2024 Author: Erin Ralphs | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-19 11:42
The heavy motorcycle "Ural", the technical characteristics of which repeat the main parameters of the predecessor M-72, is the last of the class of three-wheeled motor vehicles of the Soviet period. It is produced at IMZ (Irbit Motorcycle Plant), which is located in the Sverdlovsk Region. Almost all models of the Ural motorcycle are designed for operation with a sidecar. Some modifications are equipped with a switchable wheel drive of the stroller. The drive is non-differential, direct, borrowed from the German equivalent of the BMW R71, a heavy motorcycle.
Models
Currently, the Ural motorcycle (the technical characteristics of the machine allow making structural changes in a wide range) is produced under the brand names Tourist, Retro, Patrol 2WD, Ural-T and Gear-UP ". All models are available with a detachable stroller. Also, the plant assembles cars in a two-wheeled version, without sidecars: "Solo ST"and "Retro Solo".
All Ural motorcycles are equipped with air-cooled four-stroke two-cylinder opposed-type engines. Motor power is 40 liters. With. with a working volume of cylinders 745 cm3. The gearbox of the motorcycle "Ural" is four-speed with reverse. All shifts are synchronized, gear ratios are selected taking into account off-road driving. The first gear is designed for slow movement with a load. The rotation of the engine crankshaft is transmitted to the drive wheel by means of a cardan mechanism.
Sales
The Ural motorcycle, whose technical characteristics speak of its reliability, is mainly sent abroad. Export of cars is about 97% of the total number of models produced. The main buyers of heavy motorcycles are the EU countries, Canada, the USA and Australia. No more than 3-4 percent of the total production goes to the market of Russia and the states of the former USSR.
Recently, the factory capacity of IMZ has been significantly expanded. 20% more motorcycles began to roll off the assembly line, the technical characteristics are improving, the reliability of the design is increasing and, accordingly, the service life is increasing. The ignition of the Ural motorcycle has been modernized - the usual contact has been replaced with an electronic non-contact one. Thanks to this, the engine began to run smoother, fuel consumption decreased.
Export units
Changes also affected the equipment of the Ural motorcycles. In 2011, when assembling cars, they began to use foreign-made units, and soon the use of imported components became widespread. Today, motorcycle assembly maps include: Italian-made Marzocchi front suspension, Brembo disc brakes from Italy, German Sachs shock absorbers, gearbox bearings from Sweden, Japanese Keihin carburetors, ELECTREX electrical equipment from the USA, SEMPERIT flexible fuel lines manufactured by an Austrian company, and Taiwanese rubber seals.
Prospects
The Ural motorcycle, whose technical characteristics are perfectly suited for Russian production, is not in demand in Russia due to its high cost - from 250 to 320 thousand rubles, as well as an extremely conservative design that has not changed for decades. The high price is formed due to the use of imported components and insufficient output for normal market conditions.
The Irbit motorcycle plant manages to survive on supplies to the USA, where, thanks to a well-organized dealer team, about seven hundred motorcycles are sold per year. In Russia, only 20 cars are sold per year. In 2011, IMZ celebrated its 70th anniversary. In honor of the anniversary, the plant released two new models: Sidecar M70 and Solo M70.
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