^Hi all. I'm having a Ural sidecar hung on my Ultra. I have been told that I should have it "lowered" for cosmetic purposes. Do you know what that will do to the ride, or handling? Just what does lowering entail? I could use some info on this subject from the members of this forum so I can speak to the professional installer about it with a bit of savey. You all helped me to decide on this car for the arthritic wife to get into and out of with ease. I'm back again for more help. will the height of the car make it any easier for her? Has anyone seen a Ural hooked to a full dress Harley, & if so what do you suggest?
smaller wheel?
it'll look badass!!!
mp
I lowered the Ural I put on my Speed triple by moving the axle to above the swingarm and going to a 13" car wheel. Handled and looked great.
I have Urals on my Suzuki Bandits, using 12" trailer wheels on 1" spindles, moved about 4" forward and to the top of the swingarm. Too soon to be sure, but seem to handle just fine.
I would expect it would work on a Harley, but I have never done one.I did see a lowered Ural on an old Indian. It was a good looking rig. I am not sure what he did to lower it, but I am pretty sure it included removing or cutting down the rear sidecar suspension rubbers.
Lowering the car could give your wife a little more problem to get in and out, have you thought about that. It is posable that youwold not want to do that
Ron in Co
I've mounted URALS on late model Electra Glides (Not Ultra) and they rode, looked and handled quite well. Raked trees make them handle even better. For my own rig I used a rear linked GMA (Harley front) disc brake for this combo and it worked well without using a proportioning valve.
The sidecar was lowered by using a Road King wheel. It looked good at that heigth with the Dresser.
The URAL fender accomodates a Harley taillight. I used the tombstone and used a Harley passing lamp for the sidecar headlight.
My mother, who was small (4'10") and 96 years old at the time had no trouble getting in. I did have to steady her to get out. She found it very comfortable and loved hacking.
Lonnie
Thanks for all the info. It sounds like lowering is a good thing for the looks of the combo, but may not be such a good deal for the wifes ability to get in and out with the ease of the stock height. If any one has additional info or comments please post it. I plan on Dauntless doing the instalation of the hack, and will talk with Jay about his sence of beauty over ease of entry befor he goes to work on it. But I realy like to get info from NON COMERCIAL sources before hand. Maybe I'll be able to come up with a good compromise before spending the hard earned bucks that can come from a bad decision the first time. I would like to have money to spend on gas, chrome, yata yata yata---instead of fixing a mistake.
If you have the bike and the sidecar at home, you could take the wheel off the sidecar and set it up on blocks next to the bike to get a better sense for how it will look and perhaps how much the height affects accessability.
