My copy of the latest Classic Racer magazine recently dropped through the letterbox and i was fascinated to see that there is a new book about the MZ racers by Manfred Woll. I decided to have a look at the website who were advertising the book for sale, www.79oktan.net a specialist publication about classic German vehicles, so, if like myself the likes of MZ motorcycles or Trabant two-stroke cars floats your boat its well worth a look.
This little beauty is unique, being the only MZ rotary motorcycle still running. Apparently, the Zschopau factory developed a rotary engine as a replacement for the traditional piston ported design and was the first rotary engined motorcycle but sadly never got beyond the development stage because of the cost involved with large volume motorcycle production.
Once again Thank You for the invaluable education. Love MZs as I have my own little example. but this rotary is truly something special. Not only unique, but stylish as well (which is something I seldom hear about the marque). Over here in the States the basic two-strokes are rare as hen's teeth, but this rotary is on a whole different level!
ReplyDeleteHello OMD, yes it’s certainly a lovely little thing and you wonder what would have happened if MZ had continued to develop the rotary engine series.
DeleteMZ’s are getting scarce to find over here now too, unfortunately they never achieved the status of a classic bike or collectible and the majority of old bikes were scrapped at the the end of their useful life as they were always regarded as utilitarian rather than treasure…….
Glad 2 c u back ( smiley face ) Julian
ReplyDeleteThanks Julian! Hope all ok your end.
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