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The Italian-Czech society M.C.F.cz, s.r,o. which has the headquarter in Slusovice, Czech Republic, is the owner of the brand CZ. Alessandro Ferrari who is the owner of the company and a big fan of motocross has prepared a 300cc two-stroke bike with the CZ brand to compete the European Championship EMX300 in Loket.
The brand CZ will be back on the motocross scene after 30 years.
This bike has Italian technology and it was finalised in Czech Republic with Czech components.
Between 1958 and 1983 the brand CZ was in the FIM Motocross World Championship with the official Team ČZ Strakonice. The CZ was very strong with the two-strokes but in 1958 the company started with the four-stokes, unsuccessfully.
The CZ factory riders achieved a total of 7 world titles: In 250cc the Belgian Joel Robert won 3 titles in 1964, 1968 and 1969 and one title was won by the Russian, Victor Arbekov in 1965. In the 500cc’s, 3 titles were won by the German rider Paul Friedrichs. In 1975 then the Czech Republic Team composed by Antonin Baborovký, Jiri Churavý, Miroslav Novacek and Zdenek Velky won the Motocross des Nations and that was the biggest success for Czech republic in motocross.
The last time a CZ bike was competing in the FIM Motocross World Championship was in 1985 at its home GP in Holice. The production of this bike stopped in 1991.
In those years big names such as Roger de Coster, Gaston Rahier, Sylvain Geboers, Jaroslav Falta, Miroslav Soucek, Vlastimil Valek, Petr Buono, George Stodůlka, Otakar Toman, Vladimir Kavínová, Guennadi Moisseev and many others rode a CZ bike.
The Italian-Czech society M.C.F.cz, s.r,o. which has the headquarter in Slusovice, Czech Republic, is the owner of the brand CZ. Alessandro Ferrari who is the owner of the company and a big fan of motocross has prepared a 300cc two-stroke bike with the CZ brand to compete the European Championship EMX300 in Loket.
The brand CZ will be back on the motocross scene after 30 years.
This bike has Italian technology and it was finalised in Czech Republic with Czech components.
Between 1958 and 1983 the brand CZ was in the FIM Motocross World Championship with the official Team ČZ Strakonice. The CZ was very strong with the two-strokes but in 1958 the company started with the four-stokes, unsuccessfully.
The CZ factory riders achieved a total of 7 world titles: In 250cc the Belgian Joel Robert won 3 titles in 1964, 1968 and 1969 and one title was won by the Russian, Victor Arbekov in 1965. In the 500cc’s, 3 titles were won by the German rider Paul Friedrichs. In 1975 then the Czech Republic Team composed by Antonin Baborovký, Jiri Churavý, Miroslav Novacek and Zdenek Velky won the Motocross des Nations and that was the biggest success for Czech republic in motocross.
The last time a CZ bike was competing in the FIM Motocross World Championship was in 1985 at its home GP in Holice. The production of this bike stopped in 1991.
In those years big names such as Roger de Coster, Gaston Rahier, Sylvain Geboers, Jaroslav Falta, Miroslav Soucek, Vlastimil Valek, Petr Buono, George Stodůlka, Otakar Toman, Vladimir Kavínová, Guennadi Moisseev and many others rode a CZ bike.
Cool to see the name out there.
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That would be awesome! And use Preston Petty front fenders.
People in the states are finally figuring this out too.
Love my CZ's, Tanfoglio's, and Sig's.
We used to hit up cz, think ex 44 lie east service rd, the big titted secretary gave us the stink eye when we asked to see the works bikes, but we always got stickers n t's from her.
motocross specialties Babylon was the cz~maico spot , when Bob Ismoloph passed me at Westhampton on his 175 barrel 125 cz as I was on a 175 cheater Dalesman, we all tried to stop Robbie Aronold on that Owl 125 >175 Montesa
Gettin old sux
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There used to be so many cool European cottage industry manufacturers, it's awesome to see brands like CZ and Fantic re-emerge. Even if they are a slightly changed Tm or GasGas. I'd love to see more of them rise up from the ashes.
If I owned Gas-Gas I'd be making a deal to make some "Bultaco" mx bikes to go with their endure/trials line. IIRC Gas-Gas was bought from insolvency by a French conglomerate ??
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