Inside the pantheon of oddball motorcycles, the MZ ES reigns very best. Constructed in the former German Democratic Republic, it become nicknamed the “tv lamp” attributable to the giant rectangular headlight.
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| In Year 1969 Classic MZ ES 250/2 |
Owner Martin Kersting cheerfully describes the styling of his each day rider as “lousy”. However he’s lavished full-size care upon this oldtimer, restoring it and making some subtle enhancements: a contemporary 12V ignition device, a new carburetor and navy-fashion seating.
MZs are renowned for rusting away: little or no plastic become used in their construction, and East German metal turned into not of the satisfactory nice in the Sixties and Nineteen Seventies.
Over three years, Martin has lower back the motorcycle to its former glory, and reports exceedingly correct mileage—4.Five liters per 100 km, which is just over 50 miles in step with gallon. The MZ can reach a hundred and twenty kph (seventy five mph) and “a hundred twenty five on an awesome, sunny day.”
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| In Year 1969 Classic MZ ES 250/2 |
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| In Year 1969 Classic MZ ES 250/2 |
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| In Year 1969 Classic MZ ES 250/2 |
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| In Year 1969 Classic MZ ES 250/2 |
now not awful for a 43 year vintage two stroke with simply 19 hp, and the looks are growing on me too. Now, if it just had some pipewrap and Firestone Deluxe tires
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