savage

[SteveC#222]

Ural brought out their Lowrider style chopper a few years ago called the 'Wolf' (great bike)... the first few bikes came over with Wolf ( Volk in russian)  emblazoned on the tank in cyrillic.....Volk in cyrillic reads 'BONK'...... much to the amusement of the motorcycle press.

[TOAD]

Not the best thought up tank badge then, but good for a laugh.

[002]

Ural brought out their Lowrider style chopper a few years ago called the 'Wolf' (great bike)... the first few bikes came over with Wolf ( Volk in russian)  emblazoned on the tank in cyrillic.....Volk in cyrillic reads 'BONK'...... much to the amusement of the motorcycle press.

Dont forget the Ural"Cobra".
Bright Yellow Rigid Custom with a picture of a snake on the tank.The Demo at Charnwoods
GC and myself rode one.....and found it....eerrrr !......interesting !
The forks were siezed...No Movement At All !
So it was rigid front and back.

The ride on their 350 Hatz engined diesel Enfield was much more interesting.

Jetho

[SteveC#222]

I knew the guys who ran Uralmoto pretty well as I used to be involved with the Cossack Owners club.  Apparently they only imported 6 Cobras and at least 4 of them sheared the splines on the drive shaft - normally unheard of on a ural - some thing to do with the rigid back end i understand.  The Wolf was a much better bike.

[002]

I knew the guys who ran Uralmoto pretty well as I used to be involved with the Cossack Owners club.  Apparently they only imported 6 Cobras and at least 4 of them sheared the splines on the drive shaft - normally unheard of on a ural - some thing to do with the rigid back end i understand.  The Wolf was a much better bike.

Ah !  You might know Tim Berry from Bristol.

Jethro

[SteveC#222]

Certainly do!     Last saw him on the Isle of wight - Klatchian Foreign Legion rally- a couple of years ago. He had a lovely1930's? Indian...foot clutch ...left hand throttle....nice bike but a bit of handful to ride in modern traffic.  Don't know if he still has the VW engined outfit?

[guest27]

Bigamist, bigamist BB is a bigamist....

R

[mini-thumper]

Bigamist - I'll tell her you called her that (as soon as she lets me out of the wardrobe*).

BB

* Yes!, it does have internet access 'cummerbund NOT broadbund' (I'll get my coat, conviently hanging nearby)

[guest27]

Ahh that well known book - The loin, the switch and the wardrobe... 

Remember to turn the brighness down on the screen - can be bright at such close quarters

R

[Dave#22]

Hi Toad, My daughter has an LS650 and she loves it, so much so she painted it pink over white with black tiger stripes and calls it Lilly (Savage). The only problem she had was a couple of teeth missing off the starter ring behind the rotor, probably caused by a previous owner trying to start the bike with a low battery, causing the engine to backfire and loading up the starter gear. She ran it like that for a while until the charging system stopped working, so I opened it up and found a gear tooth had buried itself into a coil causing a dead short. I shorted out the coil, fitted a new starter ring and it's been running fine ever since, I even picked up a new stator unit from Ebay, and it's still in the box.
She loves riding the LS650, being a long stroke engine it plods along and the 4speed box is sufficient to cruise at 70-80 mph.I have fitted a loud silencer and rejetted the carb to suit and it runs surprisingly well being so light. She has even taken her boyfriend out on the back......
     happy riding
       Dave

[TOAD]

HI DAVE. GLAD YOU MANAGED TO SORT THE PROBLEM OK.  I HOPE IT'S NOT A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THEM ,I'VE NOT HEARD ANYTHING BAD ABOUT THEM.
I'LL LOOK OUT FOR YOUR DAUGHTER ON HER BIKE,SHE SHOULD BE EASY TO SPOT. LOL.