ural redo

I've had my Ural torn apart for quite sometime. When we moved to North Carolina, I ended up driving it to work some but I had severe carb problems (which just turned out to be a simple issue), the tub was rusting, the sidecar fender was rusted out, and parts of the frame were looking really rough with exposed steel. I loved riding the Ural in Milwaukee and it was my main mode of transportation for many years. The mountain roads and tourists here in the area made me a bit nervous about being on the road on the Ural so it hasn't seen much action. 

The Milwaukee winters killed the Ural with all the salt and so when I got it to North Carolina it was in need of a redo. At first I thought I would just repair the rust in the sidecar. When I got into it, it was way worse than I thought. I had to cut a ton of rusted sheetmetal from it. I found a new sidecar fender to replace the rusted out one as it was too far gone. The Ural sat with the sidecar tub off, but fully assembled for a year or two. I was going to try and just touch up the main frame and sidecar frame, bit after further inspection, I just stripped it down. I was glad I did. I discovered that the front Earls fork was seized and so I had no front suspension movement. I did a paint job on the frame and swingarm a few weeks ago and started assembling things a few days ago. I have the final drive on (not shown here) and I've been able to go through things thoroughly. I'm hoping to get the sidecar frame painted in the next day or two so I can get it into a full rolling chassis. Shock rebuild is next on the agenda.