[lbo-talk] Russia's economy

B. docile_body at yahoo.com
Fri May 11 14:50:17 PDT 2007


Well, the pics of that Gear Up 750 motorcycle model I like here --

http://motorcyclecity.com/Military-bikes/ural-military.htm ---

-- show the bikes kicking some Nazi ass, machineguns mounted on them, racing to fend off Nazi hordes, etc. I'm okay with that. But not Stalin. Not crazy about Henry Ford, either, but I used to own a Mustang.

-B.

Doug Henwood wrote:
>
> On May 11, 2007, at 5:30 PM, B. wrote:
>
>> Wow, I have to admit, those bikes are pretty kick
ass,
>> esp. the "Gear Up 750" model!
>
> You gotta love a product that traces its history
back to Uncle Joe <http://www.imz-ural.com/factory/>: "Early in 1941, the first trial samples of M-72 motorcycles were shown to Stalin, who immediately approved production of the motorcycles."



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