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Balu

06-02-2015, 01:53 AM

Serious Off-road Lada Niva 4x4 Driving Russia Siberia.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eo9pXGXer8k

Jeff

06-02-2015, 07:05 AM

red state

06-02-2015, 08:25 AM

Serious Off-road Lada Niva 4x4 Driving Russia Siberia.

I got to 1:56 into the video and had to cut it off......can't stand watchin' idiots who don't know how to drive. He should have ridden with the guy behind him.....that one did much better up to 1:56 (don't know about the rest of the video).

Thanks for posting though....and WELCOME!!!

red state

06-02-2015, 08:26 AM

And I really like the BLACK bike.....just sayin'. :clap:

Tyr-Ziu Saxnot

06-02-2015, 08:28 AM

And I really like the BLACK bike.....just sayin'. :clap:
I am greedy, would want them both!!!! :laugh:--Tyr

NightTrain

06-02-2015, 08:31 AM

These are my favorite toys :

http://www.debatepolicy.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=7279&stc=1

Jeff

06-02-2015, 08:35 AM

These are my favorite toys :

http://www.debatepolicy.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=7279&stc=1

Have to ask NT, is that the Misses in the boat and if so is that one of the toy's ? I started to post a pic of the OL Lady showing one of my favorite toys, well right up there with the black one :laugh: but thought some may not find it funny.

Gunny

06-02-2015, 08:38 AM

And I really like the BLACK bike.....just sayin'. :clap:

Yeah. Gunny's not allowed to have a bike. I like them, but I'm a total whack-a-doodle on a bike.:laugh:

NightTrain

06-02-2015, 08:39 AM

Have to ask NT, is that the Misses in the boat and if so is that one of the toy's ? I started to post a pic of the OL Lady showing one of my favorite toys, well right up there with the black one :laugh: but thought some may not find it funny.

Yep, that's what I was saying.... :laugh2:

Someone might find that offensive, but we joke about the other being our favorite toy all the time. So, it doesn't matter if someone gets their nose out of joint about it.

Yeah, that's my lil honey... NT's Girl here on the board.

Jeff

06-02-2015, 08:43 AM

Yep, that's what I was saying.... :laugh2:

Someone might find that offensive, but we joke about the other being our favorite toy all the time. So, it doesn't matter if someone gets their nose out of joint about it.

Yeah, that's my lil honey... NT's Girl here on the board.

Heck to be honest I am sure when the Ol lady and her friends are sitting shooting the Sheot I am sure I am called a toy, no harm in basically saying that is mine, heck I consider it being proud of her. And quite honestly she is my favorite toy, we ride the other favorite to our favorite spots to do our favorite activity. :laugh:

Balu

06-02-2015, 09:47 AM

Pretty cool Balu, but I thought it was going to be real toys for grown up boys such as

http://www.debatepolicy.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=7276&stc=1

Or maybe

http://www.debatepolicy.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=7277&stc=1

Yes those are the toys I like.

Me too! I have the same set - 4x4 "Niva" (You saw HER in a clip and Russian made bike "Ural-Wolf".
In my youth I was fond of BMX. http://www.kolobok.us/smiles/standart/friends.gif

http://www.zavedi.ru/pics/board/24424bigimage.JPG

red state

06-02-2015, 10:19 AM

These are my favorite toys :

As I KNOW you already know....U simply can't beat a Honda (especially an old HONDA).

I have a Green Rancher and just sold the better one (a RED Forman).

Gunny

06-02-2015, 10:21 AM

As I KNOW you already know....U simply can't beat a Honda (especially an old HONDA).

I have a Green Rancher and just sold the better one (a RED Forman).

Honda? And to think I used to like you .......:laugh:

red state

06-02-2015, 10:22 AM

Yeah. Gunny's not allowed to have a bike. I like them, but I'm a total whack-a-doodle on a bike.:laugh:

Yeah.....I'm pretty much hen pecked as well, Gunny. HA!!!

