I couldn’t identify the cycle parts (forks, wheels, etc) on this bike but a bit of scrolling on Youtube soon turned it up and it turns out it’s Russian - a “Parovoi Mototsikl”.

So this thing started life as a Karpati, a small 2 stroke that looks like it has about a 100cc or less motor, hence the flimsy looking forks and tiny brakes.

Here’s the video series about how it was built :

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlaWZ9Yfzktiyb9zReHpJYLHzjaGNjwzz https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlaWZ9Yfzktiyb9zReHpJYLHzjaGNjwzz

You can select English subtitles.

This guy’s Youtube channel also has one steam loco video - a Russian LV class 2-10-2 - but no details about it in English :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z53iYZalflU&list=PLlaWZ9Yfzktj6RreT-VRqLgIpQ1Y9FMOn https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z53iYZalflU&list=PLlaWZ9Yfzktj6RreT-VRqLgIpQ1Y9FMOn

Tony

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