Ural Update: Parts and Neo Progress
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Hi Friends
The last few months have been about moving things forward step by step. Ural has been working on two tracks at the same time: supporting the Urals already on the road and developing the Ural Neo 500 to secure the company’s future. Here’s where that work has brought us, so far.
Parts for Legacy Ural Motorcycles
Ural is aware many are concerned with support for your existing Ural motorcycles and frustrated with the parts availability. Here are the current updates:
- Ural has secured the entire remaining inventory of EFI Gen 2 system components from our supplier, including oxygen sensors, ignition coils, and other related parts. This shipment is expected to arrive in the U.S. by mid-March.
- A large consolidated order of factory-produced parts is being organized in cooperation with our European partner, Congenia GmbH, with financial support from dealers and long-time Ural enthusiasts. We especially want to thank Mike Paull for his support and financial contribution.
This shipment includes a number of items with long manufacturing lead times (crankshafts among them). Because of this, it’s expected to leave from Kazakhstan at the end of May and arrive in the US mid-July (second half of June for the EU). While that’s a wait, this shipment should cover the majority of backorders and create some buffer inventory.
- Ural is working with other suppliers outside the factory to secure available inventory and address backorders.
An important piece of context. The Ural parts business on its own isn’t large enough to be self-sustaining without ongoing bike sales. It also requires significant working capital due to large minimum order quantity, long lead times and slow turnover. The very limited presence of aftermarket alternatives for most of the Ural-specific parts reflects how niche this ecosystem is.
Launching Neo and restoring meaningful unit sales is the only realistic path to rebuilding working capital and establishing stable, long-term parts supply for legacy bikes. Supporting the Neo project - especially by introducing new riders to sidecars - directly contributes to that outcome.
Neo Engineering Development Complete
Ural has reached an important milestone in the Ural Neo journey: the engineering development of the Ural Neo 500 is complete, and the final technical specification is now confirmed. This marks the end of a year-long process of refining the original platform with three priorities in mind: performance, reliability, and compliance.
As Vasilii Khozerov, lead engineer on the Ural Neo project, put it after the final test session: “Everything I rode before was still Yingang’s SUV500. Now, for the first time, I rode the Ural Neo 500 - and I really like it.”
You can read about the key changes and review the official technical specification on the Ural Neo here.
The first production bikes are expected to arrive in the U.S. in June, supporting first customer deliveries shortly thereafter. Deliveries to other markets including Australia will follow as logistics and local requirements are finalised, which is expected to be later this year.
We thank everyone who has followed the project closely, asked thoughtful questions, and shared their enthusiasm. Your interest and patience mean a great deal to us all, and we’ll continue to keep you informed.
More updates soon.
— Clare, Mat and The Team at Ural
