A sidecar isn’t like any other vehicle and Ural sidecars are not like any other sidecars. Watch these 2 tough Russians crossing a raging river. Then explain to me how these completely under water Ural sidecars can continue to run…I guess it’s one of the ways a brand becomes iconic!
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Hope they didn’t cross a river border to Ukraine. These Russians are tough.
Now that is some real badass biking.
How did they keep running when it appears they were submerged??? A sealed “snorkel” intake???
Very cool! Love the live axle Urals for screwing around in snow, fun to watch this video! As mentioned, seems you’d need a sealed airbox with a snorkle, but I sure don’t see anything out of place. Maybe they ran an air hose up the back of their jackets ☺
That was awesome. Real world evidence of what that driven 3rd wheel on the sidecar can do!
cyril,
if the side cars are sealed I would think they are running a snorkel to the sidecar, that or they have some type of pre river crossing: connect a compressed airtank ( again in the sidecar ) to carb, setup.
looks like they are ready for this crossing due to the foul weather gear they have on.
be well
Laurence
Impressive…!!
Never had a scooter take that sort-a dunking and keep running….. Wow!
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I love seeing Urals in their element. These bikes either have snorkels for their intakes (I couldn’t find evidence of this in the video) or they are very lucky. That said, the 2013 and older Urals are so old school, that this kind of abuse probably wouldn’t phase them very much. I rode 35 miles on one with a broken ring gear in the final drive. It was LOUD from all the banging, but after replacing the gear the bike is no worse for wear. I wouldn’t dare do that with a ‘modern’ bike.
One of my clients is a URAL dealer and I can tell you that while the numbers are small, URAL sales in the US are up. There’s a steady interest.
Several years ago while at the Indianapolis expo I met the man who owns Ural motorcycles in Mother Russia.He shared with me many videos of sidehacks doing things we definitely do not do here.
I wonder if the 3rd guy made it…
Other than keeping water out of the cylinders, there would be the matter of keeping water out of the engine in general. There are many things which could go wrong with the electrics alone. I’d say good fortune had a part in this crossing as well.