Sideburn has easily the most entertaining blog on the internet, even if you're not so concerned about motorcyles. A recent post of theirs sent me on an obsessive hunt for videos of Вездеход, or Russian off road/cross country vehicles, the best of which are garage built and just perfectly extreme. The above item for instance, add a roof rack (preferably welded on and made from a shopping cart or something, none of this branded soft rack capitalist weakness) and you'd be set for whatever Sakhalin Island or Baja has to throw at you. Meanwhile, as the previous Wheels & Waves post proves, there's a certain hip factor to the surf/motorbike crossover at present, and of course our Russian друзья have that sorted too...
As used to a nice looking motorbike as the crowd at the Venice Beach Deus cafe are for instance, I think that would turn heads as you roll up on it. And in true motorbike fashion Aleksandr manages to get the lovely (and probably blonde) Anastasia on the back, but best of all there's room for a board back there too....
4 comments:
I'm glad the camera man gave us a detail shot of the left rear indicator flashing.
But I missed the significance of the giant nappy pin?
Was the Mission Impossible theme in a progrock style a clue?
BP
Was wondering about the homemade nappy pin myself- it did seem to be needed but just what for I have less than no idea. Superbly Russian, right down to the music and excellent running gear footage
...with all "crude" stuff that you expect from an ex Red country.
man, last year I was in front of Sakhalin! but unfortunately no waves that day...not cold though.
nice macine :D
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