Hello Jay, just a small hint. Do yourself a favour, possibly you better upgrade the hinges and latches too. The last Sputniks I saw from 2003 pr...

Whacked a freshly installed water hydrant out of the ground with my CB650. Once upon the time in 1983. No, in deed it is not good to fall asleep on...

Will, how can you come to the idea a rig would be a vehicle for to go from point "A" to "B"? The amount of naps is something you should not worry ...

Something different this week end...a gift from my wife. A dream which I had on the bucket list for many years. We saw 3 hunch back whales with t...

Today I finished to put the sidecar back onto the Ural Patrol. This week was interesting: The final drive's female spline has a bore of minimum 3m...

Buy one of these: 😉 Sorry, but I could not withstand the temptation. 😮 😉 I know the same story with the Velorex on the Jawa. at least mine...

Hello Jim. when you work with welded parts, shrinking on spots is normal. In general the diameter is not that much affected. Sometimes it is less then...

Today I started with the 27.500km inspection of my Sophie Travelair (2013 Ural Patrol). The first occasion I took off the sidecar after taking the mo...

In a traffic jam I stepped off the rig to greet a dear friend on my left. Was run over by a messenger boy on his tiny 150ccm bike who hurried in betwe...

My son Thomas took me out for his first own 200km journey on our Ural rig. From 2*3 lane highway over rough steep mountain gravel road to 2*1 lane ser...

Hello Steve, Congratulations to the advance in your project. The position of the sidecar wheel looks good now viewing it from other angles. . ...

Seabum, That is just part of life in a rig. They all tend to go to head shake at low speeds due to physical forces fighting each other, (some more...

Edited: "Sidcar, I would love to see your photos from Scotland. Might you repair your post? Just to remember long time ago turns around Lo...