reveille, The Ural is a copy of a BMW sidecar. NOT a Harley. Russia took the tooling from the BMW factory as WAR reperations after WWII. Harley made a copy of the same BMW that was captured from Rommels army in North Africa during that campaign. The Halrley was known as the XA.
OK, just for the sake of argument...if someone DID come out with a true big bore 2 stroke, would you buy it? We already know BigBill's answer. The price would likely be north of $12k I bet.
I have owned many big bore bikes and no, I would not buy it as modern 300's are more than enough for my needs.
I would not either! Times have changed and so has performance. New minis run like the old 125's The new 125/150's run like the old 250's The new 250/300's run like the old 390/500's.
It would be tempting just for the thrill factor, but really a 300 is plenty. Hell, I only weigh @ 150lb, so 165 hauls my bones just fine.
If it’s e start I may just buy one as my last new dirtbike. Just to putt with. I could be dead anytime now. Who knows.? We only live once.
One of the neighborhood kids who rode with us purchased a new ‘99 Husqvarna 125cr. We swapped bikes in the trail. He rode my husky 390cr and I rode his new husky 125. He hammered my 390 and on a dirt road the 125 hung in there with him. Things probably change when the hills come. But that little 125 was snotty. Of course a decade plus later the power has changed.
I think a 550cr conversion to a super motard would be a Street smoking, asphalt ripping bike. Great for red light drags against Harley’s.
On my last buying binge I took $20,000 to purchase a new Harley but ended up buying a new suzuki 1200 bandit, a new 98 husky 250wr plated and a new Polaris 400L quad. The 1200 bandit was the best in quality of the three
got my eyes on this, would love to bookend my SH 500, but that pipe looks very low? Wonder how the Kato bottom end is going to handle the torque and such.
7500 CDN is a lot of coin, looking forward to seeing and hearing it go. I would give it some consideration despite the price.
Again fake news? That’s Honda and Yamaha who’s next? Looks like husky is left behind again. Following the leader just doesn’t cut it. https://m.youtube.com/watch?t=120s&v=tNAtmKzqo9A
But the Indian motorcycle replaced the Harley in ww2 do to it being unreliable. I like the older flat head Harley’s and the inline four cylinder Indians. I’m just old school. I better check the anti freeze on my 82 husky. Lol or change the summer air to winter air.