Jeff is trying to help me out and I've been enticing the MRS' in riding out and meeting Jeff and his ole lady but, so far, it hasn't worked. The bad thing is that there are several at church who ride often and one of the wives got hurt and has YET to heal so that is pretty much the deciding factor (so far) in my getting a bike.

red state

06-02-2015, 10:28 AM

Honda? And to think I used to like you .......:laugh:

Be honest, Gunny....you never liked me and I can't blame you cuz I rarely like anybody back. HA! In fact, my only friends are tough old birds who don't need or want anybody around (just like me). HA!!! I have been getting the "grandpa" itch lately and wouldn't mind having a lil' grandson around to shoot, ride and make bows. My wife says that we need more friends and I spout back: "Friends...DEAD expense and most times ONE-SIDED."

Seriously though, I don't like that AMERICA can't make a better ATV but it still doesn't deviate from the God awful truth that you just about can't beat or beat up a tough ole Honda. I know....

Gunny

06-02-2015, 10:33 AM

Speaking of .. Key Largo is on at 2 Mountain time. That'd be 4 for you East Coaster rejects. It was filmed in a pool hall bar called the Caribbean Club. Was as biker bar. 120 miles south of Miami.

Me and my GF at the time REALLY liked the pier. :)

Balu

06-02-2015, 11:00 AM

And, sure. the most popular toy for men are pistols. But there art very strong restrictions for firing combat ones.
There is a good substitution giving a way out plinking.
I'll try to describe hoe we usually entertain when in country side on weekends.
Take an empty beer or coke can, knight 2 neats - one for a load to anchor it, the other - to pull it back. The length of the first must more than the depth.
Throw the can into river, or lake, the second neat at your hand. The can starts floating like a bobber, and it becomes rather difficult target to shoot at. When the can is hit it partly sinks, the target becomes smaller. That who manages to sink the can down is awarded a glass of vodkaю Than the can is pulled from the water.
For this plinking I use pneumatic all metal "Makarov", 100% analog of combat pistol by weight, seize and sight. It is even assembled and and disassembled as a combat one, thus enabling you to keep the skills.

http://www.e-kombat.ru/20-921-large/pnevmaticheskij-pistolet-makarova-mr-654k.jpg
http://mirpnevmatiki.ru/published/publicdata/SSKOILRUPNEVMAT/attachments/SC/products_pictures/CIMG0019.JPG

NightTrain

06-02-2015, 12:11 PM

As I KNOW you already know....U simply can't beat a Honda (especially an old HONDA).

I have a Green Rancher and just sold the better one (a RED Forman).

Yep. People who live in remote AK only run the Honda ATVs for the most part.

But the old Honda machines were absolutely bulletproof. The only weak spot on the old Big Reds was the chain-drive - but this one is the shaft-drive with low range and reverse, so it's solid all the way around.

I was going to take a 4x4 4-wheeler up there to leave at the cabin, but then I came across this one and had to have it. It's 1 year newer than the Big Red we had when I was a kid out in the boonies. Total nostalgia trip for me, and I know what that baby is capable of.

And, yeah, I really wish that there was an American ATV that is as well made and reliable as a Honda. Polaris is getting there now, but have you tried lifting up one of the new ATVs from any manufacturer? You'll break your back trying to get one out of a mudhole. That 3-wheeler weighs about 200 pounds, I'm guessing, so really all you have to do is get off the machine and it'll walk out of just about anything.

And I wouldn't touch an Arctic Cat of any kind with a 10 foot pole. They're garbage.

For me, it's gotta be a Polaris snowmachine and a Honda wheeler.

Abbey Marie

06-02-2015, 02:03 PM

I love these:

http://st.houzz.com/simgs/83d1dbde0eb593c4_4-9107/modern-candleholders.jpg

and these:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/07/Chinese_Wisteria_Bl%C3%BCtentrauben.JPG

Gunny

06-02-2015, 02:06 PM

Be honest, Gunny....you never liked me and I can't blame you cuz I rarely like anybody back. HA! In fact, my only friends are tough old birds who don't need or want anybody around (just like me). HA!!! I have been getting the "grandpa" itch lately and wouldn't mind having a lil' grandson around to shoot, ride and make bows. My wife says that we need more friends and I spout back: "Friends...DEAD expense and most times ONE-SIDED."

