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URAL Sidecar Motorcycles

Scooter in the Sticks — Fri, 24 Jul 2015 04:22:32 +0000

How do you know when you’re ready for a URAL sidecar motorcycle? My buddy Bill stopped by my office to show me his new URAL sidecar motorcycle. I have to say it’s one of the more elegant incarnations I’ve seen. Almost enough to dispel the mental idea I have of them as “mules” or “trucks”. […]

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Daydreaming of a URAL Motorcycle

Scooter in the Sticks — Tue, 03 Mar 2015 02:42:26 +0000

Intrepid URAL rider Dom Chang of Redleg’s Rides suggested the above video to me as an example of the kind of riding video he would like to make and post on his blog. I’m suspect though that it’s just a part of a covert plan to get me to abandon the Vespa for the […]

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URAL Day at Kissell Motorsports

Scooter in the Sticks — Thu, 26 Jun 2014 04:51:00 +0000

Last Saturday the URAL team rolled into State College, Pennsylvania to demonstrate the sidecar life to a group of interested riders gathered at Kissell Motorsports, the central Pennsylvania dealer. After some basic instruction two rigs were made available to go on a short 15 to 20 minute ride with a leader and follow bike to […]

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The Project Bike

Scooter in the Sticks — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 16:02:00 +0000

Paul and I left for Bellefonte and a late breakfast on one of the balmy days last week. No better way to burn a half day’s vacation time from work. A BMW K1200 GT is an unlikely pairing with a Vespa — I’ve witnessed demonstrations of the power advantage of the BMW as it fled […]

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Becoming a URAL Adventurer

Scooter in the Sticks — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 01:14:00 +0000

The 2012 URAL Patrol is a perfect drug for my addictive desire to explore. With hand over my heart, I believe this thing will go anywhere I want to go and not lead to my untimely demise in the process. This conclusion was derived after 200 kilometers of experimentation on the road and some hours […]

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Surrender to the URAL

Scooter in the Sticks — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 21:12:00 +0000

Craig Kissell sent me an email this week: “I have a new URAL ready for you to try.” His messages are always short and to the point. When I arrived at Kissell Motorsports this morning the URAL was glowing in the sunshine as Craig checked me out on the machine making sure I knew where […]

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