Jim Silly-Balls posted:

Do not mopedshame lest you get a kit thrown at you

goddamnedtwisto posted:

They made several. The F1 is the one everyone remembers because it was the homologation special for the TT and BSB-winning RCW, but there was also the Classic, which was their first one (started off with a licence-built Suzuki engine but massively tweaked), then their own twin-rotor design in the Commander (a sports-tourer) and the Interpol (a Commander with bigger built-in storage and 24V electrics for police and military use).

Funnily enough they weren't actually as catastrophically bad as "Wankel-engined British bike" would make you believe, but by the time the water-cooled engine made it to production (which fixed most of the biggest problems with the air-cooled originals) the Fireblade had come out and it might as well have been steam-driven.

Gorson posted:

Thanks for the info. "the Interpol" is an incredible name for a bike, but only if it came in a civilian version.

Greg12 posted:

ADVrider poster period advertisements



oh to be a white baby boomer man in the 70s

Greg12 posted:

ads for 70s subarus also say it funny... soo BAR oo

Greg12 posted:

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How's life in your government-provided mud hut, JJ?

HenryJLittlefinger posted:

asked of another poster, who is a resident of Malaysia. And not as a good natured jab.

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I'm sure that socialisation and education have more to do with it than chemicals.
We have taught our sons to be tough guys and not show emotions since forever.
Most of their sports are predicated on domination through violence.

Which leads me off topic somewhat - why the gently caress does a civilised society tolerate boxing and MMA?

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Would you rather these warrior types walk the street with no outlet for their energy? Some men are born pure warriors, they don't feel physical pain like the average person. Boxing and MMA give them a controlled and disciplined environment to vent that energy and not take it out on the general public.

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Would you rather these warrior types walk the street with no outlet for their energy? Some men are born pure warriors, they don't feel physical pain like the average person. Boxing and MMA give them a controlled and disciplined environment to vent that energy and not take it out on the general public.

cursedshitbox posted:

Wanna hear this dildo explain Turkish oil wrestling.

cursedshitbox posted:

Wanna hear this dildo explain Turkish oil wrestling.

Coydog posted:

I looked this up and nobody has explained why they spend so much time and effort with their hands down each other's leather pants.

Coydog posted:

I looked this up and nobody has explained why they spend so much time and effort with their hands down each other's leather pants.

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the pehlivan aims to control his opponent by putting his arm through the latter's kisbet. To win by this move is called paça kazık.

HenryJLittlefinger posted:

Didn’t Charlie and ewan oil wrestle with some Mongolian guys?

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Ahhh. Another closet (for safety)conservative

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One man junk is another man treasure they say...

It is workhorse in Siberia because there is nothing to chose from. Every old ex-USSR bike is workhorse there along with chinese scooters.

Amazing how it is different for someone, who spent most of life in USSR and you guys

It is not collectable, nor rare and basically it used to be "poor man's Jawa" in Soviet Union times.
BTW - they came with sidecar as well. If you want more exotic

I hope troubles we had from those bikes will pass by you! Enjoy it.

drat, I should start business selling ex-USSR junk to US

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That bike designed in conditions of ruined economy, poor copies of German war time bike designs, marginal qualirty control etc.
NOBODY worried about what PEOPLE wanted to ride in our country back then we all wanted Hondas and got Izh.
I am afraid your assumption based on what normal manufacturer would be thinking of, but things were not normal in our country. It was not designed with reliability in mind, not for specific conditions, nothing like that. All bikes were designed in same way in our country. And they were cheaper than imported Jawa.

Sidecar was to make it more popular for villagers, who can haul sac of potatoes off field or get to town center with wife and kid. Not to keep it from falling over on our marginal quality roads.

Oh...I wish I'd seat over couple of beers with you guys to explain how it really worked.

Best Izh ever made was Izh Planeta Sport. Made with Yamaha.

