Look at what followed me home By rks (Read 1,378 times)

[rks]

The wife and I took a 690 mile ride in the pickup last Saturday.....and look at what followed us home.

[Guitarman]

That's called 'couples therapy'.

[jct842]

oooooooooooooh a three-some!

[rks]

Well, there is room for three, but with that much weight, plus the extra wind drag of the sidecar, performance would be on par with that of my scoot.

My original plan was to mount a hack on one of my cruiser's, so when old age finally took over, I wouldn't have to give up riding. Looking into what it would take to do this was a wake up. The sub frame alone, for my model bike is nearly $1000.00. By the time you get a decent car, and have it painted to match the bike, plus the hassle of connecting it, and all of the other necessary stuff (brake lines, wiring, etc), thought I might be better off just buying a complete, used rig instead. So that is what I did. Some info on this unit follows.

Year: 2006....Make: Ural....Model: Troyka....Engine: 750cc....Fuel delivery sys: (2) 32mm Keihin CVK carbs....Brakes: Front,Brembo Disc, Rear and sidecar, mechanically operated drum.
Best of all.....this is a new bike...40 km on the odometer, that's 24 miles in English. It had been stored since new, never registered. I paid less than 1/2 the price, of the least expensive 2015 Model. So, for what I would have spent to add a hack to one of the Beemers, I got a 750cc motorcycle, with the sidecar.....and with only 24 miles on it. How sweet it is.....

[cyborg]

May i be the first to say,,,,"YOU LUCKY BASTARD!!!!!!!!! 'WOW!!! great score,,,i loves me a nice beemer,,,lots o miles and smiles,,,,,,,and i even like the color,,,is it the 2 wheel drive model?,,,if it is it's 12 months a year ridin as long as the snow isn't too deep,,,,,congratulations

[cyborg]

HOLY SMOKES!!!!!!!! i just got off of ebay,,,,those things are very expensive,,,geez i had no idea,,,almost 20 large for that model you grabbed,,,wow

[cyborg]

OK lets review,,,you got a brand new bike with sidecar for like no money,,,,i repeat,,,LUCKY BASTARD!!!!!!!

[rks]

cyborg.....somehow I knew exactly what you were going to shout at me.. guess you are right. I"m a lucky bastard......and also a happy sob.

This model is not quite the same as the one you mentioned. Mine is one wheel drive, not two, has telescoping forks, instead of the leading link front end, and has too nice a paint job to use for off roading. It was the luxury model of 2004 thru 2006 or 7. Lots of chrome, including wheels, shocks, side covers, headlight housing, trunk straps, and so on, a bigger, more comfortable seat in hack, along with upholstered sidecar interior, two-tone paint etc, etc. Built for comfort. Very few were imported into North America. Heck, the factory only produces a little over a thousand total units, a year.....80% of those are of the two wheel drive variety......We import about 50% of all Urals produced.

In 2006 this bike's MSRP was $9600, plus destination and set up charges.....so , buying it for less than a Vespa 300's sticker, was a good deal in my book.

I've been hunting around for production numbers by model....no luck with finding any data yet, but the Troyka's are a pretty rare model. Doubt if I'll ever see another one like mine in these parts.

[cyborg]

It's all in jest,,altho i must admit i am a little jealous,,,that my man was a score and a half,,,,,you probably just paid for the paintjob,,,,,pm me if you decide it's not for you,,,,

[crwford]

You really a lucky what ever have you played lotto lately you should.

[cyborg]

OK now whats the bikes name?? i see you name all your rides,,,vladamir?,,,i'm guessing here,,i figured it's russian what the heck,,,a shot in the dark

[rks]

crwford......I've smoked all of my life, used to do my share of drinking, but quit that more than a decade ago.....gambling is one vice I never have been involved with. The great state of NY, gets enough of my money by tacking 8% onto every purchase I make, except for the food I buy at the grocery store. Actually they only get 4%, and the county takes the other 4. Nope....no lottery tickets for me. Besides, at neary 68, I wouldn't have enough time to spend a couple of million, should I happen to win.

Real close cyborg, I was considering Putin......but decided to go with "Boris", as in Rocky and Bullwinkle's arch enemy, Boris Badenov, remember him? If you do, you're giving away your age. Or if you weren't a fan of the cartoon, maybe this will jog your memory.




Hey....it looks like that crazy Russian is going to blow up my scoot. 

[jct842]

I was looking at them about 15 years ago and at that time they were cheap. Wish I had gone with one then. A harley shop in springfield had a couple solo's that were going for around $4000 new. They were closing them out at that time. Went to a picnic a couple summers ago and a fellow showed up with a hack that his irish setter was riding in! It was the military model with 2 wheel drive.

[rks]

Yes, they were a lot less expensive back in the 90's. They have made a bunch of improvements since then......but the price for a new one today is anywhere from $12,999 to over $18,000. Out of my league, for a bike.

But when I found this, with 24 miles (40km), on it, for a little over 6K, I jumped on it.

Check out Ural of New England. Most of their new inventory is listed as having 36km on the odometer.

[cyborg]

Well I'm fully jealous,,,bordering on anger/rage ( insert explitive of choice),,, this was a massive score of epic magnitude ,,,considering dealers are getting more than that for a klx250 kawi,,,I'm hoping on a similar score on a Mercedes unimog,,,,threw the guy an obo number and he hasn't gotten back to me yet,,,very low mileage truck,and to make the frustration level even higher I missed a 2004 bmw r1150r on CL local that went for $2500,,, less than 10,000 miles,,,,with luggage,,,,I'm sick about it,,,,