"luvMeSome142 & some Lincoln!" (luvmesome142)
04/07/2016 at 17:11 • Filed to: None
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"luvMeSome142 & some Lincoln!" (luvmesome142)
04/07/2016 at 17:11 • Filed to: None | 3
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Check this thing out!
RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> luvMeSome142 & some Lincoln!
04/07/2016 at 17:15 |
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A Ural, for those who don’t know, is basically a war era BMW with powered sidecar wheel - as copied by the Russkis. I believe the Nazi sidecar rig in Indiana Jones playing the part of a BMW was actually a Ural, but I could be mistaken. Anyway, they’re still in production.
itschrome
> RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
04/07/2016 at 17:17 |
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and it powers both the rear wheels don’t they?
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RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> itschrome
04/07/2016 at 17:17 |
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Correct.
bob and john
> itschrome
04/07/2016 at 17:19 |
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yes and no.
there is a clutch that connect the side car to the bike wheel. no diff. its either locked or un-powered.
Cé hé sin
> itschrome
04/07/2016 at 17:21 |
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vicali
> luvMeSome142 & some Lincoln!
04/07/2016 at 17:28 |
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There one that daily drives here too, I always give him a nod because he’s obviously crazy..
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itschrome
> Cé hé sin
04/07/2016 at 17:34 |
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sweet, I Knew it! next question, could they make a 3 wheel drive version with the fronts powered too if they wanted? and if so how come they don’t?
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itschrome
> bob and john
04/07/2016 at 17:35 |
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ah, ok. still I wasn’t wrong... hahaha
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RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> itschrome
04/07/2016 at 17:41 |
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There *are* front wheel-powered motorcycles out there, but they’re very rare because you have to design a drive system that won’t torque the wheel back and forth. That’s harder than it sounds, and the drive system has to take up a lot of space regardless. The most well known example is probably the Rokon:
For most purposes, it’s just not worth it to build a power takeoff drive running through the upper frame and a whole separate gearbox and drive in the fork.
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itschrome
> RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
04/07/2016 at 18:34 |
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other than the one pictured which I knew about (my friends dads had a non runner in the garage) I haven’t ever heard of others.
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RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> itschrome
04/07/2016 at 18:44 |
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Having a good normal bike setup (or one like the Ural) is kind of like having a really good 2WD prerunner truck - if your weight balance is good, it’s not too much trouble on a good trail or road to push a lightly loaded unpowered wheel as opposed to a heavy powered one. It’s quick, treads lightly, and you never get so stuck that you can’t get out with a little work. Add in the weight shift possible on a bike and it’s almost never ever useful to have front wheel power. Unless you’re insane and going into a bog or woods where no trail of any kind exists and you don’t mind going 10mph as long as you get there. Then you get a Rokon.