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Star Wars-themed 'Dark Force' $15,000 motorcycle comes complete with a lightsaber (and a sidecar for your droid)

Ural releases newest motorcycle model -- Dark Force
Only 25 bikes will be manufactured
Sidecar rigs are painted black and come with 3-foot extendable lightsaber

Published: 13:57 EST, 17 November 2015 | Updated: 17:03 EST, 17 November 2015

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Ural joined the dark side with the recent unveiling of its limited-edition Star Wars-themed motorcycle– complete with lightsaber.

The $14,999 Dark Force is coated in gloss black paint and designed with a 3-foot extendable lightsaber.

Only 25 models of these sidecar rigs will be produced, and Darth Vader fans can reserve theirs on the company's website.

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Ural joined the dark side when it released a limited-edition Star Wars-themed motorcycle– complete with lightsaber. The $14,999 Dark Force is coated in gloss black paint and designed with a 3-foot extendable lightsaber

The firm was inspired to build the bike by Star Wars

‘Inspired by the world of Star Wars, we created a motorcycle that lets your inner child explore the dark side with little damage to the real world balance of power,’ Ural said.

Each motorcycle is designed with the standard 749 cc OHV, two-cylinder, air-cooled, boxer-style engine that powers the entire Ural line up.

Ceramic coated exhaust, black brushed aluminum badging and black zinc coated passenger pegs are just some of the unique features of this limited-edition model.

The bikes are also equipped with a four-speed forward, a single speed reverse transmission tied to a driveshaft final drive and can hit speeds up to 70 mph.

The requisite sidecar can fit princess Leia and the Enduro bench seat has room for a third passenger.

‘Ural Dark Force is subtle, light and nimble,' the company stated.

'It comes in gloss black with blacked out powertrain and matching ceramic-coated exhaust - a perfect cloak for your epic escape.'

Only 25 builds of these sidecar rigs will be produced, and Darth Vader fans can reserve theirs on the company's website. Each motorcycle is designed with the standard 749 cc OHV, two-cylinder, air-cooled, boxer-style engine that powers the entire Ural line up

DEATH FORCE UNIQUE FEATURES

High visibility LED lighting
Enduro bench seat
Black ceramic coated exhaust
Black engine, gearbox, and final drive
Black brushed aluminum Ural badging
Black zinc coated passenger pegs
Sidecar Utility Clamps
3' Extendable Lightsaber

‘We've added our highest visibility LED Headlight, designed to pierce the night and cut through the darkness.’

Bikes are set to arrive on this planet in early December, just in time for fans to drive to ‘The Force Awakens’ premier in theaters.

The Russian company has been manufacturing sidecar rigs since 1941 in the Soviet Union.

The motorcycles were first built as battle bikes for the Soviet Red Army, modeled after a late-1930s BMW R71.

At one time, the factories were producing 100,000 sidecar bikes a year.

There have been a few stories about how this engineering ended up in Russians, but legend has it that Nazi Germany provided the Soviet Union with a R71 after the countries signed a nonaggression pact in 1939.

It wasn’t until the 1950's were these nostalgic bikes sold to the public.

Although the motorcycles are manufactured in Irbitz, Russia, Irbit MotorWorks of America (IMWA), the direct importer and global distributor of Urals, is American owned.

The bikes are also quipped with a four-speed forward, a single speed reverse transmission tied to a driveshaft final drive and can hit speeds up to 70 mph. It comes in gloss black with blacked out powertrain and matching ceramic-coated exhaust - a perfect cloak for your epic escape

Ceramic coated exhaust, black brushed aluminum badging and black zinc coated passenger pegs are just some of the unique features of this limited-edition model. Bikes are set to arrive on this planet in early December, just in time for fans to drive to ‘The Force Awakens’ premier in theaters

The Russian company has been manufacturing sidecar rigs since 1941 in the Soviet Union. The motorcycles were first built as battle bikes for the Soviet Red Army, modeled after a late-1930s BMW R71. At one time, the factories were producing 100,000 sidecar bikes a year