Comments on: Ural x Hammarhead: Solo X

By: hammarhead

hammarhead — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 21:46:00 +0000

This bike lacks mirrors in protest… ne unquam respexeris and all that. But the bike has a nice pair of oberon bar end mirrors for the on-road sections of the ride.

By: Rob Levinson

Rob Levinson — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 19:42:00 +0000

While I do agree with that point, another way of looking at it is that a good custom job has mirrors that match the build and you would _want_ to see them.

By: Jon Grinder

Jon Grinder — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 19:09:00 +0000

You guys who complain about the lack of mirrors don’t seem to realize that most photographers remove them because of reflection problems. Just because it doesn’t have mirrors in the studio doesn’t necessarily mean it doesn’t have them in the real world.

Just sayin’…

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 11:07:00 +0000

Just don’t think about Ural as BMW knock-off. Think about Ural as a proletarian workhorse which helped Russians beat nazi during WWII.

By: Peter B

Peter B — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 09:24:00 +0000

I absolutely love it – although the seat/ handlebar/ footpeg relationship looks odd to my eyes, a bit like on old WL Harley with the seat almost on the base of the tank. My prejudice against Urals still in place, can’t help thinking an R75 Bee Em wouldn’t be a better starting point….I know, my problem, I’m working on it.

By: IK

IK — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 03:16:00 +0000

in this respect – i agree with you

By: Chris Gillham

Chris Gillham — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 02:40:00 +0000

i like the standard urals just dont think this improves on what is already a pretty cool bike (in a simple utilitarian kinda way), the jack pine was a improvement on the original…in my opinion