From: beng79 (30363johansson@telia.com)
Date: Sun Apr 16 2006 - 11:10:10 PDT
For the 'official' story of the URAL, see http://www.imz-ural.com/factory/.
\\BJ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stephen L Dussetschleger" <dussetschleger@juno.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 16, 2006 7:26 PM
Subject: [MV] boxer twin M/C's w/ sidecar
> If I remembering right the Ural is OHV
>
> ** They made both, the one I have is a flathead. Believe the story went
> the Germans actually sold the rights for URAL ( formerly a factory very
> FAR west of the Ural mountains) to make the exact copy of the BMW R71
> model. Russians copied it exactly, but maybe a bit cheaper material &
> quality. 1941 Germans invade Russia & Russians pack up whole factory &
> move it to Ural mountain area where it remains today still pumping out
> rigs. NOW I beleive, maybe even as early as during the war the Germnans
> made an overhead valve model as well, this also the Russians copied and
> produced at the Dnepr factory ( which was I am lead to believe was the
> actual German WWII factory In Germany till after the war when for war
> "booty" the Russians moved it west to the Dnepr River valley area, hence
> the name) and is still also in producation.
> Story went that during time between the Russians & Germans being "at
> peace" and the part where the Germans attacked into Russia, there were
> "skirmish's" between the Russians and THE CHINESE up near their borders.
> Results of this included the Chinese captuuring some Russian rigs and in
> turn THEY copied them as well. These are the current Chiang Jiang(sp?)
> rigs you see being imported. There are some modern touches, but its
> still a cool ole flathead engine.
>
> and the German BMW's were flat heads.
>
> ** Course the Germans used everything they could get ahold of as well,
> single cyloinder bikes were very prevalent as well
>
> The chinese Chang Jiang is a flathead copy of an earlier Russian bike.
>
> ** Yep, kinda cool & scary. A 1920's design, made by Germans, copied by
> the Russians ( starting to go downhill......), then by the Chinese, and
> still being made & sold today
> Steve
>
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