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MZ/MuZ v-twin

Postby MZCountryRider » Wed Oct 26, 2016 9:41 pm

A gentleman posted this today on one of the Moto Guzzi forums I frequent. Very interesting...

Pikipiki wrote:
Found this yesterday, there's a little museum Berlin Alexanderplatz, wasn't looking for it just stumbled into it.

interesting V twin, whether this was a prototype, factory job or something an enthusiast built I cant say? Seems a flat twin and V twin were built along similar lines (looks a bit like 2 x ETZ250 block/heads?) but only the flat was exhibited in a motorcycle.


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Re: MZ/MuZ v-twin

Postby breakwellmz » Thu Oct 27, 2016 2:36 am

Looks very well put together doen`t it.
You`ve not seen the new MZ V-twin then?-
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Re: MZ/MuZ v-twin

Postby DAVID THOMPSON » Thu Oct 27, 2016 11:14 am

I just want a clone of my RT125 AS A 400cc daily driver

guess i need to put the 1995 SaxonTour 500 back on the road

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that BK 500 would have been sweet
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Re: MZ/MuZ v-twin

Postby breakwellmz » Thu Oct 27, 2016 2:02 pm

How about this? -
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Re: MZ/MuZ v-twin

Postby therealche » Thu Oct 27, 2016 4:56 pm

Never seen the V twin before. Have seen the flat twin somewhere... I will away and look!
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Re: MZ/MuZ v-twin

Postby DAVID THOMPSON » Thu Oct 27, 2016 5:01 pm

thats an other flat twin i missed ,year and model ?
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Re: MZ/MuZ v-twin

Postby therealche » Thu Oct 27, 2016 5:16 pm

breakwellmz's picture is of one of the Jawa prototypes. They built a 420cc and a 500cc, similar design, around 1979. There was a Russian copy of it built sometime later, but none of them made it to production

Meanwhile here is a picture of a BK500!
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Re: MZ/MuZ v-twin

Postby breakwellmz » Fri Oct 28, 2016 2:35 am

With a face only it`s mother would love!
Better Jawa flat twin picture and info here-

http://www.jawacz.com/issue_40.html#824
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Re: MZ/MuZ v-twin

Postby MZCountryRider » Fri Oct 28, 2016 8:56 am

breakwellmz wrote:With a face only it`s mother would love!
Better Jawa flat twin picture and info here-

http://www.jawacz.com/issue_40.html#824



I think it's rather attractive in a sort of Soviet-bloc way. Apparently Jawa-CZ has been purchased by the Mahindra company of India.

Pikipiki posted this photo of the flat twin yesterday:
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Re: MZ/MuZ v-twin

Postby breakwellmz » Fri Oct 28, 2016 9:51 am

Remember these?-
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Re: MZ/MuZ v-twin

Postby DAVID THOMPSON » Fri Oct 28, 2016 1:32 pm

LOOKS LIKE MY 1995 MZ 500 CC SAXON TOUR
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