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Purchasing classics there

Classics in Turkey

Not now, but in the past and in the future, primary schools apparently make wish fulfillment. What if there is a child who would like to ride in a sidecar? Then of course you make yourself available as a local tricycle.

What is what completely worth? The MZ is doing the splits

In our hobby, everyone - except me - actually assumes that prices are asking prices. This means that the selling party has a price idea. But the bottom line is - if you are not a seasoned trader - "Do I want it and can I afford it?". The Internet is teeming with people who howl louder at every mentioned price than the eight wolves on the Veluwe can together.

Ostalgie: Trabant and MZ

Talked to someone yesterday about the former GDR where life was good for about 80% of the people. Housing was cheap, education and health care were good and free. And if you just walked in line, you would have a job, or at least a job, all your life.

Rolfs Reizen: The GDR

A long time ago, in 1971, the four of us drove on a moped to the GDR, Hungary and Yugoslavia. The goal was the Italian coast, to watch girls there. That didn't work out, because we were running out of money and one of us got homesick. On our journey, past the pretty scary Iron Curtain, we saw a lot of motorcycles, which we found very interesting. It was very funny to first see a helmet appear in the rolling landscape and then an MZ, a Pannonia and many Jawas.
IFA BK 350

IFA BK 350. The other boxer

The BK 350 (the letters stand for Boxer Kardan with 350 cc engine capacity) was a motorcycle model of the VEB Motorradwerke Zschopau (MZ), which was produced from 1952 to 1959; initially under the name “IFA BK 350”. The BK 350 was…

MZ BKX NUMX

MZ BKX NUMX

A two-stroke boxer twin The MZ BK350 After the war, Germany was redivided and much of DKW's knowledge and production fell into communist and/or socialist hands. The IFA/MZ machines were direct successors in the DKW bloodline. But fortunately…

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Jawas, MZs and Urals back home

As noted earlier, the prices of classic ex-Eastern Bloc machines, motorcycles and cars have been rising for some time. This is because enthusiasts here are carefully discovering the brands and learning what they do in the former GDR…