The modern products of the Irbit Motorcycle Plant are not cheap – the prices of the Gear Up, Citi and Weekender models even before the crisis exceeded a million rubles, and now they are fully communicated to customers on request. Of course, all these beautiful motorcycles have an ancestor – the Soviet Ural M-67-36, produced at IMZ from 1976 to 1984.
It is believed that since the release of this model, the Urals have become what we all know. Of course there were other changes, but they were not fundamental. Quite a few of these types of cars are produced and there are plenty of offers on the used motorcycle market. It was the M-67-36 that was bought by the authors of the YouTube channel Sanya Chetodel – and they found the cheapest example on the market: it cost 7,000 rubles.
Of course, problems arose: there were no carburetors and batteries, and the gearbox was in a jammed state. The condition of the engine was later found to be far from ideal (unsurprisingly), and the kickstarter was operating in an absolutely random mode due to the associated gearbox issues. In addition, the documents turned out to be Soviet-style, which casts doubt on the possibility of registration.
But despite all these piles of questions, the veteran’s technical condition had improved considerably without much financial impact, and, changed to fresh off-road tires, the Urals set out for the first test drive.
Rather ambiguous in handling, with almost no suspension, heavy and suffering from several serious ailments, the Urals with honor pulled all the tricks of modern “test pilots”. Of course it is worth a restoration and a long second life.
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Video: Youtube / Sanya Chetodel