Autoblog Ural Review Story

Lets get the details out of the way first for the Bike riders.

• 60 Horsepower
• 81 pound-feet of torque
• weight 822 lbs
• top speed 88 mph
• Range 103 miles per charge on the 19.5 kWh battery pack
• Recharge time 13 hours on a 110 wall outlet

Now Ural sells bikes here in America and while some here might say what a wimpy electric motor, the electric bike is very fast as the ICE bikes only have 41 HP and 42 lb-ft of torque. So the EV is a big gain over traditional ICE bikes. To quote the CEO, this bike accelerates very quickly from a hard launch for a Ural.

Currently these bikes are being developed here in Washington.

 

That's lovely!

3 minutes ago, Windstorm said:

That's lovely!

Agreed, it is an awesome bike that I can so see being popular not just on rural day trips but in the inner city. Talk about easy to get around with no smell.

For 15-20k I would never consider something like this. 

 

Triumph Street Triple

For Less than 10k, 112hp, 54tq, 53mpg, it is fuel efficient enough for me.

 

Edited November 12, 20187 yr by ccap41

Yes, 15-20k for a basically utility electric bike is way too much.   Also, it lost 2WD so will be not as good off-road as the original.  

It is cool for the novelty aspect but that's about it.

If anything I would take the original one, even though it is also overpriced at $12-14k if I am not mistaken,

12 minutes ago, ykX said:

Yes, 15-20k for a basically utility electric bike is way too much.   Also, it lost 2WD so will be not as good off-road as the original.  

It is cool for the novelty aspect but that's about it.

If anything I would take the original one, even though it is also overpriced at $12-14k if I am not mistaken,

This is very confusing to me:

"A two-wheel-drive Gear Up runs $16,499"

"And Ural fanatics may very well be disappointed that this EV is powered by a single wheel with no option for on-demand power from the sidecar wheel."

28 minutes ago, ccap41 said:

This is very confusing to me:

"A two-wheel-drive Gear Up runs $16,499"

"And Ural fanatics may very well be disappointed that this EV is powered by a single wheel with no option for on-demand power from the sidecar wheel."

In the original Ural there a link from the bike's rear wheel to the sidecar's wheel, making it a 2WD bike.  This makes it to handle off-road (or bad unpaved roads) very well, something that is important in rural Russia.

Edited November 12, 20187 yr by ykX

53 minutes ago, ykX said:

In the original Ural there a link from the bike's rear wheel to the sidecar's wheel, making it a 2WD bike.  This makes it to handle off-road (or bad unpaved roads) very well, something that is important in rural Russia.

Oh yeah, I knew what the 2WD was for. I was just saying the wording was funny because within the same paragraph it says you can get 2WD and it also says you cannot get that on the EV Ural. 

Speaking of 2WD motorcycles, I remember reading about one a long time ago called the Rokon Ranger or similar...really rugged for off road...one Car & Driver article claimed it could climb trees...

2 hours ago, Robert Hall said:

Speaking of 2WD motorcycles, I remember reading about one a long time ago called the Rokon Ranger or similar...really rugged for off road...one Car & Driver article claimed it could climb trees...

Rokon Scout and Ranger, amazingly they have front wheel powered.

If I'm buying old-school and retro I'm buying something like this. 

Royal Enfield

"Royal Enfield was quick to point out that the bike, as it stands, is a concept and not slated for production. It's still made out of feasible parts, and the badging appears to show that the engine in it is a new 838cc v-twin with oil cooling, rumored to be based on a collaboration with Polaris. "