2007 Ural Wolf
 
A warm welcome to the world's best Wolf website!
 
A handsome bike from the Ural Mountains of Russia. Relatively simple by modern standards they are easy to home maintain. No need for a diagnostic system here. Sure, the valves chatter, the gear change may be solid, but - if the worst does happen - what other bikes can be fixed by the roadside with their own comprehensive tool kits?

Like other cruisers the Ural Wolf can be fitted out with extras. Below, a factory bike has been transformed into a proudly owned and unique bike - see Guestbook for further references and photos of Yuri's bike's and girls!

 A wet white-walled Wolf
 

So what can you expect?

Apart from links to resources around the net, you can find dedicated pages on the 750cc engine, on DIY maintenance and on reliability - all these topics are frequently raised by potential purchasers.  You can even listen to a Ural engine!

 

The Wolf is blessed with a leather saddle...

...and curves in all the right places.

There is no escaping the simple fact that...

...she's a very comfortable ride :-) 

Click to enlarge images - then Back to return to the Urals!

  Living history

 BMW R71

This is the where the DNA of the Urals comes from. The R71 was itself derived very first elegant BMW motorbike the R32, designed over 10 years earlier in 1923.


BMW R32
 
 
The history of these well travelled Russian motorcycles is murky, but can be traced back to 1939, when Russians engineers obtained BMW R71 bikes and sidecars. Reverse engineering the bikes, they built M-72's by the thousands to be used in the defence of Mother Russia against the Nazi invaders. 
 

As the German army moved towards Moscow, the Russians relocated one of the factories further East, to the city of Irbit in the safety of the Ural mountains. From there comes the name of the current bikes.

Production in Irbit started in an ex-brewery and following privatisation in 1993, and a management buyout in 2000, remains an important source of local employment.  

Don't miss the Irbit factory visit - it really is an eye opener. This factory turned out well over 3 million motorbikes!

To delve into the history of these bikes, with many pictures of early bikes and engines, this link takes you to an Italian site (translated into English).

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