Soviet Steeds

The side valve has only about 25 horsepower compared to the whooping 32 horsepower of the OHV.

I’m guessing that you must be from Texas. Are you thinking of having a bike shipped to you or going to get it yourself? A fly and ride is not a good option for a lot of the country right now unless you are willing to deal with the cold and possible snow.

Those are only changes since IMWA has been the importer. How far back do you want to go? 1993 when CMSI started to import them or 1943 when they first went into production?

$19,999 plus freight and dealer prep! I remember when a person could afford to buy a Ural with out taking out a second mortgage.

It is a little late for you now, but you should of cleaned out and re=packed the new bearing using Krytox grease. Here are the search results for Krytox: https://www.sovietsteeds.com/forums/search.php?keywords=Krytox I think I used DuPont/Chemours Krytox GPL 207—PTFE Thickener https://www.mcmaster.c...

Living in Iowa is probably a useful place to use one. You must of never been to Iowa. If you try riding a bicycle across you will soon find out it is not flat. Plus the wind blows all of the time. Iowa is flatter where the glaciers smoothed it down some but is still not flat. http://topocreator.com...

Many types have been used over the years. Everything from an o-ring that applies friction between the throttle and the brake/mirror mount. Then there are these: https://entermoto.com/best-motorcycle-cruise-control Or the Vista type cruise control/throttle lock: https://www.amazon.com/Sound-Off-Recre...

sagerat wrote: ↑

Sun Nov 10, 2019 2:02 pm

Dang, those are some serious trucks, Alex.

enjoy

outrider wrote: ↑

Mon Nov 11, 2019 3:36 am

Lee Pape wrote: ↑

Wed Nov 06, 2019 9:46 am

What happened to the big wooden crates?

Thinking of getting a new one Lee?

No! In fact I have been thinking about getting rid of ours even.

What happened to the big wooden crates?

When I used to work and commute daily I likes to have a stick. Living in Iowa we do get snow during the winter. With a stick it let me choose the gear that felt best to me for the conditions at the time. The best car that I ever owned for winter driving was a Geo Metro. It had a 3 cylinder engine wi...

More importantly, when are you coming out this way again. You can't keeping using Wayne as an excuse. :wink: The current plan is to trailer the two Urals to where Wayne broke down in Utah and continue or ride from there. This time the two women are coming. We will drop one vehicle and the other tra...

There should be two marks on your flywheel. The first one that comes into view is the timing mark. The second one is TDC.

Are both of the steel slugs in the timing rotor? Is the D washer worn out and sloppy on the cam shaft?

Manscout wrote: ↑

Thu Oct 24, 2019 12:20 pm

More importantly, when are you coming out this way again. You can't keeping using Wayne as an excuse.

outrider wrote: ↑

Mon Oct 21, 2019 4:02 pm

I've just don't remember any cycle having an idle rpm at 800. Am I missing something here?

I bet you had some of your H-D's idling that slow. We know you like that potato-potato.