The one item that I didn’t get with the Ural when I originally purchased it a few years ago, but really wanted, was a windshield for the sidecar. Unfortunately, at about $250 for a factory unit I didn’t feel like I’d get what I was paying for so instead I decided to build my own. Total cost: $40 and about 3 hours of my time. There isn’t much to it so the photos below pretty well show what I did. However, if you’re going to go out and buy the materials, this is essentially what you’ll need.

Extra strong safety-coated plexiglass, an 18×24″ piece of this will run you about $20 at Home Depot.

Piece of galvanized sheet metal (don’t need this but I thought it added a finished touch).

Handful of bolts, nuts and washers.

Piece of hardwood that’s about 4x4x24″.

You can use a jigsaw to cut and shape the plexiglass and then an orbital sander to give the edges that nice rounded look. The wood I used was a piece of scrap left over from my Adirondack Chair Construction so it was pressure treated and then I put a couple coats of polyurethane mahogany stain over it. I’m pretty pleased with the results.