Seattle to LA on a Ural - The Unnecessary Express
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 มิ.ย. 2017
- Two men, one Ural sidecar, and a nonstop, 32-hour, record-breaking ride from Seattle to Los Angeles. For no good reason whatsoever. No getting off the bike, rider swaps at speed, and no stopping for anything but traffic.
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Sometimes biking is not about having 3 more hp, not about speed, not about bluetooth and computers, not about looking stylish at the local Starbucks. Sometimes its just about pure fun and adventure.
Apparently, this was about speed, that’s why they tried to make the trip non-stop.
sometimes? everytime!
I hate Starbucks but love sidecars.
@@mattjohnston5807 same
Love both. Starbucks loves mine, especially with my pup in the car. They often give him a pup cup-heaven !
Beautiful. And now my Ural itch is just that much worse.
this bike was my dream. It was many years ago, when i was little boy. 28years ago, moscow, ussr ^-)
I rode my 32 year old Kawasaki from Texas to Oregon and back . Put almost 7 thousand miles on . Best time of my life so far .
Nice video & thanks much. I have a 2019 Ural Gear Up and love the thing, an understatement. Plus, my Chug Dog loves it at least as much. I'm 78 and the Ural is a blessing for me. Zero issues with reliability, just smiles for both my dog and me!
How aren't these videos popular around the motorcycle community? Keep up the good work. I really like the idea of a "Top Gear" equivalent for motorcycles.
“Get off the couch”, best advice I’ve heard in a long time. My Ural & pup are waiting. Thanks for your video.
This video makes me realize.. that you only live once and adventure is the onky answer to life, enjoy. Live it. Great video and thanks!
osa prakoso it's a lot of fun, you get to see things that few ever get to see and on a bike... that's just icing on the 🍰. Done this a lot when I was in the military and if so it again.
The URAL may well be the answer for me. I'm an old fart who used to love riding a bike but old age made my balance suspect. A bike with sidecar is the answer. Thank you for this.
Try one out first, side cars aren't like training wheels, you can still flip on a turn.
Maybe try a Polaris Can Am as well. Not as cool, but better handling dynamics.
@@norsefalconer I thought the can am was dubbed as the worst handling motorcycle? By motorcycle.com I would look at the yamaha niken since it way better handling and way more reliable
@@MJT-DA I was comparing the handling dynamics of the CanAm vs a side car rig. Yeah, I suppose the Niken might be worth checking out. I didn't realize they could stand on their own.
There's also a Piaggio Mp3 500 cc scooter. 2 front wheels like the Niken. No shifting and under $10k
The newbies got an endurance education. I was probably the same age as the young one when I learned the same thing, just hop on and go. Pain, keep going... pain stops, you had better stop.
My longest 24 hour distance fell short of my goal of 1500 miles but it certainly wasn't on a 750cc sidecar rig, respect there.
I rode from N.Carolona to Tulsa Ok.
18 degrees and snow and black ice on a honda magna.Coldest I have ever been in my life.I will never forget that trip.
Love this bike. My unkle was owner of green Ural. When we was child me and bro always arguing for sidecar place. Great powerfool machine, it made for offroad and fun. This bike like a truck on 3 wheel.
Привет, с Родины "Уралов" !!! (Южный Урал. Магнитогорск ) .
I have a relatively modern Ural. "Powerful" would not be an adjective I would use to describe it lol.
@@nickrubalcaba1585 he wrote "powerfool", not powerful. so, he's right lmao
"I can't really see that well" - turning on the auxillary lights on the sidecar might have helped. Still, fun video.
There were some odd choices made. I enjoyed too though.
I drove to Georgia from Oregon almost 30 years ago. It was a blast, I only wish I had someone to share it with. I can't imagine doing it on a bike. I would like to try though.
Amazed it made it! This needs way more views
Thank you for documenting the journey. Absolutely incredible. Like a mini "Long Way Round'. It matters to more than just you two. It inspires adventure in all of us.
