MZ TS250 Restoration Services

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MZ TS250 Restoration Services

Postby neomuzzi » Tue Jun 20, 2017 10:25 pm

Hi folks. New member. Apologies for the newbie'ish post...

Can anyone help me find a shop who could bring a nicely stored MZ TS250 back to life. Bike is super clean. Came from Earl Bud Cox's collection via Mecum just this past June.

I am located in the San Francisco area, but could ship the bike to a reasonable distance if it were the right shop. US only. Maine is probably too far. Mid-West considered if the credentials of the shop stand up.

Cheers and best of luck to anyone who reads this.
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Re: MZ TS250 Restoration Services

Postby MichaelTorre » Thu Jun 22, 2017 1:21 pm

You really would be better off doing and learning yourself.
If you get a knuckle dragged to work on it he will not understand
the German way, and cause unimaginable damage.

If you wish I will talk you through it by text or e mail.

Aircraft mechanic. 25 years BMW master tech.
ASE certified master tech since 1988
Tool maker presently..

Owner of a road worthy TS 250/0

Get the East German book. It's the best. Free on line as PDF. Print it out.

Best regards
Michael
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Re: MZ TS250 Restoration Services

Postby Andy_C » Fri Jun 23, 2017 8:02 am

I agree with Michael.

Most of the "Modern" shops do not care about or understand these bikes.

They really are simple enough to learn yourself on providing you have a degree of mechanical knowledge - and as Michael says there is the online manual that you can download.

These are fun bikes when setup and running well.

Good luck.
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Re: MZ TS250 Restoration Services

Postby neomuzzi » Fri Jun 23, 2017 9:04 am

Thanks fellas. It is a matter of time for me. 3 kids ranging from 7 to 11, 2 dogs, not to mention the wife. :-)
I'd love to have the opportunity to get this nice looking bike back on the road, but I doubt that will happen for quite a while.

Wondering what type of shop would have the closest skills? Other German bikes? A scooter shop perhaps? Japanese bikes? etc...

Thanks for your thoughts.
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Re: MZ TS250 Restoration Services

Postby DAVID THOMPSON » Fri Jun 23, 2017 9:06 am

where i live most riders even the older ones do not know of the brand

so its just safer to make it a do it yourself project
dave

its getting to the point where my friend has to do his own service on his 1990 hd sportster
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Re: MZ TS250 Restoration Services

Postby MuZeL » Sun Oct 22, 2017 11:47 pm

have you managed to do a DIY?
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Re: MZ TS250 Restoration Services

Postby neomuzzi » Mon Oct 23, 2017 12:25 am

Not yet. BIke just sitting. I actually think I may not be able to register the bike in CA.

Going through hell with my Aprilia RS50 which may or may not make it. If it does that is because it is a 50cc which gets an exception.

I read one post somewhere where it says 2 strokes had to be grandfathered in by 2013.

Perhaps I can convince the people it is a 4 stroke.

Not sure.

In the time since I posted this I have gotten 2 other bikes on the road, so I am probably going to give this a shot.

Why? You want to come get it running? :-)
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Re: MZ TS250 Restoration Services

Postby neomuzzi » Sat May 05, 2018 8:45 pm

Got the bike registered in CA. Wasn't anymore difficult than any other out of state bike. There is some misinformation and then some information that is difficult to decipher with the CA DMV around out of state bikes and of 2 Stroke especially.

Going to post on the current running state now. Just wanted to close this out for other CA folks who might have hit the DMV wall.
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Re: MZ TS250 Restoration Services

Postby MichaelTorre » Sun Aug 05, 2018 1:46 pm

So is the rebuild going forward, or are you just enjoying it in present state?
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