If the Russian - built 1997 Uralmotorcyclelooks markedly similar to an honest-to-goodness BMW motorcycle , that ’s only because it is on old BMW motorcycle .
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After World War II , Russia usurp BMW ’s industrial plant in Germany and moved the tooling and equipment back to the Soviet Union .
A short time later , what were essentially reproduction ground on parts from different BMW motorcycle models hit the market place carrying Ural badges .
Though the intent has seen updates over the class , the late URL motorcycles still intimately resemble the originals – and , by association , more - modernistic BMWs .
The 1997 Ural motorcycle ’s 650 - cubic centimeter horizontally pit similitude remained a unsubdivided overhead - valve affair , and sidecar interlingual rendition retained the option of own a powered bicycle that comes in ready to hand on rough terrain .
Suspensionwas by traditional swingarm with coil - over shocks in back , but in front was a change Earles fork remindful of those used on BMWs from the mid fifties to the late sixties .
bicycle on the 1997 Ural motorcycle retaineddrum brakesand were interchangeable ; the spare could be fitted to any of the three corner .
Though it seem ungainly and unprocessed by 1990s standard , a 1997 Ural motorcycle with sidecar could be purchased for about $ 6,000 – quite a transportation bargain .
And the fact that the 60 - year - old design was still in production was also a compliment to its original German shaper .
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The Russian - built 1997 Ural motorcycle was for the most part found on BMW bike components appropriated by the Russians as spoil of war .
