Soviet motorcycles against Chinese ones – “cramps” conquer the slopes

A village motorcycle can be of any model. As a rule, this equipment is inexpensive, often “finished off”, without documents. Just 10 years ago, such bikes were increasingly Soviet, sometimes “diluted” with old Japanese scooters. The latter, by the way, also “took root” in the countryside, oddly enough. Even though they...

Tire from Europe and China: what's inside?

The stereotype that everything Chinese, including tires, is bad is quite stable and is reluctantly losing ground. Some car owners claim that inside...

12 Oct 2023

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Is white color required for an airplane?

With military aircraft everything is clear: they are painted to match the color of the sky so that they are less noticeable from the ground. But why are most civil aircraft white? If...

12 Oct 2023

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Mitsubishi Outlander – Japanese crossovers are sold at the price of Chinese ones

Chinese cars have become much more expensive in recent years. They are no longer called affordable, especially crossovers. Of course, the dealers and the tax office are more to blame...

12 Oct 2023

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Harley-Davidson boxer engine is a production factory model

Harley-Davidson motorcycles are considered the standard of American classics. Of course, the V-twin engine pleases with its characteristic sound and vibrations, but its modern...

12 Oct 2023

Getting ready for winter: 5 reliable studded tires

October is a good time to buy winter tires. And today you will learn about inexpensive options that have received many positive reviews. They passed the test...

11 Oct 2023

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Gasoline: we drive it ourselves, we check the quality ourselves

We recently talked about how to get oil from tires. Now it’s worth moving on to the logical continuation: the production of real automobile gasoline. AND...

11 Oct 2023

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GAC M8 – the Chinese have learned to make luxury minivans

Gone are the days when Chinese cars were considered simple “carts” for taxis or couriers. After all, they lasted for five years - then a wave covered the body...

11 Oct 2023

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Moskvich-400-421 - the sad fate of a model with a partially wooden body

Moskvich cars have now been revived. Passenger cars are produced, and at that very historical site. The plant is alive and working, making drivers happy....

11 Oct 2023

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Mengshi M-Hiro 917: Chinese off-road monster

The majority of cars supplied to Russia from the Middle Kingdom are crossovers. All these SUVs come with interiors filled to the brim with all sorts of...

10 Oct 2023

VAZ-2108 can also “humiliate” a foreign car, but deep tuning is needed

Zhiguli cars were considered almost sports cars in the Soviet Union. Despite the small-displacement engines, from the beginning of their appearance they easily “handled”...

10 Oct 2023

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Powerful motorcycles with a gasoline consumption of 0,5 liters are not dreams

Motorcycles can now be divided into two broad categories. Of course, this is all conditional, but it reflects the essence almost 100%. The first one should include bikes...

9 Oct 2023

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Robur – bringing a truck from the GDR to life

Ten years ago, the car arrived at the parking lot under its own power. And now, after this time, we have to start it. What kind of car? Robur LO (translated from...

9 Oct 2023

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Experimental GAZ trucks from the USSR - they never went into production

The Gorky Automobile Plant is one of the oldest enterprises of this type in the USSR. As for modern Russia, GAZ is unconditional...

9 Oct 2023

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Selection of cars up to 200 thousand rubles - there are some “alive” left, but you have to look

Buying a car is a secret matter for almost any driver. And it doesn’t matter, in principle, in what price category you want to buy a car. It seems that she...

9 Oct 2023

Gelentwagen and Hummer - Russian homemade products

Cool “cars” are expensive, and not everyone can afford Gelentwagen, Maybach, Hummer and other super-prestigious examples of the global automobile industry. But what to do,...

8 Oct 2023

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Electric airplanes – the technology of the future is already available

Aviation still inspires human fascination. I've wanted to fly like a bird since the Stone Age. Various devices with wings tried to invent several more...

8 Oct 2023

Deprivation of a driver's license and confiscation of a car - analysis of popular violations

Russian drivers are far from the most disciplined in the world. Although, if you look at how they move in Asian countries, it begins to seem that on the roads...

8 Oct 2023

Raising compression with copper sulfate

Many experienced drivers add copper sulfate to the engine oil of a worn engine, which has its own benefits. Parts are coated with copper, compression increases...

7 Oct 2023

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Minsk Ranger 200 and Hunter 150 – a return to the Soviet “Minchiki”

Soviet motorcycles from the Motovelo plant were known throughout the vast country. They were valued for their reliability, low cost and low gas mileage. After the collapse of the USSR...

7 Oct 2023

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Tajikistan-3205 – Soviet little-known bus

It seems that Soviet buses have long been studied inside and out. The most popular in the 80s were “Ikarus”. Not exactly from the USSR, but massive. They were released in the form...

6 Oct 2023

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Not only the Titanic: there are also more tragic shipwrecks

For some reason, the Titanic disaster is considered the largest shipwreck in the world. But is this really so? It is known that other disasters occurred...

6 Oct 2023

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The best classic motorcycles of foreign manufacture - but this is not certain

A classic motorcycle is a trip back in time for bikers. If you mastered two-wheeled transport in the 80s or earlier, then Java was the best. Although,...

6 Oct 2023

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The most powerful electric motor in the world - but not everything is clear about the resource

Electric cars continue to gain popularity. Previously, no one considered them at all as an alternative even to business class. So, small town...

5 Oct 2023

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From tires we get...oil

Everyone probably knows how to make moonshine. Using the same principle, gasoline is obtained from oil - by distillation. There is no point in listing all the products that are obtained from...

5 Oct 2023