Registration No: V882 TWL
Frame No: SABTVR03630335368
Engine No: X0398514
CC: 650
MOT: June 2023

• A rare Russian made motorcycle, a copy of an early BMW flat twin
• This bike was sold new by the official Ural importer as a solo in 2000
• Supplied with original fairing and leg shields, 12 months MOT and a V5C

In 1940, the Soviet Union acquired the design and production techniques for BMW R71 motorcycles and sidecars with the first M-72 model launched in 1941. Initially, the Ural was built for the military but in the late 1950s, the KMZ plant in Ukraine assumed the task of supplying the military and the Irbit Motorcycle Works focused on making bikes for domestic consumers. In the late 1950s the full production of the plant was turned over to non-military production. The export of URALs started in 1953, at first to developing countries and between 1973 and 1979 they were marketed in the UK as Cossack motorcycles.

This no reserve 650 Red Star model was supplied by the official UK importer in 2000 as a solo without the reverse gear fitted to the sidecar version. Recently MOTd it has a new battery and alternator fitted and comes supplied with its original fairing and legshields as well as a current V5C.