Back then allowed speed for motorcycles on any road in USSR was limited to 90 kmph by road code. BTW.

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Thank you very much for your insights and comments, sure was a very hard and sad time and for those who do not live that, is difficult to understand.

For my part I only can talk about my feelings about these vehicles, I have a Russian VAZ 2105 sedan and recently bought a motorcycle Planet 5 (see my other threads in this forum)

I bought the car because it was one of the cheapest on the market and in these 4 years has given me good service, it does not break more often than others and when it does, the mechanic is affordable and spare parts are cheap.

I feel meets my needs and my family´s and I'm satisfied.

The bike is a different case, I like classic bikes and wanted to have one for the pleasure of riding it and the price is a factor, here the classic worth more than a car.

Upon learning of the existence of Planet here, I found I like its old-fashioned style ( German technology of the 30's mixed with a touch of the big Japanese bikes from the 80's and russian craftsmanship )

I always had 2-stroke motorcycles, and had the oportunity to have a famous classic bike, with its old style riding feeling and street legal at a price I could afford,made me decide to buy it.

Recently I have it and so far has not given me any headaches .... we will see later.

Both in my car and the bike I love the Practical design, devoid of ornaments so common in modern products.

Not Have a great performance but i travel from point A to B (most of the times ...) with undeniable style!

I would love to hear some stories of yours with this bike!

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Yep, I see your point. It's just really interesting to see how two different "worlds" meet so many years later in form of vehicle. When we were chasing after WWII Harley WLAs it seems Western countries (as they called you guys on news) were enjoying old Russian antiques.
You got export version of 2105. You should have tried to drive ours God, 4 years of non-breaking 2105 was miracle by our standard. Cars were exported with different level of QA, I remember how everyone wanted "export LADA".

Well, my stories about Izh are ugly, no point in sharing. Fixing it for drunk people who would crush it into ditch next day, buying parts from factory that were missing thermal treatment, "upgrading" ignition with unreliable bulky parts...
Just because I was student with no income but love to machinery.

But history of Soviet motorcycle manufacturing - that is kinda interesting and I know a lot about it also from some people, who were involved in it first hand.

I myself had a bit of quality time with Planeta Sport (could not afford it, it was neighbourgh bike, priced twice of Planeta 5 price) and lot of villagers Izh56, Planeta 5, Saturns (rare), Jupiter 4 and 5, Minsk, K750 (wonderful old boxer, more reliable than any of those) etc. etc.
All of those 2-stroke bikes except 2 cyl Jupiter, 32 bhp Planeta Sport and 125 cc Minsk (different factory) derive from german pre-WWII DKW 350. 4 strokes - from BMW R71, Minsk - DKW RT125.
I myself drove for quite some time Dnepr (sidecar rig without sidecar, chopper style - I was youn and dumb) and spent lot of time with my friends sporting anything from Jawa 250 to Urals etc. When we got our grabby hands on third-hand grey import Hondas etc. it was like revelation that bike can actually run like rocket, handle like dream, brake like anchored etc. etc. and won't require to mess up with it every 1000 km.

Anyway, I sincerely wish you won't have any any troubles with your Izh - it is something that defo stands out in crowd outside of ex-Soviet and have its own meaning...kinda cool.:clap

Some creepy old fucker on ADV posted:

During my brief U.K. trip I noticed the effect of the national diet on many ladies' (post 16y.o.) girth. I think there is a fertile market for Thai mail order brides as long as they maintain their trim lines, can produce a good performance on demand and offer low maintenance costs.

Of course you could do a Chinese mail order, but quality control over a medium to long term contract can be subject to change without notification.

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Jazzzzz posted:

can we just flush these people down the goddamned drain and start over

ought ten posted:

MY OTHER TOY HAS A DICK

MomJeans420 posted:

I'm confused by that, assuming the target audience for these is a small subset of straight white males. Unless it's for the ladies?

I think I just put more thought into that than anyone did before they printed those stickers though.