Sold 1971 Voskhod 175 HƎROIC SOVIET MOTORCYCLE

[strangeangel]

As much as I'd like to keep this, I need the space, especially now I've decided to keep one of the other residents of the garage...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This had been standing for about 20 years when I got it, and wasn't even RUNNING WHEN PARKED UP. I suspected stuck rings was the cause of seizure - how wrong I was. When I got the barrel off, the piston was wobbling about in all directions as the little end (plain!) was shagged. Then I looked down into the cases to find that the crank itself was seized by dent of being rusted solid, along with the main bearings. I can only guess that the original owner gave up when the rattling from the top end became too horrific, and then left it to rot for a very long time. It was, to coin a phrase, fucked.

 

Astoundingly, you can still buy new parts for these engines, and pretty soon a very heavy box was winging its way to SA_TOWERS containing:

• crankshaft
• main bearings (although these were shit and discarded in favour of FAG ones)
• crank seals
• piston and rings (complete with upgraded roller bearing little end!)
• barrel
• gasket set

These were all fitted, and the engine shoved back in the bike. It has not been run yet, largely because I've been too busy/lazy to sort out the missing clutch cable etc. The scabby paint is original, and has done its job well - the bike is utterly solid. I always felt it deserved better than to be painted over, hopefully the new owner will feel the same! These Phase 1 bikes are much harder to find than the later ones, especially with the attractive* and 100% effective* tin leg shields still attached.

 

I resisted the temptation to buy Russian brake shoes, as I'm quite attached to not being dead. I had the existing ones relined by Villiers Services with modern friction material. As you can see, the top-quality* aftermarket Russian seat cover fits* like a glove.

 

It has a pair of brand-new Michelins on.

 

It comes with a V5c and a couple of manuals - one is in Russian, the other - more usefully - English.

 

NO M9 YOU CANT RIDE IT HOME.

 

NOW SOLD!

[Uncle Jimmy]

Tidy bike Komrade, telegraph sent.

[CreepingJesus]

I may have done a tiny sex wee. I definitely need a cold shower now. Thankfully I'm too short of roubles right now...

[Jim Bell]

7/10 cossacks surveyed said 4/10. Much glorious.

[pauldoubleyou]

That is fucking amazing

[Uncle Jimmy]

That must rate as the fastest sale, if not vehicle, in the annals of Autoshite.

[somewhatfoolish]

The bounty of the glorious worker's paradise triumphs over imperialist capitalist running dog step-throughs; long live the revolution!

[martc]

Позволяет нам праздновать товарищей

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOfvkmJ7AR0

[Roobarb]

Wow, that made one of my trouser legs stiff for some reason...

How could you even consider selling it?

[somewhatfoolish]

How did socialism ever fail with peaked caps as large as that? Comrades, it must have been an evil Troskyite plot to sully our revolutionary purity. Lenin would be proud. 

[strangeangel]

Wow, that made one of my trouser legs stiff for some reason...

How could you even consider selling it?

 

I'm spending too much time fixing things, in a garage rammed with stuff, and not enough time riding!

 

I've had the Voskhod five years, and if I had it another five chances are it still wouldn't be on the road because other projects/studenting/life etc. The new owner assures me it will be ridden (and not painted!) which makes me happy.