Photos 21 January 2016

Meet the IMZ-Ural Motorcycle, a rugged sidecar that cares not for mud or snow. Check out additional shots on Media Source.

Ural Motorcycles are Soviet-style sidecar motorbikes that have been made in Siberia since World War II. Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg
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A worker uses a metal fabrication machine to seal the panels of a Ural motorcycle fuel tank at the IMZ-Ural Motorcycles production plant in Irbit, Russia. Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg
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Completed Ural motorcycle and sidecar outfits sit ahead of packaging at the IMZ-Ural Motorcycles production plant. Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg
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Female workers polish the shell of a steel motorcycle sidecar in preparation for painting at the IMZ-Ural Motorcycles production plant. Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg
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The unpainted steel shells of Ural motorcycle sidecars stand ahead of painting at the IMZ-Ural Motorcycles production plant in Irbit, Russia. Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg
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A wheel builder assembles a motorcycle wheel on a jig at the IMZ-Ural Motorcycles production plant. Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg
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A worker screws in the handlebar brackets on a Ural motorcycle frame at the IMZ-Ural Motorcycles production plant in Irbit, Russia. Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg
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An image of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, former Communist Party founder of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republic, sits on a shelf with antiquated motorcycle parts at the IMZ-Ural Motorcycles production plant in Irbit, Russia. Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg
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A worker positions a completed orange Ural motorcycle and sidecar at the IMZ-Ural Motorcycles production plant. Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg
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Workers assemble a painted motorcycle sidecar at the IMZ-Ural Motorcycles production plant in Irbit, Russia. Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg
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A worker tests the operation of a completed Ural motorcycle and sidecar using a rolling road machine at the IMZ-Ural Motorcycles production plant in Irbit, Russia. Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg
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A completed Ural motorcycle and sidecar sits following assembly at the IMZ-Ural Motorcycles production plant in Irbit, Russia. Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg
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A worker performs a quality control check on a Ural motorcycle. Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg
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A worker smokes a cigarette as he moves a new red Ural motorcycle and sidecar through the factory doors onto an icy road. Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg
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