Muz Motorcycles

MuZ or MZ is located in Zschopau, Germany. By 1929, MZ was producing 60,000 motorcycles to become the largest motorcycle manufacturer in the world. In 1970, MZ’s millionth motorcycle rolled off the conveyor belt. Imported to the U.S., since 1993, the MuZ motorcycles were a bit of an oddball and never really caught on. The company has since stopped importing bikes to the U.S.

Church of MO: 1996 MZ Skorpion Replica

And in those days, my children, MO could run a road test of a motorcycle while barely giving any photographic hint of what the thing actually looked like. Or maybe the photos were there once upon a time, but have faded into the mists of time… In any case, in those days we didn’t need 200 horsepower to have a good time, though for this particular Sound of Singles hottie you did need $10,000 – a princely ransom 22 years ago. Speaking of princely, this one stars Todd Canavan and pics by the great Billy Bartels (where’s the rest of the slides, Billy?).