The Club's History

Back in 1973 the Ural Owners Club was formed in England to support the owners of the Russian Ural motorcycles. Other Soviet motorcycles were then imported such as the Jupiter, Voskhod, Minsk and Dnieper/ Dnepr.

With the introduction and establishment of the UK registered 'Cossack' trade name in 1974, the club was renamed the Cossack Owners Club via an interim name.

The club now supports owners and enthusiasts of all motorcycles that were made in what was the USSR (specifically the factories in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus & Latvia) whether they are sold under their manufacturers' names such as IMZ or UralMoto, or previously as Cossack, Neval, Britaine or Regent.

Motorcycles (& their associated Sidecars) supported include:

• M72 (USSR) 750cc side-valve made in the Ural (Irbit) factory or the 6 earlier Soviet factories from 1939.

• Ural (Russia) all 500cc, 650cc and 750cc models - M52, M53, M61, M62, M63, M66, M67, and the IMZ series right up to all current models. Includes the Neval models such as Soviet Knight and Gallant.

• Dnieper or Dnepr (Ukraine) all 650cc and 750cc models made in the Kiev Motor Works (KMZ) - K750, (Military MB or MW 650 and MB or MW 750), K650, MT9, MT10, MT10-36, MT11, MT12, MT16 and all later models up to time around year 2000 when the Kiev factory output was put on hold. Includes Neval models such as Custom, Classic & Phoenix.

• Voskhod (Russia) 175cc two strokes, all models.

• Minsk (Belarus) 125cc two strokes, all models.

• Riga (Latvia) 50cc mopeds and small 50cc motorcycles.

• Ishevsk (Russia) various but mainly 340cc and 350cc two strokes. Models including Jupiter, Planeta and Planeta Sport.
  

We do not offer any services to specifically support owners of the Chinese Chang Jiang and other flat twin motorcycles related to the BMW R71 (such as the French Cemec, Swiss Condor, HD XA etc), but due to the similarity of these models to the Soviet M72, their owners may also be welcomed into our club should they wish to apply.

Historic Soviet models

The Cossack Owners Club also supports owners of all older Soviet motorcycles whether of Soviet origin, or derived from the pre-WWII BMW R71 designs or other sources such as DKW. Some documentation and technical advice is available to keep these machines running and returned to their former glory.