Yep, just a matter of time. They'll find her next to porcelain throne with a fried peanut butter and banana sam'ich. Hey, anyone need some extra ballast on...
I have a 1951 KMZ K-750. Data plate looks pretty original. Don't know why anyone'd fake an old bike when you'd think newer ones would be more prized in a...
... Old Dneprs and Urals arent prized in the FSU. They're merely a means to get money from "dumb westerners". If anyone gets taken with an M-72 (or a Chang)...
You don't have to pull the hack; just disconnect the two top struts and tilt the hack off to the side a ways. I've never had the hack off and I've had the...
Attention Dneprheads! It is now February First, Please turn your Calandar to the month of February (look for1954 KMZ M-72 yellow Motorcycle). Steve B....
Life would be so much easier if there were motor/frame number ranges corresponding production year. I'm sure some Ruskie/Ukrainie out there is waiting to...
i am new to the whole sidecar thing. so what is a safe speed for right hand turns turning onto the average freeway ramp? i'm so used to two wheel riding that...
... There's no standard answer for this one, IMO. The safest speed is a combination of your experience, the amount of ballast in the sidehack, the sharpness...
Before you do anything else get a copy of "Driving A Sidecar Outfit" Printed by USCA Sidecar Safety Program...and if you have a rideing course where you live...
I recall spotting a sidecar web page that covered a lot of safety issues relating to cornering - but I can't recall the URL at this time. I recommend checking...
This is a good group to ask about hack behavior, you couldn't find better. Put a _bunch_ of weight in the chair, read the book, get on an empty road and...
Hi Mike, A great way to practise this is to find yourself a large flat peice of tarmac. A parking Lot, for example. Then ride round in a circle, gradually...
Hm... I have a few stories and advice: Story #1: Allowed a veteran beemer rider who swore he was one of the world's better riders to pilot my hack - he damned...
1965 hand-book wrote about KMZ: K-750 from 1959. (last i saw Dnepr-12 and MB-750H 1983 ) 1952-1959 were M-72,72H (sounds like n,new) try to delete 4th...5th...
... used ... am ... art Read Hal Kendall's excellent sidecar books. They are available for free at Sidecar.com as an Adobe .PDF file. You can save them to your...
People ask me what kind of bike I have and I've been saying proudly, a Russian "knee-per." I thought that I was pronouncing it correctly. My daughter teaches...
In Russia - knee-yep-er in Kiev - kneeyep-ro Ees different in ukraine than in Russia. I have friend who study in Kiev Polytech - he say dnepr ukraine way. his...
Just thought I'd pass along the info for this show out at the Stevens Convention Center in Rosemont, IL (by O'Hare Airport) Yours truly has volunteered to...
Chuck your spelled out pronunciations are pretty close. My wife is Ukrainian, she says it the Ukrainian way when she is speaking Ukrainian and she says it the...
Interesting, . It sounds like the Ukrainians say it as I would in Slovenian. In Kazakhstan everybody used the Russian pronunication with the nearly silent "D"....
Hey, I didn't make it up. Folklore has it that Stalin's boys obtained a few BMW's and reverse engineered them in order to produce a better bike for their...
Thanks for the info on the torque plates. I was only planning on hatching cylinder walls. I don't want to have to change rings if I don't have to. Mark ... two...
I'm waiting on some new K68 carbs to show up, I should see them in a week or so. I'm not impressed with the 65s currently on my bike. I may try to run down...
There is a larger school of thought (which history & old photos tend to agree with) that the USSR/CCCP (as an ally to Germany before WW2) traded raw materials,...
Art, do A LOT of PRACTICE in fields or parking lots.....BEFORE attempting to go on the highway. We don't want to read about you...... Plus, your rig should...
I just read the same thing a few postings back. It's good news because I didn't really want to pull the hack. ... struts ... thought ... cylinder ... made ... ...
... I was told to drink 'til I starting slurring my words and then try to say "Does your ass fit you" in one word. Of course getting me drunk may have just...
I just thought I would pass on a story that was told to me by the person who witnessed it in the "Old Country" at my farm in Kansas USA. Just after I bought my...
