Am I dreaming or what? (Soviet iron con't)

This site rates the '91 Dnepr MT-11 top speed at 77.7 mph:
http://www.bikez.com/motorcycles/dnepr_mt_11_with_sidecar_1991.php

Mine is almost exactly the same and I'm lucky to attain 50 mph.
Even then it feels like a Soviet tractor about to shake itself
to pieces. Where do the reviewers get these specs, anyway?
Or, what changed at the Kiev Motor Works so much between
1985 and 1991?

I'd like to be able to cruise at highway speeds of at least 65mph
and I found a web site about replacing the motor with a BMW R100
power plant -- at the obvious risk of straining the Soviet
drive train.

Maybe an R75 motor would be enough. Or, could I replace the whole
works, motor to rear wheel with BMW stuff... shoot, for all
the hassle that would be I may as well just BUY an R100, bolt
the sidecar onto it and sell the Ukrainian bike...
or (simplest of all), trade the thing in on a Ural. But I still
haven't figured out if a modern Ural will reach 65 mph...(?)

SQ
'06 Zuk S40 / '85 Dnepr MT-11 / various derelict odds and sods

 

I was too busy concentrating on not dying to look at the speedo so ask
these guys:
http://www.sovietsteeds.com/forums/

Steve

 

OK, so dump the Diaper and get yourself a 10 year old Suzuki Bandit
1200 or a Suzuki GSX1100G for about $2500 and make up some brackets
and a frame out of steel tubing and bolt a fiberglass sidecar body on
it.

You could do the whole rig for less than $5K USD and you'd wind up
with something that *would* cruise the highways at 80 mph all day
without straining the engine.

If I was going to spend, say $10K USD, I would spring for the ESZ
conversion with car rims and tires and the leading ling fork.

http://www.three-wheels.com/rx4.htm

 

You need something like this:

http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=327879

 

I must ask, what is the hurry? Go slow, enjoy the ride. If you feel
the need for speed, stop by my house and scare the hell out of
yourself on my 100hp / 14k rpm sportbike.

 

If you're ever riding the slab on a bike that can barely
do the legal minimum speed and all you can see in your rearview
is a semi's grill then the answer will come to you in one of
those Zen "aha" moments.

Be careful who you invite, I might just take you up on that!

SQ
'06 Zuk S40 / '85 Dnepr MT-11 / various derelicts the cat dragged in

 

Oh **** off you ignorant ass raper.

 

Like it's *so* easy......

 

Something isn't right then.

I'm convinced they pluck specially marked feathers from the wings of pigeons
sometimes.

Nowt.

I took one for a test spin when the UK importer was Neval. It was quite
brisk up to 50ish. The representative then took the controls. That was
scary. He said they'll top out at 75ish when they're fully run in, but aim
to cruise at 60-65.

Do you still have the vile pissfuel lumps of crap carbs and are the timing
and valve clearances spot on. Also, look for a plate at the base of the
barrels. Used to drop the compression to allow the bike to run on a mix of
vodka and weasel piss, and if you have the rubber inlet trunk, make sure it
isn't kinked.

Neval used to do a conversion to the R80 motor. I may still have the copy of
Bike mag with the write up of it somewhere.

Yebbut where is the fun in that?

http://www.f2motorcycles.ltd.uk/uralcombo.html

Lists the estimated max at 65, with a cruising speed of 55. I really do need
to stop hankering after one...

 

With the right tools , it wouldn't be all that hard . Friend of mine built
a wheelchair-accessible sidecar for his '70 Triumph so his handicapped (now
ex) wife could ride with him .

 

EZ for me, difficult for you, because I'm a practical engineer and
you're just a panty-prancing Morris dancer.

 

If I was going to custom build a rig, I would start by contacting Doug
Bingham at Side Strider to see if he had any clamp on brackets for
sale.

http://sidestrider.com/

 

Liar...you aren't any kind of engnineer. For that matter you are
incompetant for even the most simple task such as staying
continent...oops, now you gotta go change them soaked diapers you wear
24x7

 

Shouldn't you actually *ride* motorcycles before you
talk about custom-building them?

Bob M.

 

One does not have to own a motorcycle, ride a motorcycle, or have ever
ridden a motorcycle as a prerequisite to talking about motorcycles.

The above statement is not intended to indicate that I do not own or
ride a motorcycle, or multiple motorcycles.

The first person who ever actually built a motorcycle had never owned
a motorcycle and had never ridden a motorcycle.

But when he had completed his creation, he was a motorcycle builder/
owner and may have regarded himself as the most qualified person in
the world to talk about
custom building and owning motorcycles.

OTOH, when the first motorcycle builder/owner attempted to *ride* his
creation, some busybody like you was probably there to criticize the
attempt.

 

I've actually seen one of those with the controls moved
over to the sidecar... *way* cool. Here's one:

http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=172487

__
Steve
..

 

So you admit you don't actually ride motorcycles nor have you EVER
ridden a motorcycle (except as bitch) and that you only go to places
where motorcyclists gather in hopes of finding yourself a man for a
little man love. (your own words)

Nice, using the truth to twist a lie. Interesting that you'd use
Goebbles failed tactis and opertating procedures for further your
failure at life...you pathtetic failure.

 

That would be the smart thing to do...but that is Krusty you are
commenting about. You know the non-riding failure.

 

Voltaire's Neapolitan eunuch complained of his own condition but
remarked upon the success of Farinelli...

 

ah, another drug and alcohol induced non sequiter from the fruitcake.
How unamusing...<turns back to watching christmas trees turned into
rockets>