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November 23rd, 2015, 04:43 AM
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IF you were planning to draw a link between Ural sidecar outfits and a blockbuster movie franchise, Star Wars might not be the first to come to mind.
There’s no doubt that movie tie-ins work. Triumph has carved a niche for itself as the go-to brand for bikes in movies, and done very nicely from it. But when it comes to Russian-made sidecars that are near-as-dammit identical to the BMWs used by the Wehrmacht in WW2, it’s hard to see where the link comes with X-Wings and Tie Fighters. Harrison Ford has had run-ins with similar sidecar outfits, but that was in his other role, as Indiana Jones, not Han Solo.
But the world is Star Wars mad at the moment, and that madness extends as far as the Ural Dark Force, an all-black version of the familiar Ural three-seat, three-wheel creation. As well as the special paint scheme, the limited edition gets an LED headlight, a different seat and – wait for it – a toy lightsaber that clips to the side of the chair.
Ural says of it: 'From a factory far, far away; nestled in the Ural Mountains, comes the Dark Force. Standard equipped with Lightsaber®, LED lighting, and fully blacked out to hide you in the shadows.
'Inspired by the world of Star Wars®, we created a motorcycle that lets your inner child explore the dark side with little damage to the real world balance of power. Come to the dark side...we've got sidecars!
'Each Dark Force comes standard with one (1) extendable 3' Lightsaber® mounted to the sidecar. Easily accessible and totally secure, ready to battle the unknown.'
At the moment, the bike appears to only be on offer in the US, where just 25 will be sold at a price of $14,999.
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IF you were planning to draw a link between Ural sidecar outfits and a blockbuster movie franchise, Star Wars might not be the first to come to mind.
There’s no doubt that movie tie-ins work. Triumph has carved a niche for itself as the go-to brand for bikes in movies, and done very nicely from it. But when it comes to Russian-made sidecars that are near-as-dammit identical to the BMWs used by the Wehrmacht in WW2, it’s hard to see where the link comes with X-Wings and Tie Fighters. Harrison Ford has had run-ins with similar sidecar outfits, but that was in his other role, as Indiana Jones, not Han Solo.
But the world is Star Wars mad at the moment, and that madness extends as far as the Ural Dark Force, an all-black version of the familiar Ural three-seat, three-wheel creation. As well as the special paint scheme, the limited edition gets an LED headlight, a different seat and – wait for it – a toy lightsaber that clips to the side of the chair.
Ural says of it: 'From a factory far, far away; nestled in the Ural Mountains, comes the Dark Force. Standard equipped with Lightsaber®, LED lighting, and fully blacked out to hide you in the shadows.
'Inspired by the world of Star Wars®, we created a motorcycle that lets your inner child explore the dark side with little damage to the real world balance of power. Come to the dark side...we've got sidecars!
'Each Dark Force comes standard with one (1) extendable 3' Lightsaber® mounted to the sidecar. Easily accessible and totally secure, ready to battle the unknown.'
At the moment, the bike appears to only be on offer in the US, where just 25 will be sold at a price of $14,999.
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