Skip to content
Peter Pan
@peter-pan
Noble Member
Joined: June 2, 2007 12:59 pm
Last seen: May 15, 2025 11:59 am
Topics: 91 / Replies: 1951
Reply
RE: Well, I bought a Ural...

Get yourself a hunters jacket if not you will have trouble in the deer season Or if (when?) Mr. Putin becomes Mr. Bush's new enemy image You should ...

18 years ago
Reply
RE: 2500 miles later, a journey to remember

How do you recognize a happy motorcyclist? When the flies are smiling in between the teeth! On, On Sven Peter Pan

18 years ago
Reply
RE: What causes "wobble"... AKA "tank slap"...

Jawa importers comment to sipping front fork: "Become aware when when no oil is comeing out!" Next service I will try machinery shaft seals S...

18 years ago
Reply
RE: Disc brake squeal

Break squeazing starts when the brakes were used too soft for a long time /or patches are uneven worn /or there is a warp in the disk. Any way ma...

18 years ago
Reply
RE: What causes "wobble"... AKA "tank slap"...

Ara, You made a long ride through tough terretories. The bearing balls or cones start to make nests and start to deform, which mekes headshake bec...

18 years ago
Reply
RE: 2-up with a hack

Hello Haystack, French Jewell has a real two seater where I could sit beside a real full size lady without even touching her shoulder And the tiny ...

18 years ago
Reply
RE: slightly off topic dirt bike?

1:10 sounds as a very high oil rate to me. For 2 stroke garden machinery and chain saws you use 1:40 up to 1:20 in rare ocasions. My sisters Hercule...

18 years ago
Reply
RE: Old Ural, New Ural or DNEPR?

Mark, in Germany everbody who has a class 1 (A) licence is allowed to drive a sidecar. At least to my times. That was one of the curious things abo...

18 years ago
Reply
RE: Trike vs Sidecar physics

I made only one single try on a trike (dirt/tall and huge wheels)): I stepped very fast back to my sidecar! The asymetrics has its benefits like lif...

18 years ago
Reply
RE: Low gear on Ural?

Thank you very much Roy for the explaination. My problem are VERY steep hills. Step 1 in 3 as in Lake district North England is nothing in Costa Ric...

19 years ago
Reply
RE: Sidecar for a scooter

Definetely 250cc is minimum.150cc is bound to crawl and break down very fast. My brothers in law 500ccm scooter would work for your needs: Go better ...

19 years ago
Reply
RE: deep cycle battery installation

I love my service free UPS batery, since then I have no trouble with acid losses and too low voltage. It sounds like there are different aproache...

19 years ago
Reply
RE: 2-up with a hack

2 real dangerous situations (20 and 1 year ago) with 3 persons and on the bike made me just reduce my personell limit to 2 persons. Find a good monk...

19 years ago
Reply
RE: Low gear on Ural?

Huey, thank you very much. I will search on the weekend, now quite a few machines look for setup. Sven

19 years ago
Reply
RE: Low gear on Ural?

Quite a few people looked at the post: Isn't anybody out there who can give me an answer? Sven

19 years ago
Page 132 / 137