"chrome bazooka for an exhaust pipe"
Yup. That's the one. Also had a savage front brake. Even at low speed, anything more than the gentle-ist of squeezes would throw the back end up in the air. And the foot controls were on the wrong sides. Whoever nicked either knew exactly what they were doing, or had never ridden a bike before!
I've seen those military decal Ural sidecars, they look amusingly retro but mostly like pigs to control. Having said that, I'm thinking of swapping two wheels for a trike, something about them looks fun to me at the moment and over the last year I keep finding myself looking what's for sale out there.
Sorry, could waffle about bikes all day.
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sir_spicious2000 Crap I've watched: www.filmplop.blogspot.com/, Wed 14 Mar 2012, 15:05,
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I've been tempted by one of these for years :-
www.dwightrahl.com/CueBall_GearUp.JPG I've ridden one around in a field, they're masssive being designed for russians, so they fit my 6'5" frame just right.
I've also owned a cz and an mz in the past, and I spent more time maintaining them than I did riding them. I seem to remember the cz had a 'water catchment device' cleverly built into the top of the magneto, so whenever it rained the engine would cut out.
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Brandy_Bumwinkle, Wed 14 Mar 2012, 15:15,
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6" 5'?
I can understand where you're coming from.
I'm 6" 3', and almost every bike I've sat on is too small, so must be a bit of a 'mare for you.
The sidecar would prob be fun but they're suprisingly expensive if I rem correctly?
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sir_spicious2000 Crap I've watched: www.filmplop.blogspot.com/, Wed 14 Mar 2012, 15:26,
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I've had loads and they've all been too small :(
The Ural is the only bike that I fit, they're 9 grand for the combo though which is pricey. I've resisted a sidecar for years as my friend once said to me 'They've got the inconvenience of a car, without the convenience of a bike.', also you steer with the throttle, which freaks me out thinking of having to slow suddenly round a left hander and the bike wanting to shoot off into on-coming traffic.
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Brandy_Bumwinkle, Wed 14 Mar 2012, 15:41,
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