Advice on engine size...

**clint640** · 5th September 2007, 08:34

Originally Posted by Speedo-cop

Hey

I'm seeing one bike just isn't realistic with two people... probably a little obvious if the terrain is any rougher than a graded gravel road

Yep, sounds like ya need either 2 DR650s, or a Suzuki Jeep.

Or maybe a Ural outfit??

(not real quick on the road tho...)

Cheers
Clint

**Speedo-cop** · 5th September 2007, 12:02

Originally Posted by clint640

Yep, sounds like ya need either 2 DR650s, or a Suzuki Jeep.

Or maybe a Ural outfit??

(not real quick on the road tho...)

Cheers
Clint

Were you thinking of one of the side-care jobs?

**tri boy** · 5th September 2007, 12:21

Originally Posted by clint640

Yep, sounds like ya need either 2 DR650s, or a Suzuki Jeep.

Or maybe a Ural outfit??

(not real quick on the road tho...)

Cheers
Clint

Nice call Clint. Go for a Ural sidecar, with the two wheel drive option. (drive on the chair wheel).
May not be the fastest beastie, but damn cool. Camouflaged and forward mounted machine gun.

**tri boy** · 5th September 2007, 12:36

How bout these?

**cooneyr** · 5th September 2007, 12:48

Just slightly

but check out this harley V twin powered home built Dakar racer. They had ago at the Lisbon Dakar rally but took too long during the first stage in north africa so got kicked out. The gearing was all naffed up cause of the rear wheel size, harley gearbox ratios and CS size so made there own front sprockets only to wear the teath off in very short order and didnt have spares with them.

Made for really interesting reading and vids to watch (be warned there are lots of them) when you are at home recovering for 6 weeks.

Seriously though - go the Ural Patrol with a couple of "extras" like cammo paint and pop gun. Lots of vids on the web as well including some very cool ones of drifting in snow on the Ural web site

Cheers R

**avgas** · 5th September 2007, 13:09

DR650, bmw650, xr400 would be my pics

**Speedo-cop** · 5th September 2007, 15:12

Originally Posted by tri boy

How bout these?

I hope other readers took a look at those - especially the big-cargo-version

I've been reading around on the Urals - a couple very good accounts of the mechanical endurance aspects of them.

- Sounds like they've a problem with crud stuffing up the intakes - or at least

people wonder why the engine fills with water when they're riding through rivers, etc

But that's easily sorted.

I was a little leary of them as I'd heard little but bad about the quality of manufacture and overall reliability...

But both are going to be issues when throwing bikes off cliffs and swimming deserts

Originally Posted by cooneyr

Just slightly

but check out this harley V twin powered home built Dakar racer.

Cheers R

That's pretty interesting

Cool to see someone on the Dakar who doesn't just buy something off the shelf with 'dakar' in it's product title

**NordieBoy** · 6th September 2007, 20:33

Originally Posted by cooneyr

Just slightly

but check out this harley V twin powered home built Dakar racer. They had ago at the Lisbon Dakar rally but took too long during the first stage in north africa so got kicked out. The gearing was all naffed up cause of the rear wheel size, harley gearbox ratios and CS size so made there own front sprockets only to wear the teath off in very short order and didnt have spares with them.

And they use a 520 chain on the beastie.