MZ/MuZ Riders

my current collection of Bikes and Scooter..



Al...

Nice way to fill your needs!
; ) Ed

Seein's the thread has been opened...
I sold the BSA a month ago - it did not really belong in my program.
The air-cooled Skorpion has been retired for the time being. I do not need (nor can I really afford) two so similar bikes at once and I was not able to sell the Yamaha for a respectable price. The MZ would not be sellable anyway, far too special. With that in mind, I decided to retire it and use the Yamaha exclusively. Here still with the original rear sets. It now has the Gilles As31GT prototypes shown in a different thread.


Then there is the 1954 F.B.Mondial 200SS which easily passed MOT and has been licensed.


and then there is the Vespa


And I will still occasionally use the BIMOTA DB1SR which, however, does not belong to me, unfortunately.


but mostly I ride my bikes:

1983 "The cycles Lea" Bruges road bike hand built by Eric Prooft for me, all Reynolds 531 double-butted, Columbus lugs (Nervex were no more) with Campa forged dropout ends.


track bike hand built for me 1962 by Oscar Wastyn, Milwaukee Ave. Chicago, all Reynolds double-butted, Nervex lugs and Campa dropouts in the fork.
Since I ride it on the road and always have, I added the single rear brake to make it a bit more easy going in my old age.

thought i would relive my youth and bought this,will be a winter restoration project hopefuly

dazarooney wrote:I'm looking forward to seeing that after the restoration.

I'd be more impressed with a chance to ride that puppy...
Friend had one back in my "squiddly" days...whooo boy!!!

Looking forward to the pics as you go along.
Bill R

thanks,thought this might be a fairly easy job as most of the bike is original,few leaks around the cam cover and head gasket will put new camchain in and hope no horrors inside engine,though it does run well and sounds nice,and the rest is cosmetic,powder coat this and that and new paint job and decals etc etc.

83? or4? I had until recently an 83 Gpz 750,sold it after 11 years of ownership..only had 30k on it..kerker 4-1 system,gsxr shock,progressive springs in
forks,anti dive disabled etc...tasteful mods,air tech lower fairing...ran 11's in the 1/4...not bad considering the age...( sv 650's do that now)

by the way I forgot to mention,decals for gpz's are a rare as radiator polish for a Skorp....at least when i had one..good luck

an 83 model,zx1100a,as for decals found a supplier for the 750 models yet to ask about this model though and found some silver vinyl engine stickers which i would like to see first as prefer the original ally ones,plenty of time for looking though.

rather than clog the thread here is a link hopefully,think you need to start on page2 and then go backwards,first couple of pics show bike as i bought it and my homemade sandblast cabinet which works a treat http://s1187.photobucket.com/albums/z396/atco24/gpz/

brings back a ton of memories
is that the original "Firecracker Red"? Mine was Porsche Guards Red due to repaint,same as VW Flash Red,Ducati Red.....

paint is firecracker red,managed to find a company that mixes the original shade and found a great place for original decal sets too,just need to fit them then final lacquer coats on bodywork.

Sweet!!! take some final pics