Wow, thank you! Really appreciate the compliment Alan.

Glad it was helpful John, I never know if anybody will get anything out of these videos or not, appreciate you taking time to comment.

@@davidwaynegeorge2292 Could you possibly do a video on replacing steering head bearings? I own a 2012 Patrol. Malcolm in Manilla in New South Wales Australia

Thank you! I appreciate you taking the time to comment, motivates me to keep making more videos. Apologize for the late reply, hope the camping with your dog was a good trip!

Scott Evans totally agree with bumping up to 900 cc and modernising the gear box. Mine sounds 1940. Also beef up the final drive. That said nothing is as much fun on wheels.

Thank you and well said Scott! Good to hear your rig is treating you right. As for displacement and gearing we can't promise anything, but we are always trying to make Ural better since we took the reins back in the early 2000's. The difference even in the last 2-3 years is so evident when I get on our old 2010 shop mule Gear-up. Even though most of us have been doing this day in and day out for oh so many years we still get excited with every change and improvement when it finally gets past the idea, R&D, planning and production stages and we finally see it materialized on a new bike. Just gives us more energy to keep going.

Thank you Blake! I'll keep making them as time permits to keep motivating you!

Thank you Tim! Enjoy that new to you 2008, I'll keep putting out videos as time permits. I appreciate you watching!

Glad you enjoyed it!

The Retro/M-70 is also my favorite model Larry. Coming from a vintage car/motorcycle family I fell in love with the classic look. I was sad to see it go too but it was the smart move for a small volume manufacturer when comparing sales by model and the need to commit resources to improve the best selling models. Thank you for the comment and feedback too, you get it... really appreciate that.

I will! thank you, I appreciate the encouragement.

Viktoras, thank you for the suggestion. I am actually trying to do a video where these questions get answered. Not sure when it might be done but stay tuned.

Thank you Stephan, appreciate the comment!

Glad you enjoyed it!

Thank you Jon!

Thank you for the feedback!

Thank you Mark!

I hope so! Thank you for the comment.

Thank you for the feedback, I had not thought about this but your right. If it helps one person it was well worth the effort.

Glad it was helpful!

Really glad it was helpful. You and your wife ride safe too!

Your very welcome!

Thank you for the feedback, it's encouragement to keep making them.

LOL, yes I agree! I was scared trying to do it for the camera. Glad you liked it though.

Thank you Michel!

You bet!

Your welcome, thank you!

Glad it was helpful, you should test ride a new model! Same displacement motor but we are getting more out of it than ever before with the new EFI and other upgrades internally.

Thank you Christopher, appreciate the reply!

Hello Jim, this is an nearly 68 years, 6ft, 185lbs german grandad writing. proud owner of a 2003 ural tourist since 2weeks now. newbie in "sidecar-ridiing". got a hint to "read the road". again. my "mileage" on two wheels at least half a million kilometers. familiar to read where i want to go. sidecar riding is DIFFERENT! the sidecar follows the direction of inherent energy. on bended, warp roads it will be string of "mini ziggzaggs". have fun on every mile. my other ride is a Honda ATAS dct eera🥴

Roque, I will consider it and thank you for the suggestion. I will add it to my list and see what I can do. I can't promise when it might be done as I have many videos I'm working on at the moment.

Thank you for the comments Albert, I still have the shock pre-load video on my to-do list, I'm only limited by time. It will get done though. So lets see if I can answer clearly... adding the weight for ballast is fine for new riders as they learn or even for skilled riders who want a little extra confidence around right hand turns at speed. The key is to get the ballast loaded as close to over the sidecar axle as possible. For Ural that's literally right in the passenger seat. So if that isn't an option, on the floor as close to the seat as possible is the best practice. In my example I had 60lbs. loaded way up in the nose on the floor. It was easy to get it to unload and nose dive but had the weight been pushed back just 10-12 inches towards the rear it would have been much more difficult. So don't worry about an unexpected nosedive just think logically when you load and you'll never have an issue. PLUS experienced riders can feel a weight issue within a few hundred feet of riding. So you could pull over and make a load adjustment if necessary. Hope this helps.

Exactly right Tom, thank you!

Good eye Joey! Nobody else has asked me about those. They are prototypes we have been testing from a UK company. Check back from time to time, there will most likely be more details to offer on this shock soon, maybe even before the end of the year.

The accessory items do subtract from the available payload capacity, just as fuel and other fluids do. I mentioned this in the video because folks have brought up that our dry weight differs from the actual weight. The dry weight specification is from certification with no fluids or accessories, just a bare bones bike and sidecar. However a factory accessorized Gear-up 2WD with spare tire, luggage rack, Jerry can, etc. is already considered when suggesting the 20/70/10 percentage recommendation. In the real world we all know there is never a perfectly balanced load so the recommendation is made factoring in a margin of safety. Now with everything I mentioned, all of this is majorly influenced by the riders skill level, so running with ballast is all dependent on the riders comfort level, I ALWAYS recommend ballast for new riders for at least a few weeks or months. If you have a higher level of experience than you can accommodate for the difference in handling simply with rider input. The recommendations about wind drag and taxing the motor with additional payload or in high ambient temperatures still apply even to experienced riders who seem to forget this. Hope this helps, I apologize... I try to be clear in the videos but sometimes I get tongue tied in front of the camera. If you have more questions please feel free to contact us by email at info@ural.com

@@davidwaynegeorge2292 Thank-you for the reply and clarification, David.

Absolutely yes I've driven several outfits with and without 2 wheel drive . Braking and accelerating is much more predictable with 2 wheel drive

Yes it helps because the sidecar wheel is turning at the same rate as the sidecar. The downside, it steers like a tank and wants to go straight forward. So keep it in 1WD in good traction conditions, 2WD is for fun or traction/handling in mud, snow or sand. Or if you get stuck in a precarious position 2WD can sometimes help you get un-stuck, or if your like me... allows you to get stuck worse than you would be capable of if you only had 1WD.

ural sidecar wind screen = air brake...

What I meant was URAL doesn't know when we will have more displacement or 5th gear. Until such a time this is the recommendation for loading the sidecar currently in production. I apologize for any confusion.

Well, my 06 Ural Tourist has a 5 speed gearbox, 4 go frontwards, 1 goes backwards. Dats a 5 speed gearbox. Remember, it is a super fun bike to ride, not many motorcycles are as utilitarian as a Ural, and UDF is always fun!

Little dog love it!

We are not sure when that will be but when the time comes we have this documented now, we will hold you to it :)

Ural Motorcycles ha ha moment it happens let me know.