Russian manufacturer Ural is the world’s best-known producer of ready-made sidecars. The Sahara, an optioned-up version of the off-road-oriented Ranger, is sturdy, rugged and comfortable, with just enough gloss and polish to be a real attention-grabber.
Adventure Rider Magazine staffers aren’t experts, or even experienced, in handling sidecars. The thoughts and opinions we share here need to be viewed with that thought in mind. But one of the many things we learned while riding the Sahara was that a sidecar can up the adventure level of a seemingly unobtrusive track to a very marked degree. We took the Ural into some challenging terrain, and despite our inexperience, it hacked the pace.
We hope that’s a little sidecar pun there.