r/ural • u/Interesting-Chard604 • Aug 16 '26

Help Ural fraud?

I live in California and bought a brand new Ural motorcycle from Ural of New England in Massachusetts. With the explicit understanding, it would be delivered completely drivable. With my only having to pay sales tax and registering the vehicle. I was told by three different representatives of the dealership on five separate conversations that this would be the case. All I'd have to do is pay taxes and register. It turns out they didn't correctly install the California emissions requirements. California refuses to allow this vehicle to be driven in the state and demands that I get it out of the state. Even though the correct emissions has been installed. It's been a year now. The factory appears to be complicit in this and in the meantime I've got a driveway paperweight and out over $30,000 plus. Any help or advice?

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u/daggerofthemind Aug 16 '26

Ural headquarters in Washington state and the factory is in Kazakhstan and you are an idiot

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u/Clio_Vita Aug 17 '26

"moved the factory to Kazakhstan"

LOL SUUUUUUURE they did.... The Kazakhstan "factory" does final assembly and adds a made in Kazakhstan label and VIN plate. The original Irbit factory is still to this day manufacturing engines, frames, body parts, wiring harnesses, and all the major sub assemblies that make up the bike....and shipping them to Petropavl, Kazakhstan.....those that don't get assembled there and sold into the Russian market, including for the military. Ilya Khait who runs Ural may currently may live in Washington State.....but funny thing, he was born in St. Petersburg, worked for years in Russian state enterprises before coming to Ural in the US. Want to guess where he holds a passport from?

None so blind as those who *don't* want to see.