How the earthquake in Japan is impacting sidecar production in Russia The thing about making motorcycles in 2011 is that manufacturing is now truly global. A significant disruption in a key component source country such as Japan can interrupt production across the globe. That remains true even if you’re making a throwback to a WWII copy of a BMW R37 sidecar in Russia. Ural’s Ilya Khait explains how they’re coping with a natural disaster half a world away. — ... By Ilya Khait News - Mar 27 2011 -
