Putin Rides American Iron!

Everything today is about the Clusterfuckistan war's "Pentagon Papers" moment and Fixer covered that, so until the brouhaha sorts itself out a little (and there's more to come) there's not much use in my adding to the din.

Here's something a little more fun. Prime Minister Putin could no doubt have ridden anything he chose to this Ukrainian biker rally, but he chose a Harley-Davidson Lehman trike. Hey, why ride something practical (or Russian!) when you can go hideously expensive and flashy?

Note how he leads his motorcade, followed by what appears to be a Honda Gold Wing trike, possibly an older model Lehman, pursued closely by (I think) a Dodge van which is no doubt full of his security detail and parts that fell off the trikes.

Let's see - The Harley-Davidson is from Milwaukee WI and York PA, the Gold Wing was probably assembled in Marysville OH, the Lehman is from Spearfish SD, and the Dodge...well, perhaps the less said about that the better, probably Hecho en Mexico. Heh. A pretty good representation of American products for a bike rally in Sevastopol, I'd say.

The rally is like bike rallies anywhere. Badass lookin' guys young and old, pretty girls, a vast assortment of 'sickles smokin' an' roarin', probably food, music, booze, vendors and tattoos.

Note to Tony Hayward of BP: Shave yer head and let yer beard grow. You'll fit right in at next year's rally.

From motorcycles.about:

According to the Associated Press, the leader-- wearing sunglasses, black jeans, fingerless gloves, and no helmet-- proclaimed motorcycles as "the most democratic form of transport," and praised the free spirits of bikers.

Tell us something we don't know, Mr. Prime Minister.

Thanks to nocommenttv and euronews.