This is the Dnepr MT 10-36 model; it was manufactured in Kyiv during the Soviet era. It is an earlier model featuring a dual-seat setup.
This is a civilian motorcycle; a different model—called the Ural—was produced at a different factory for the army and police.
Just before World War II, the USSR completely copied the BMW R71, releasing it under the M-72 brand. After years of upgrades, this specific model appeared around 1977.
Great work, bro.

A Russian here. I was riding those Urals my entire teen ages 😀 There is no starter motor. The thing that you referred to as a starter is a car-type generator. The "Armor" plates are wind shields for legs. In it's original form, the bike should have an ignition key. I assume, someone replaced it with a simple switch. What you thought is a starter solenoid is an electro-mechanical battery charging relay. That bike is a complete piece of nonsense and it would not start well even when it was brand new. There is a guy in internet, "Saruman" who designed an open source CDI for Ural based on PIC16 microcontroller. With that CDI it works like a dream. Oh, and if an Ural leaks oil - that means there is oil in the engine. You should get concerned when it doesn't leak oil 😅

Vinny gonna jump outta that sidecar the first squirrel he sees😂

I own a Dnepr MT 10 just as this one   and still drive it after 1 year restoration. I live in Romania and parts are still available. It's loats of fun and it turns you into a mechanic by force 😂

The bike is a 1976 model. I had one exactly the same in 1976. Bought it brand new, had the brake shoes relined as stopping power was fear rated. Ride that bike 2 up all over Europe (cut the metal plate out under the pillion and replaced it with seat springs from a Yamaha YDS1. The generator was repaired in Germany using 2 parts epoxy resin and my grandmother's oven.

The Cossack Deniper was derivative of the Ural which is still being made and sold in the UK and USA.

Many were sold to the UN - search UN Ural

The air filter is oil filled with a wirewool mesh.

The handbook said "when traveling ploughed or rough terrain use only first gear and retard the engine.

To start you need to retard the ignition, kick 3 times to prime and the 4th kick will start the motor. It also has a "slickshift" clutch that is engaged using the rocket gear shifter.

You may have reverse as well.

Message me for more on this beast.

A good 95% of the comment here are completely erroneous. The bike is a Soviet MT-10 made by KMZ in Kiev. It is most likely a MT-10-36, possibly imported into Canada in the late 1970s. It is not a Ural and no Ural engine or gearbox parts will fit. It is a normal civilian bike. It is not a copy of a WWII BMW as the engine is derived from the Zündapp KS750. It has a plain bearing bottom end, which KMZ used from 1967, 3 years before BMW. The frame is loosely derived from the /2 BMWs. The KMZ plant fell on hard times in the late 1990s and was closed completely by around 2010. Spare parts are not being made and in fact the last bikes made by KMZ were made with a mix of secondhand parts and spares. Though the Soviets captured the BMW plant at Eisenach, they did not dismantle it and ship it to the Soviet Union. They left it where it was to make motorcycles and cars as reparations. Eisenach used the BMW name up until 1952 when control of the plant passed from the Soviet Union to the DDR.

This motorcycle is called "Dnepr". was produced on the territory of what is now Ukraine. The armor you found protects your feet from dirt. installed at the front. carburetors are replaced with PZ30, only an adapter plate is needed, the flange is horizontal. I know these motorcycles and since you launched it) I’ve been watching your channel for a long time, thanks for the video!

I had a Dnepr. The Prague Dnepr dealer sold me his own, when he wouldn't order one for me, feeling they were no good. He was right. Also had a Ural 750, which was more reliable. The Dnepr has constant third wheel drive using a differential, while the Ural has a lever to engage the third wheel with no differential, which is fine in the forest

Cant wait to see vinny inside the side cart with his sunglasses on LOL

Your love of motorcycles is boundless.  What a tremendous variety of vehicles- second to none.  Well done, comrade.

You could do ten videos on this. Actually that would be a nice series to watch.

Not only are you a great mechanic you're a really good deal maker you know how to negotiate and get a good price that is a wonderful gift to have in life!

have had three of these bikes in the last 25 years, if you don't have a title to one then it is basically a garage queen, a Ukrainian guy in Ohio sold many of these without titles, and most buyers were stuck with them, its a Dnepr, parts are available from a guy in Ukraine, not as old as you might think, not as  dependable as a Ural, and is an MT-11 model, the MT-16 was two-wheel drive, the second drive being the sidecar wheel, the one I still ride has all the military accessories, black out lights, spare gas can, ammo boxes, sapper spade, a de-milled DP-27 machine gun on mount, wooden duckboards and in the original Russian military color

Dneper is correct . We had them in the UK in the 70’s sold as Cossacks . I had a Voskhod 175cc twin port 2 stroke and a Jupiter350  2 strioke twin The ural and Dneper were 650 and modelled on BMW bikes from the 40s . Build quality was pretty old school and owning one meant you learnt a lot about mechanics . Great video thanks

Love this Joe,for something completely different!👌💪👋👍🤝🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦

Literally amazing that you figured out that the points were grounding out

That bike is extra COOL 👍🏽

I must admit Joe that I am usually impressed with most of what you do, but this time I am super impressed!!! I just can't fathom that you got that thing running. Mind officially blown!!! 😂😂😂

These bikes were largely copied from the 1930s BMW motorcycles used by Germany in WW2. Super interesting bike. Well done.

Looks like the dnepr 650 cc  from the ucrain  around 1967  hope it helps  i had this back in 72 in the uk as a scrambler combo  they chunky but run well.