Seriously though, I don't like that AMERICA can't make a better ATV but it still doesn't deviate from the God awful truth that you just about can't beat or beat up a tough ole Honda. I know....

Why would you think THAT? I dislike everyone equally. :laugh: You ARE a grumpy old fart, however. :laugh:

And I have 2 beautiful granddaughters so guess I'm one up. :)

red state

06-02-2015, 04:39 PM

Yep. People who live in remote AK only run the Honda ATVs for the most part.

But the old Honda machines were absolutely bulletproof. The only weak spot on the old Big Reds was the chain-drive - but this one is the shaft-drive with low range and reverse, so it's solid all the way around.

I was going to take a 4x4 4-wheeler up there to leave at the cabin, but then I came across this one and had to have it. It's 1 year newer than the Big Red we had when I was a kid out in the boonies. Total nostalgia trip for me, and I know what that baby is capable of.

And, yeah, I really wish that there was an American ATV that is as well made and reliable as a Honda. Polaris is getting there now, but have you tried lifting up one of the new ATVs from any manufacturer? You'll break your back trying to get one out of a mudhole. That 3-wheeler weighs about 200 pounds, I'm guessing, so really all you have to do is get off the machine and it'll walk out of just about anything.

And I wouldn't touch an Arctic Cat of any kind with a 10 foot pole. They're garbage.

For me, it's gotta be a Polaris snowmachine and a Honda wheeler.

Great, accurate post. I'm sure Honda would (OR SHOULD) pay good money to you (or JIM) for the advertisement and recommendation. I couldn't agree more with you on all counts. One would think that FORD would have continued making tractors....truly a shame really. All our companies have either been sold to foreign interests or given away by big-eared SOW's like the one we have in OUR White House. Heck, maybe when Alaska's population matches its territory size, someone will open their own lil' shop that will quickly grow to something big like HARLEY. Most folks don't realize how big Alaska is and if only they could engineer peas, tomatoes and other such things to grow "profitably" up there.....

Alaska could easily be one of the LARGEST Republics in the world (totally independent) with all the timber, fish, oil and other such things. All they need is more people (much more), tech businesses, and WARMER weather. HECK, if Gore-bal warming had any truth to it at all, perhaps we will be able to "comfortably" move up there and work at an Alaska ATV manufacturing plant or grow corn, wheat and other stuff. HA!!!

NightTrain

06-02-2015, 05:05 PM

The problem with manufacturing here is that everything has to be shipped. Probably 99.9% of freight bound for AK is consolidated and then loaded in semi trailers in Seattle and then loaded onto container ships, and unloaded in Anchorage.

There's so many middle men involved with freight transport that the cost makes it almost unfeasible to compete with a guy down in Oregon making his version of it. Freight costs are the big reason the cost of living is so high here... on a par with Hawaii, who's in the same boat. (!) A gallon of milk shipped from Washington is a buck cheaper per gallon than local milk because they can get their feed so much cheaper down there. It's kinda crazy.

Max R.

06-02-2015, 05:40 PM

Pretty cool Balu, but I thought it was going to be real toys for grown up boys such as

http://www.debatepolicy.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=7276&stc=1

Or maybe

http://www.debatepolicy.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=7277&stc=1

Yes those are the toys I like.
Or toys like these:

http://oi62.tinypic.com/2ugc9co.jpg

http://oi58.tinypic.com/30tgdhz.jpg

http://oi62.tinypic.com/1zf1mdf.jpg

Jeff

06-03-2015, 01:08 AM

Or toys like these:

http://oi62.tinypic.com/2ugc9co.jpg

http://oi58.tinypic.com/30tgdhz.jpg

http://oi62.tinypic.com/1zf1mdf.jpg

I love both of these type of toys and have my fair share of them. :thumb:

jimnyc

06-03-2015, 10:32 AM

Bummer. Thought this thread was going to be about hookers. :(

jimnyc

06-03-2015, 10:32 AM

^^ I kid, I kid. :)

