This week's Classic Steel is a look back at the 1992 CZ125MX

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Edited Date/Time 2/24/2021 9:58am
Classic Steel #52 The 1992 CZ 125MX
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yota 5/2/2013 11:37am
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swingarm is pretty cool.
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tblazier 5/2/2013 12:12pm
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yota wrote:
swingarm is pretty cool.
The funny thing about it is that it looks like some trick works part but it is really a big heavy hunk of steel.
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AHRMA361 5/2/2013 12:53pm
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That was the last CZ 125....a Type 519. There was a beat up one at a swap meet here in Ohio this past winter. Talk about some cobby workmanship........

...I think they sold those engines for go karts for some years as well....you still see NOS ones on fleabay from time to time....

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Erick 5/2/2013 1:40pm
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Awesome job on these articles!

I really appreciate the work you put in making these articles and digitally conserving pieces of motocross history. The technical details which you describe and HQ photos make it for me worth reading.
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tblazier 5/2/2013 3:57pm
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Erick wrote:
Awesome job on these articles! I really appreciate the work you put in making these articles and digitally conserving pieces of motocross history. The technical details...
Awesome job on these articles!

I really appreciate the work you put in making these articles and digitally conserving pieces of motocross history. The technical details which you describe and HQ photos make it for me worth reading.
Thanks very much for reading and i am glad you enjoy them!
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Tumblin 5/2/2013 10:42pm
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Erick wrote:
Awesome job on these articles! I really appreciate the work you put in making these articles and digitally conserving pieces of motocross history. The technical details...
Awesome job on these articles!

I really appreciate the work you put in making these articles and digitally conserving pieces of motocross history. The technical details which you describe and HQ photos make it for me worth reading.
I always enjoy these reads also!
I had Grandpa Villopoto sponsor (ok loan me) a 74 CZ 125 while my 400 was apart for our annual Spanada Nationals. Of course I was the defending champion but had to undure that itsibitsy piston in the standard CZ 400 frame for this glorious uncompetitve event. Although I was a sitting duck on the brutal hilly course, I made my decent where the lack of stoppers and powerless traction on the bottom off chambers were all mine to rail to victory. Why it's not in the vault still haunts me.
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kzizok 5/2/2013 11:53pm
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Erick wrote:
Awesome job on these articles! I really appreciate the work you put in making these articles and digitally conserving pieces of motocross history. The technical details...
Awesome job on these articles!

I really appreciate the work you put in making these articles and digitally conserving pieces of motocross history. The technical details which you describe and HQ photos make it for me worth reading.
tblazier wrote:
Thanks very much for reading and i am glad you enjoy them!
I want to second that thank you. I just watched the OKC supercross that you posted on your Youtube channel and I forgot what a treat that was to watch. That track and heat was brutal! The racing was awesome, however. Thanks again for all of the time and effort you put into these things. It brings a lot of enjoyment to a lot of us.
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yota wrote:
swingarm is pretty cool.
tblazier wrote:
The funny thing about it is that it looks like some trick works part but it is really a big heavy hunk of steel.
Great choice for "Classic Steel". Any idea how much this thing weighed?
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AHRMA361 wrote:
That was the last CZ 125....a Type 519. There was a beat up one at a swap meet here in Ohio this past winter. Talk about...
That was the last CZ 125....a Type 519. There was a beat up one at a swap meet here in Ohio this past winter. Talk about some cobby workmanship........

...I think they sold those engines for go karts for some years as well....you still see NOS ones on fleabay from time to time....
What town was it in? I sold mine in Coshocton Oh, back in 98 because i couldn't find a top end after spliting my piston. Never raced it, but it ran great for a couple of years.
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David934 6/16/2017 12:49am
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First and last water cooled engine. This bike was late answer against japanese bikes. Dry weight 95 kg.
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If I ran across one of these for cheap I'd pick it up because I like strange bikes.
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Was is Cajiva based?
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ATKpilot99 2/23/2021 4:46pm
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Tim507 wrote:
Was is Cajiva based?
Pretty sure its 100% Czech engineering. Cagivas were Husqvarnas by this time.

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ATKpilot99 2/23/2021 5:27pm
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Tim507 wrote:
https://www.google.com/search?sxsrf=ALeKk01dpl6AcFfxKmUC5yAGZ30Kt8JYCw%…
That may be but there's nothing Cagiva about that bike . An 83 Cagiva WMX would put that CZ to shame.
CZ continued making motorcycles into the 1990s, and there were high hopes for its resurgence when the Italian Cagiva company purchased CZ in 1993. Unfortunately, Cagiva's own failure in 1997 took CZ along with it, and the planned revival of the proud CZ motorcycle brand never occurred.Apr 7, 2018
profeshenal125 2/23/2021 5:47pm
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SmokinJoe439 wrote:
Not mine but look at this conversion [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2017/06/11/199811/s1200_20100720221805_211008_jpg150x113.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2017/06/11/199812/s1200_211011.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2017/06/11/199813/s1200_images_15.jpg[/img]
Not mine but look at this conversion











04 cr125 chassis best ever, conversion Guy- smart dude. Hp is probably equil to the 04 cr125.
Dirty Points 2/24/2021 9:57am
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SmokinJoe439 wrote:
Not mine but look at this conversion [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2017/06/11/199811/s1200_20100720221805_211008_jpg150x113.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2017/06/11/199812/s1200_211011.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2017/06/11/199813/s1200_images_15.jpg[/img]
Not mine but look at this conversion











profeshenal125 wrote:
04 cr125 chassis best ever, conversion Guy- smart dude. Hp is probably equil to the 04 cr125.
Doesn't sound like it was power competitive with any 125 mxer ever:
"While it seemed to have all the ingredients to make decent power, the little Czech mill was just not up to competing with anything more powerful than an XR200."

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