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Originally Posted by Smithers
Descendent or copy?  a friend of mine has a Ural and we laugh about the heritage of the machine but heck... they are strong and easy to work on no matter how you look at it. Looks like someone made a point of making a lot of things black on there. That's one of the best looking sidecars I've seen. You could slap some BMW badges on it and no one would notice. |
The black paint is factory applied, probably with brushes and rollers, given the exquisite texture. Every time I talk about doing a tear-down and professional paint job on this rig, my friends and family tell me that they prefer the rough look, since it looks older.
The steel rims are heavy, with hand-welded seams. As a result, it took 13 weights to balance the front wheel today. Good thing this bike tops out around 55 mph.