I’m more than happy living vicariously through you, and guys like you, via TH-cam, all from the comfort and safety of my couch :)
With that said, great job guys!!
I have a 1969 Ural 650 and I love it I hope to travel someday soon with a home built teardrop and travel all throughout the States but no interest in Hawaii or Alaska and make a complete loop all around the States.
I think that it's time to add a sidecar to my Bonneville. I read the article when it came out and enjoyed it immensely. Laughed and cried all the way through the story. All adventures are better when they're over. You can't remember the suffering as well. Great show guys. Thanks. Vaughn
Thanx for the great vid guys!
awesome video. I own a 2012 Ural T, Love it. Thanks Guys!
Does the sidecar on the Ural detract from the fun of the motorcycle experience?
Great adventure! Great looking bike! 👍😁❤️
I remember building a model of a German WWII Military Sidecar rig. It had ports off the exhaust that lead to the covered handgrips, exits in front of both driver's feet, and another that ran through a radiator in the floorboard of the hack before exiting out the side. Progress is sometimes subjective.
Great ride!! one point that you may have never heard. KEYS! you can ruin the tumblers and the switch by putting any more that the single key in the ignition, also you will wear the paint off around the switch but simply fantastic adventure.
Zen and the art of Ural'n...nice video guys(all of you)!
Great video. Now I want one.
Awesome video!!
really enjoyed it
These guys are TUFF!-John in Texas
7 лет проездил на ,,Урале" по работе- в дождь,грязь,жару,снег- это трактор,военизированный;недаром при его покупке регистрацию,номера выдавали только после постановки на воинский учёт в райвоенкомате))).
Great video
Looked fun !
That fuel mileage really sucks.
I would guess that my takeaway from this bit of video is that I will be buying a Ural. A lot of trepidation on my account because the bikes do get a measure of disrespect online. I can't think of a better way to put some of the negative things I read about them is to do what is essentially an endurance test. Glad I found this video.
Thank you! May I ask what the average mileage per gallon was, during this trip ?
Vintage ones are still being used and offered for sale till now in Egypt
What song is at the very end at the beginning of the credits??? I’ve been trying to figure out for so long
Nice bike n nice vista. Salam from Indonesia.
I have a 1999 Ural tourist I just love the bike Euros aren't fast urals are fun people in cars see them girls love them dogs love them kids love them they are family-friendly motorcycles used ones are very inexpensive for the price of the sidecar you can get the motorcycle for free renting is easy with common hand tools Parts availability is very good even for older bikes older dealers are very helpful you have to treat them for what they are they are not race horses they are plow horses they don't run fast but they run all day hit a wild pig with one in Florida crinkled the paint on the fender no other damage
I have have not tried a long distance run in the cold snowy wet weather in the open air day and night to prove it can be done. You both can place Three (3) Gold Stars in your log book! You folks at Cycle World gave this story the proper name " The Unnecessary Express" preformed without a bathroom break dressed in a Orange jumpsuit. I will omit this from my "To DO List" I will have to admitted to riding in Four (4) different types of sidecar rigs. The First a 2013 Ural painted in modified winter camouflage, the head-shake when accelerating is a handful, the gear box grinds and poor brakes were cause for my returning it well before the test ride was over only after a ride around the block. Number Two a Harley Davidson CVO painted in matching colors with reverse built by Hannigan Motorsports of South Murray, KY, Very well built and out standing looking. I did not care for the steps to place the transmission in reverse nor the heat form the CVO motor. Number three 2018 Honda Goldwing with DCT transmission plus reverse with a Champion Avenger Sidecar fitted with a door. This is the cat's meow of all the rigs I have ridden. Last Triumph Bonneville T100 gloss black with a gloss black Velorex 563 sidecar replaced the TALL windshield for a 7 inch tall one on the Velorex 563 and use the tonneau cover all to reduce wind drag and increase performance. The stock Velorex with the T100 only runs out at about 60 mph. After removing the "Tall" Velorex windshield and replacing it with a "Low" windshield, this set-up improves highway speed to 70 mph plus. There is a control issue in any of the twisting roads paved or dirt. Weight about 90 lbs. has been placed over the car axle to keep the chair on the surface. The Honda Goldwing with the seven (7) speed DCT takes all that stress out of managing twisting back country roads. Should you run a tonneau without an windshield in the rain expect to collect water in the car.