Gunny

06-03-2015, 11:50 AM

Or toys like these:

http://oi62.tinypic.com/2ugc9co.jpg

http://oi58.tinypic.com/30tgdhz.jpg

http://oi62.tinypic.com/1zf1mdf.jpg

I'm drooling over the Browning.

Max R.

06-03-2015, 04:25 PM

I'm drooling over the Browning.
It's favorite! I used to have a NATO version: parkarized, ambidextrous safety and rubber grips with a blood groove to prevent slipping. Ex-wife got it. When I turn 60 and start collecting my pension, she's supposed to get a third. I'm curious to see if she calls me on my birthday. If she does, my first question is "Where's my Browning?"

Balu

06-11-2015, 09:33 PM

I've done it!!!
Yesterday I rode my 50cc 3,5 hp SYM Simphony 50 SR scooter from Moscow to Lukoyanov (the South of Nizhny Novgorog Region)
Total distance - 526 km.
Departure 3:30 a.m.
Arrival - 4:30 p.m.
The first 300 km were a joy, but then every further dozen of kilometers became more and more difficult.
But the main thing is a RESULT achieved. I am here!!! Not so bag for my 65 y.o.
Thus I confirmed my title "iron ass" in 50 cc scooter classification.
And this is fine! :)

tailfins

06-11-2015, 09:51 PM

Serious Off-road Lada Niva 4x4 Driving Russia Siberia.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eo9pXGXer8k

I hope it was better built than the Russian Lada I rode in Cuba. It's doors were loose and sloppy, much of the interior had fallen off and the car shook badly as it went down the road. I also rode in a 1953 Plymouth Savoy with a Soviet Tractor diesel engine and a hand-poured regular glass windshield and a braking system borrowed from a Russian Lada (who needs to stop?, anyway). The Plymouth Savoy seemed much more durable.

Jeff

06-11-2015, 09:53 PM

I love these:

http://st.houzz.com/simgs/83d1dbde0eb593c4_4-9107/modern-candleholders.jpg

and these:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/07/Chinese_Wisteria_Bl%C3%BCtentrauben.JPG

What a girl you are. :laugh:

Balu

06-11-2015, 10:02 PM

I hope it was better built than the Russian Lada I rode in Cuba. It's doors were loose and sloppy, much of the interior had fallen off and the car shook badly as it went down the road. I also rode in a 1953 Plymouth Savoy with a Soviet Tractor diesel engine and a hand-poured regular glass windshield and a braking system borrowed from a Russian Lada (who needs to stop?, anyway). The Plymouth Savoy seemed much more durable.
Any car needs care and maintenance, otherwise you will have these results. Mine serves me fine for years. http://www.kolobok.us/smiles/standart/smile3.gif
Besides, this 4x4 Lada "Niva" has a frame-less body. SHE is the founder of this class of vehicles.

Balu

06-11-2015, 10:08 PM

I love these:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/07/Chinese_Wisteria_Bl%C3%BCtentrauben.JPG

Yesterday I really enjoyed the smell of these lupines during my scooter riding as well as the smell of freshly cut hay. http://www.kolobok.us/smiles/standart/good.gif

Jeff

06-11-2015, 10:09 PM

Yesterday I really enjoys the smell of these lupines during my scooter riding as well as the smell of freshly cut hay. http://www.kolobok.us/smiles/standart/good.gif

Wow, what a girl you are. :laugh::laugh::laugh:

Balu

06-11-2015, 10:21 PM

Wow, what a girl you are. :laugh::laugh::laugh:

Really? Don't forget that we live in a World of Smells. They may be joyful and sad, and they can remind you of the times which have gone forever and the events occurred. For instance I love the smell of autumn leaves on the forest ground. It conjures up a romantic mood. http://www.kolobok.us/smiles/standart/good.gif

Abbey Marie

06-11-2015, 10:43 PM

What a girl you are. :laugh:

(Shh! don't tell Perianne!)

