URAL

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Sidecar motorcycle maker whose origins lie in the Soviet war effort, now based in Redmond, Washington.

Headquarters: Redmond, Washington
Assembly: Petropavl, Kazakhstan
Known for: Sidecar motorcycles
Exports: Since 1953

Ural's origins lie in the Second World War, when Soviet engineers reverse-engineered the BMW R71 to create the M-72 military motorcycle, produced from August 1941. On 21 October 1941 the plant was moved east to Irbit, where it became the Irbit Motorcycle Factory.

IMZ began exporting motorcycles in 1953, and Ural machines reached Western Europe, Asia and the United States. In 1994 an independent distributor called Ural-America began selling them in the US, which led to today's IMZ-Ural company.

1941M-72 production starts; plant moved to Irbit
1953Exports begin
1994Ural-America begins selling the bikes in the US
2023Network of over 190 dealerships and service centres

URAL Ural Voyage: the touring outfit for long journeys
URAL Ural Tourist: the touring sidecar outfit
URAL Ural Solo: the Ural without a sidecar
URAL Ural Retro: the 1950s look on a modern Ural
URAL Ural Ranger: a sidecar Ural for rough country
URAL Ural M-72: the sidecar motorcycle that started it all
URAL Ural M-67 and M-67-36: 12-volt electrics and 36 hp
URAL Ural M-66: 32 hp and full-flow oil filtration
URAL Ural M-63: swingarm suspension for the Ural sidecar outfit
URAL Ural M-62: new gearbox and ignition for the 650 cc Ural
URAL Ural M-61: the first Irbit motorcycle with a 650 cc engine
URAL Ural 650: the 650 cc generation of Irbit motorcycles
URAL Ural-5323: the 8×8 heavy truck from Miass
URAL Ural-375 and 375D: the petrol V8 army truck
URAL Ural-4320: the diesel 6×6 that outlived the Soviet Union
URAL Ural Troyka: the three-seat sidecar outfit
URAL Ural Patrol: the chromed version of the two-wheel-drive Ural
URAL Ural Wolf: the first Russian chopper
URAL Ural 750: the modern 750 cc sidecar motorcycles
URAL The Ural sidecar: the third wheel that made the marque