That's great!
Outstanding
Took a lot of tenacity to do this!
Pretty wild, thanks for making the video....glad everyone made it !
The segment from 11:00 to 12:30 is the best.
Awesome is all that comes to my mind.... :D
Sometimes you have to be crazy and do things just for the hell of it. Getting out on a long road trip clears the cobwebs out of the head. Might have to get one of these bad boys.
announcing your plans is the easiest way to make the devil laugh
I love my ural. there is a guy online, he never speaks but he runs the ural through test after test - tank off remove the engine etc, if anyone stumbles across it, message me ?
what I love is it has reverse! it can handle off roading too - the tire and the sidecar tire have a drive shaft. it is cool when you go off roading and then jump on the highway and go get a bite to eat
Hope to own one someday
Two words:
Daym Bro.
“Chase van” 😂
Oh yeah, I have a Meyer Daylong saddle and HEATED GRIPS!!
What are the suits you guys are wearing?
Hi folks, which color is that of the sidecar you have used?Tnx
Great !!!
Fonzarelli.
Like!!!! Great video! From Russia with LOVE)
Seems like it would have been a sweet 3 day trip.
How did those aerostitch suits hold up?
What did my couch ever do to you! Lol
Oh, my Motorvation Spyder has a 5 go wonder seat tank and an electric transfer pump.
Beautiful bike Antique style.but very expressive
Here in Russia in soviet period Ural was one of cheapest rural vehicles witch could be used to ride with whole family (two adults on the bike and couple of childs in a sidecar). But when USSR got failed. Cars got cheaper and most soviet Urals has been sent to a metal scrap. Nowadays it still used only by some fans.
I've grown up in the village in 90th and old styled Ural is a part of my warm childhood memories. Sometime i wanna find and buy soviet version Ural ИМЗ-8.103.10, same that my dad had 25 yers ago, recover it to "new" condition and ride on it just for fun. In Russia used old Ural in good condition and with registration costs about 600-800$ and recover (engine rebuild, repaint, replace tires and sidecar cover, replace ingnition system, carburators and alternator on modern ones, etc) can cost about 1500-2000$
It in no so big price for Ural, i guess.
I rode from San Diego to Phenix City, Al in 27 hours only stopping for gas and coffee
That's two ural videos where the fuel light did not come on and the rider ran out of gas.......
I've had a soviet Ural ИМЗ-8.103-10 1987y with carburators. It didn't had a fuel light, bu had a fuel valve on the tank with two work positions: "Open" and "Reserve" (handle turns into opposite direction). It works very simple: when you feel that fuel is over, you just turn fuel valve into "Reserve" position then have extra 3-4 liters of gasoline to reach a gas station. Simple and really reliable system. Same valve was installed on all soviet motorcycles.
Next trip , Reno !! ✌
Крутой прохват парни. Alex from Zvenigorod. Ural 8.103. 10 1991
"video contains foul language"
That's how I know right away that's a proper Ural they've ridden
My bike will only go about 160 miles on a fill up. That's a little farther than I usually wanna ride between breaks luckily.
Not sure why anyone thought this was a good idea (mostly the no-bathroom-breaks, no-refueling-stops (except in LA), riding-while-exhausted parts). Otherwise, this was pretty interesting.
BROMANCE!!!
ON the way back pick up 2 catheters and bags and install like the "iron butt" guys , much neater and many find the pain exquisite. Why no gas stations? Now drive a Lada to Patagonia. Regards.
Nice!