:laugh2:

Abbey Marie

06-11-2015, 10:44 PM

Yesterday I really enjoyed the smell of these lupines during my scooter riding as well as the smell of freshly cut hay. http://www.kolobok.us/smiles/standart/good.gif

I believe these are Wisteria, but I get the idea. :cool:

Jeff

06-11-2015, 10:48 PM

Really? Don't forget that we live in a World of Smells. They may be joyful and sad, and they can remind you of the times which have gone forever and the events occurred. For instance I love the smell of autumn leaves on the forest ground. It conjures up a romantic mood. http://www.kolobok.us/smiles/standart/good.gif

Balu I was cutting up ( joking ) I am a biker, I ride because of the smells and such, I will ride my scooter in the rain so I can feel like I am one with nature ( of course that doesn't work well say when I am stuck in Atlanta traffic, Fj will understand that one ) But I wasn't being mean, I was teasing ya, lighten up comrade, have fun.

Balu

06-11-2015, 10:49 PM

Balu

06-11-2015, 10:55 PM

Balu I was cutting up ( joking ) I am a biker, I ride because of the smells and such, I will ride my scooter in the rain so I can feel like I am one with nature ( of course that doesn't work well say when I am stuck in Atlanta traffic, Fj will understand that one ) But I wasn't being mean, I was teasing ya, lighten up comrade, have fun.
Jokes is a very complicated things when you speak with a foreigner.
Do not forget that I am a foreigner among you and I am truing to speak YOUR languge, which is not my mother tongue. So some misunderstanding may always occur. http://www.kolobok.us/smiles/standart/smile3.gif

Max R.

06-11-2015, 11:21 PM

Balu

06-11-2015, 11:53 PM

Long day and a tough ride regardless of what you were on. What was your average speed? I could do the math for 13 hours and 526KM, but I'm guessing there were several breaks in there plus a meal.
I was at 65 km/h. 3 "smoke brakes" as it is not comfortable to smoke while riding + 3 brakes for gas refilling. No meals, only a breakfast before departure. When arrived got a dinner with a pair cans of beer and went to bed. Woke up at 3 a.m. again fresh and ready for further deeds. http://www.kolobok.us/smiles/standart/smile3.gif

Max R.

06-12-2015, 08:05 PM

Here's one of my toys; a 9.5 foot fishing kayak. I already had the four-legged accessory.

http://oi57.tinypic.com/dnh5pf.jpg
http://oi57.tinypic.com/1085m43.jpg

Max R.

06-12-2015, 08:10 PM

A few years ago I took a year's worth of night welding classes in preparation for my chosen post-retirement career.

Building a kayak trailer was my first big welding project.

Before
http://oi57.tinypic.com/2rdf30m.jpg

Mid-Construction
http://oi57.tinypic.com/66vz40.jpg

Finished
http://oi60.tinypic.com/15hedz5.jpg

tailfins

06-12-2015, 08:14 PM

Here's one of my toys; a 9.5 foot fishing kayak. I already had the four-legged accessory.

http://oi57.tinypic.com/dnh5pf.jpg
http://oi57.tinypic.com/1085m43.jpg

I like how you put a life jacket on your dog. The attention to detail speaks well of you. Brazilians in Brazil are accident-prone. It's specifically because they overlook exactly these kinds of details.

One of my obsessions is how to avoid misery. That life jacket jumps off the page!

Max R.

06-12-2015, 08:16 PM

I like how you put a life jacket on your dog. The attention to detail speaks well of you. Brazilians in Brazil are accident-prone. It's specifically because they overlook exactly these kinds of details.

One of my obsessions is how to avoid misery. That life jacket jumps off the page!

It helps that I actually like the dog. :)