URAL Anyone?
• I owned a Ural for 9 months. To answer your questions: How reliable is it? 1 out of 10. You need to be the sort of guy who can rebuild a gearbox at the side of the road and who doesn’t mind cancelling trips if the beast won’t go. We are talking 1930’s technology and communist quality. The Japanese carbs don’t make up for tractor factory main bearings. Is the quality reasonably high for a “new classic”? The Russian parts are still awful. Paint etc. are OK. How hard is it to work on (relative to classic F)? Easy. This is the only redeeming feature of the quality problems. You still break lots of unrelated bits during any strip down until you’ve dumped all the Russian crud. You have to rebuild the bike to Western standards before if is anything more than a curiosity. Its better to start with a basic Western machine like the airhead. How is the new 750 cc engine? Don’t know, mine was a 650. I doubt they’ve changed much inside the crank case and gearbox. How is the company to deal with? U
