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5/24/2015 1:58pm
Anybody remember the 2 brothers that had a CZ shop in Burbank Calif. in the 70's
The Shop
Those were the days when we had motorcycle shops everywhere. Sadly, it's getting harder and harder to find a shop close by these days.
Hodakas at True Value stores
Czs at Yamaha dealerships
Huskys at Honda dealerships
Bultacos.................well...........everywhere...
I would spend my weekends pedaling my bicycle to every dealership within a five mile radius, just to fantasize about riding these sickles!!!
Kolbe----man there's a name I had forgotten----used to sponsor a bunch of guys in the mid-late '70's.
Premier Yamaha (Huntington Beach) is now Beach Yamaha----and Goat's old crew still works the counter.
Yamaha of Redlands, Hacienda Honda, etc. etc. It's hard to explain exactly what we have lost----you had to be there.
Zahrt used to work there as a mechanic - fyi, prior name was Woodland Hills Sportcycle I think - as they sponsored him on Bultacos.
Mid Valley CZ also sponsored Bob Hershey and Ron DeSoto to name a few. Joe Bonello , too!
Velarians was in the Valley on Balboa, Don't know if I spelled it right
His Best friend Buzzy Germony Spread Montys ashes up in Mammoth a place Monty loved.
Didn't know Monty, but remember his name, probably at Mammoth.
Cole Brothers was a Suzuki/Maico Dealer in Van Nuys. That's where I befriended Zapata Espinosa and his buddy Wes Sutton.
I bought a few bikes from them. Funny I think about it now and it was nothing to me to go there from my home in Eagle Rock and just go and hang out, check out bikes and accessories. Did the same at this CZ shop from this topic
Now I would be concerned of fuel costs.
I remember on "Hot Ticket" was to take out about a 1/2 inch of the middle section of a RM125 pipe.
He did a few for me and it WORKED, with more mid-range.
Must have been in my "Delivery Days" in my van when I worked for a parcel delivery company in SoCal.
Good Times!
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