If you've never ridden a sidecar motorcycle before, you may not know this. But so many people want to talk to you. They smile, they wave, they yell excitedly across the street at you in traffic. And it's almost never in an angry way. Usually, it's in a very excited way.
People who might not otherwise even care about motorcycles get an instant smile on their face when they see you. And if you're one of the many sidecar owners who chooses to ride around with their dog in that chair, oh, friend, you're gonna meet SO MANY PEOPLE.
IMZ-Ural isn't the only company in the world to make sidecars, but it is 100% the most famous. And it has been that way for a very long time. Other companies have made sidecar rigs to fit other motorcycles; I've personally seen Moto Guzzis, BMWs, and even Honda Super Cubs, Monkeys (and Super Cub lookalikes) with sidecars that someone's put together for them. But over at Ural, the essential aesthetics behind the Gear Up variants you can buy in 2025 have remained largely unchanged for decades.
