Hate to suggest this, but follow the link to ADVrider posted above. There is a very active thread about Urals (amongst all the other Ural threads there). Go into it with your eyes open, one mans easy to fix classic is anothers maintenance over sensitive badly made POS.
Of the real long distance riders Hubert (apologies can never remember his full name) gets along with his but has contacts at the factory and no time constraints, while the chap currently in Indonesia would sleep easier if he went for the gallon of petrol and match solution.
This is the huge advantage of the rental solution offered at the very top IMHO, when it breaks I assume you just climb into the support vehicle and the tour will be paced at what they will excel at. No need to try and get a 50 mph vehicle 2000 miles away before you can change the oil and start to enjoy it
Andy
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