Meanwhile in Russia...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zxxM9EYQzY

I kinda liked the song they were playing.

Haha! Awesome .

They sell Jeeps in Russia?

I count at least a half dozen ways in which that is awesome.

They can hang with this kid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaRmg77Ud48&feature=player_embedded

I didn't like the part where they weren't wearing eye protection.

That...is...awesome!

Speaking of Russia, I pulled a 4" flap wheel out of my tool box this weekend. Lately I'm becoming more aware of where things are made, and since this had been in there for a long time I looked to see where it was made. It said "Made in Russia" on it. How often do you see that???

The only thing I ever find on my flap discs are small chunks of my fingers.

In reply to Woody:

Ewww.

The drums were Yamaha. What make was the bike?

porksboy wrote: The drums were Yamaha. What make was the bike?

The rear fender looks Harley-ish, the front end looks Honda but the side car wheel looks like a BMW snowflake wheel.

Ural?

This apparently might come as a shock but the iron curtain actually came down, like, twenty years ago now. Yes, you can get Jeeps in Russia, along with Yamaha drums, Honda motorcycles and anything else you could conceivably get in a modern European country. Yeesh...

In reply to Jay:

And you can get flap wheels from them!!

no eye protection?

I'll just leave this here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqI8QsAZAYQ&feature=related

Well, I guess thats one way to get some practice in before the next gig.

stuart in mn wrote: They sell Jeeps in Russia?

Sorry, internet is hard to use.

Those vehicles belong to the Russian mint: they transport money. The Cherokee is armored.

Russia is cool.

Holy crap, someone went and armoured an XJ. Now THAT'S an unstoppable ZAV.

My dad had a Nanchang CJ-6, the Chinese version of the Yak 52. One of his fellow Yak buddies summed it up nicely:

[bad Russian accent] "Russian engineering: Strong, like bull - Smart, like tractor." [/bad Russian accent]