Comments on: URS Racing Sidecar

By: harry stanley

harry stanley — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 18:37:21 +0000

as passenger to bill boddice in 1967,we raced against the great URS many times.it was so noisy i had to put cotton wool in my hears because it hurt.at mallory park we would be on a par with fath and would pass him on gerards but he would pass us at the elbow every time,chair on the wrong side see.great times great bike. harry(h)stanley

By: David Enfield

David Enfield — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 17:21:34 +0000

Thanks for for clearing that up , we used to say ” Wots a Urzzz then ?” ” Urs ? dunno” “German s’pose” Now we know .

By: tim hanna

tim hanna — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 22:51:07 +0000

Thanks Chris, that site was well worth the visit and the machine on offer is stunning. Rickman frame, Fath engine – for me it just does not get any better.
I wonder what happened to the other one.
Also do you know if the Beast still exists. On modern tires that would be one interesting post classic racer!

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 22:05:51 +0000

G$ and Jo Momma, the engine is a URS.

Tim, there’s a good overview of the Münch-URS here: http://www.realclassic.co.uk/munch06090700.html

By: Tim Hanna

Tim Hanna — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 21:00:10 +0000

The beautiful and totally original Fath engine also ended up in a solo that had real promise. It all came unglued when the collaboration between Fath and Munch (maker of the Mammuth) came unglued.
It would be nice to see photos and a story of that bike which I believe was auctioned recently. It’s a real honey.
Fath had a second go at beating BMW with his own horizontally opposed four cylinder two stroke – very similar to the Konig which was the next engine off the block to win world sidecar championships.

By: joe momma

joe momma — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 20:30:16 +0000

…i agree……..WTFII……??……screw the aution house……what aboooot the motocycle?????????????…….

By: G$

G$ — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 19:01:09 +0000

Umm, a 498cc what? A not-a-BMW but it is a ____________.