HOLY FLIPPIN' URAL!
We both lay splayed on the ground and in shock at the sight of the huge hunk of sunset-orange Russian steel towering and teetering above us, ever so slightly snagged on a tree. As we braced for the impact, my brain started looping Matt from Ural’s parting words when he dropped off the bike a few days prior: “In two-wheel drive you’ll have to give it a bit more throttle because of the extra linkages.”
I couldn’t believe it. Did I give it too much? How did this happen? Surely you can’t flip a Ural!
A bit more throttle followed by a mild clutch dump will definitely flip the brand new right-hand-ride, two-wheel-drive Gear Up model from Ural. A little rock ledge, the new grippy off-road Heidenaus on some Sydney sandstone, Ollie from Australasian Dirt Bike in the chair and 40kg of sand bags in the boot will do it.
WHO DOESN›T WANT TO EMULATE THOSE CRAZY RUSSIAN TEST VIDEOS?
We’ve had the single-wheel drive forever in Australia and I have certainly romanticised going deep down
