how the possible negatives of a sidecar where presented ; its nice to see a review from someone who understands sidecar motorcycles and their unique features and quirks. My only problem with the Ural is that it's too attention grabbing, and I would say it's a bit slow on the top end(It really could benefit from a 5th gear for the top end) but, I don't I'm not sure if I want to go faster on something that can handle "like wrestling a drunken three-legged bear" on the bad weather days. People will be coming out of the woodworks to talk to you about it and normally that's not a problem(as long as you don't mind a good gab); the issue is that occasionally you will have a bad driver that will start to drift over trying to get a better look.

Hey Roothy, good to hear from you again, miss the two wheels columns and your various other bike stuff, I'm an on again, off again 4by guy. Still got Hilda?

Well said, I love my old style full time 2 wd, my 1 wd and standard 2wd...yes, I have a Ural problem...

Cool This is random but I got my first 4WD

Hey, John! That was great…perfect timing, too, as I’m looking at a ‘21 Gear Up in burnt orange as we speak. The dealer’s pics are ok, but seeing it in action along with your commentary is just what I needed. Thanks for helping me to make up my mind on this purchase. Btw, why has Oz not had the 2wd feature until recently? It’s kind of the flipslide of why the States never got any of the diesel Land Cruiser/ Prado offerings. (And now we don’t get anything, but that’s a different discussion.) Thanks again, sir! 👍

Самое страшное что может случится, стану.... водителем коляски наизнанку))

I’d love to buy this as a regular bike. Kinda like the RE Himalayan. I mean this is great as is only not cheap!!!

Yess roothy. Still got it!

As a long-time URAL wanabe owner… gotta say, best & most enthusiastic review I have seen. Bloody good job, mate! 😁👍🙏

childhood dream of Russian boys

Stunning.

Hey Roothy small correction: the Russians did not “pick up the design” after WW2, they picked up the WHOLE FACTORY from Germany and carted it East as war reparations 😳. Awesomw video BTW!

Урал добрался и до Австралии, ядрен батон, а в нашей деревне их уже нет

Тут от Урала только внешний вид и название

First guy to suggest putting balast in the side car. Yeah this guy actually understands this bike

Удаче тебе Джон на оранжевой мечте

There is no dropbear protection on this one 👀

The smile on your face riding that says it all good on ya Roothy!

i think this guy likes machines

Борода где-то уже zаеbенил крыло на коляске. О кенгуру, небось?

I have a Soviet Union military version of the Ural made in the KMZ motorcycle factory called a Dnepr. The Soviets split the versions up because the military version costs a lot more to produce than the Ural motorcycle. The Dnepr motorcycles have a heavier frame, a centrifugal oil filter, full time 2WD, and a semi-automatic transmission. You can actually up and down shift without taking a firm grip off the left handlebar grip to pull in the clutch lever. The 2WD system is completely different than used on the Ural 2WD. Instead of locking both wheels together like the Ural the Dnepr has a second reduction gear box on the sidecar wheel with a freewheel drive shaft. When the motorcycle pusher wheel starts slipping the sidecar gear box will "catch up" with the freewheel locking in and driving the sidecar wheel with its even lower gear reduced drive. As soon as the motorcycle pusher wheel starts gripping again the freewheel will unlock so you are back to single wheel drive automatically. The Driver doesn't need to stop to disengage 2WD or ever have steering problems. KMZ no longer produces Dnepr motorcycles because they cost so much more than the Ural motorcycles so people did not buy them and the Russian military had no further desire for military motorcycles.

''All the advantages of a motorcycle, in terms of feeling the elements'' That may just be the most stupid and pointless statement by a so called expert reviewer who can't come up with anything relevant to say. How about this - it has all the disadvantages of a motorbike with none of the advantages of a car, along with the bonus feature of being unreliable, and for the low low price of $32,000.

Ойля-ля, "урал" теперь по Австралии катается, кто бы мог подумать! Лет 30-40 назад об этом можно было и не думать, за 🎥 👍 👍 👍 👍, спасибо

Well done Roothy .awesime 1940 side with 2020 texhno features .Thkx John .Garry on the goldy.

Как же так... Видео из Австралии и ни одной кенгуры?!

Nice Job Roothy. As always. Been looking at these for a while now. I think 2WD has just clinched it. Even got my Handbrake nodding, Best commentary Ive heard. Did you bingle the mudguard?? LOL

ПРИВЕТ ИЗ РОССИИ КЛАСНОЕ ВИДЕО

Great video Roothy

When you consider just how many of these bikes have been found just left in a shed and have been restored, i would dare to say that there as many of the originals as there are new ones. Every one likes taking pop shots at Russia but usually they do so without ever having been there or owned something that was made there in the sixties. These bikes were made to last even though they can play up a bit,, whatbever the problem is can be fixed at the side if the road, not something you can say about 90% of todays motor cycles (their cameras are the same, built like tanks but work a charm.

Tough looking set-up. I like the 2 wheel drive and the side car suspension. Flat 2 cylinder reminds me of the BMW's. Good review.

great vid Roothy

Been eying one of these Urals for awhile. Hopefully they’ll still be available when I’m ready to purchase and not sanctioned or banned from import.

You summed it up perfectly. This bike is for people that love machinery.

He is really exaggerating about driving with a sidecar is difficult, its not hard, after the first use of the brakes you know how it will pull to the side, and congrats, you passed the driving test. Expect some sore muscle, you are likely to hold the steering too hard the first week or so.

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I'm 23 and I'm in love with this model, the only negative thing is that in my country (Italy) they cost so much :(

Always love the Ural.. you did a great job on this vid !! Cheers

В России не могут позволить купить этот мотоцикл, очень дорого. По этому мы покупаем японские😁

I love the Urals! Sadly, the prices are astronomical (over $35,000 USD) in Thailand! Great tip about adding ballast! My wife weighs 50 kgs and I have 40 kgs as ballast (Royal Enfield 500 with side car) when she isn't riding. with me.

The Ural is not to go fast, it is to go everywhere; get there and back. Take a companion or loaded with supplies. Simple; it is a war motorcycle!

Just to add my 2 cents as a former ural owner from 2008. The 2023 model improvements are amazing. Its an actual modern quality machine now.

Beautiful machine Sir, greetings from Florida USA

Fantastic! ☘

Great video Rooth. Loved watching the two-wheel-drive dig out of the deep sand. I have a 2019 GU and love it. Just got skid plates installed under the tub and engine as well as a high exhaust. Getting ready for some serious off-road adventures.

Bout time they put the drive on the left side, great review roothy.

First road bike I rode was a '42 WLA Harley outfit on my uncle's sheep farm, knobby tyres and all. Doughnuts, up on two wheels, in and out of watercourses, chasing rabbits. Never did a kid have so much fun in the holidays. Would love to revisit that some day. Does anyone rent these out for the weekend?

Surely the most relevant crit on the URAL for the Australian market But also, the clearest support of this fun vehicle for the whole latent market. BLUEY QUILTY MA Australian Heritage Quanta Blue Mountains NSW

its butiful