I think the forced fuel stops might have been a good thing after all. Better than peeing in your pants 😁
Honestly I have done something very similar (I mean the ride not the peeing part) on my Kawi 250 a while back.
It feels pretty good when you arrive.
And I thought Lindberg had it tough!
How topspeed youcan go
I ride long distance all the time. I agree. Just throw a leg over and go anywhere. I've ridden from Chicago to San Francisco non stop 34 hrs but on an 84 wing. San Francisco to Snohomish WA in 15. 850 miles? Long day on a CBR 1100XX. I stayed on I5 all the way. How did that bike keep up with both of your heated gear? Just jackets or pants too? How come you don't have heated gloves for this kind of stuff?
Why can't I find anyone that wants to go with me on these types of crazy adventures.
i will get off the couch,after i get a ural lol
Is that Nicholas Cage narrating and cgecking the sidecar connection at one point? Is Hoyer his new pseudonym?
So I should get off my couch to step into a urinal? Good video. Might have been more fun on something else.
Rick D
The guy pissed in it. Go back to sleep.
Rick D
That was a month ago. You obviously been asleep. PSSH.
Rick D
Nothing negative until you piped in a month after the fact with your keyboard courage.
Like you never pissed your pants....
Sam and Dean Winchesters need this car
Taking detour on "Урал" because there's a rock slide?! 🤨
cool
У моего деда на старом Урале поломок практически не было как у вас на видео, а он на нем по бездорожью бревна таскал.
Can't tell you how many "thousand Mike day" trips I took on my BMW R100. Many years and miles later...don't know why I did that stupid shit..oh yeah I was in the military, going to training or moving bases or on leave...and young! I have 3 side car rigs, several solo bikes...at 72, gave up on stupid stuff...got the scars to prove it, a few T-shirts too!
Sorry said it before wish BMW or Honda made a similar rig
jim wortham I have seen Honda Gold wings make side cars, but I'd hate to think what price they retail at , but not practical for every day use , Royal Enfield can be matched up to a watsonion side car which are tailor made in England for a more practical usable unit, and are reasonably priced
Alot of complaining . I would do this in a heartbeat !!!! Thats why we ride to feel the weather !!!!
Jeffrey Krout
I feel the same way you do!! With many Iron butt rides under my belt!!
I always take time and pack for all the situations that arise on such rides!!
Of coarse I have done very many two week rides and camping while doing them!!
These guys were really a joke !! Not prepared for the weather !! Not enough warm / water proof clothing!! They peed their pants only 2 1/2 hours into the ride!!??( what??)
They stopped along the road for other reasons multiple times but not to pee!! What the heck was going thru their heads??? They failed a pre- trip / equipment check before they even turned the key on!!
Their overall attitude for this adventure was in the dumps before they left!!
👎👎👎
I'm guessing a different motorcycle sidecar rig would have made it much easier/safer. Along with just stopping for gas.
Before this, I watched a review of the Triumph Tiger 800xrx. The guy wanted to change Rider Modes. He said, "I'll have to go into the menu". Modern Shit Biking summed up in one phrase.
Otlichno, rjebjata!Viju chto URAL vam ochen nravitsja
Whats the point?
you stopped and worked on that thing a lot for a non stop ride...
Oh yeah, soooo much freedom. Lol.
RING A DING DING! CONTINUITY ERROR!
7:12 shows you driving through Eureka CA, but then shows you crossing the border into California at 7:31
Otherwise, great video.
Thank you for the screwy video
2020 - just stay at a couch!
V gody mojej molodosti URAL mnje toje ochen nravilsja
I would much rather do this than not do this.
chase car :D
Oh gosh! I hope you had a MedEvac-plane above you and the national guard on standby if you hit heavy traffic..... Guys! Your ride an Ural with a boat. Heated jackets? Full Jerrycans handed to you? A van with a camera crew besides you? You must be joking....
What is better- a side car or a real car? Advantages and disadvantages.
what about now . lockdown .