MZ In The U.S......What' The Deal?

[elric762]

What do you think this means for the value of existing new & used MZ bikes in the US?

I feel bad for the dealers, must be hard to get invoice now.

[Gary K.]

The Florida Distributor (both previous and current management) deserve what they got... treated their customers like dirt-

*** NO TEARS HERE ***

If you need Tour parts, see my ad in the "FOR SALE" section immediately.

Gary Klavans 02 Tour parting out Silver Spring, MD.

[RiverDrive]

Is this the one you are talking about?
http://www.unioncyclenc.com/default.asp

[tripletango]

Is this the one you are talking about?
http://www.unioncyclenc.com/default.asp

Yes talk to Carl, he is the owner and very good with MZs

[Nozz]

I would add Perry's Motorcycles and Sidecars in Fort Worth Texas. Perry sells MZ and currently has a 1000s, an RT125 and a consigned Mastiff. He is pretty good about keeping parts on hand - I bought a '94 500 Rotax from him a couple of years back. He has German connections (plus he speaks german). His # is 817-429-9922 and website is http://www.perrysmotorcycles.com

[BigHairy]

O.K. guys, Here is the deal.
I put a parts order in via e-mail on Wednesday Jan 4th with MZ that consisted of 29 different line items for a total of 65 total pieces. I received that parts order this morning (Wed Jan 11th) will a 100 percent fill ratio. I can't even tell you how much better that kind of service is that all of the other manufactures I deal with (Aprilia, Moto Guzzi, KTM, Vespa, Piaggio). I think that they even sent me via e-mail all of the most current parts books as most of mine were somewhat out of date.
Chicken Little go home.

Jeff

[Nozz]

Just curious what any of you dealers have heard about the North American Distributor. someone told me that they were relocating to the west coast due to the half dozen hurricanes that have hit Florida in the past two years. Whazzup??!!??

[sapperk9]

Check:

http://www.mzriders.com/viewtopic.php?p=6835#6835

[cdfisher]

I need to move these bikes people. This is your chance to get an $11,000 bike for very little.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayI ... 0006211579

[mz660diablo]

I tend to agree, MZ went to big. They should IMHO have brought out a smaller engined bike first. I think that 250 would have been to small, maybe a 450cc bike or their own 650cc ish engine to replace the Yam 660 motor.
I also think the 1000 models were to expensive, the brand has a certain stigma, espicially in teh UK and the 1000S model was priced about the same as a Honda VFR750 here. If they wanted to get this model off of the ground it should have been significantly cheaper for a while ate least, to allow the brand to change its image.
Dont know about the USA, but MZ also need to get their advertising sorted. I have never seen them present at a UK bike show, nor have I seen any advertising. Its all left up to teh dealers and they cant aford a national advertising campain. MZ dont even have an official test fellt fo the public or the press, that is also left to individual dealers.

I love al motorcycles and learn as much about them as possible I had never heard of mz till a ,misteak in directions landed me in a dealer showroom with one on the floor and me wanting a KLR 650. I fell in love and bought it 200 miles later my petcocke leaks and its been at the dealer for 3 weeks. Dag awnd bad luck
Roger

Dougal

[tripletango]

There is a rumour out there that MZ is coming back to the US.
It will be with a different distributor though.
Anyone heard anything?

[DAVID THOMPSON]

they may come back

hope this time with a line of bikes that will sell well

after 4 1/2 years with a rt125 it is a nice bike but needed to be a 400cc
for the us market i get along fine with a small bike because i also keep a 500cc to do the long distance... but most want 1 that does it all
and a 125 is just to small for our road speeds even though the rt125
is fast for a 4 stroke (i live in an area where most roads are posted 55mph or less so a 125 works fine for me and my riding style )

we will just have to wait and see what happens

[keithcross]

I to think a bike range with 400 engines would sell well in Europe and the USA. However I think MZ were looking at teh learner market in Europe (restricted to 125cc) and the far east market, where economy and small engies rule.
Remember the 125 was originally made in the Far East because of this market as well as labour costs.
I suspect that no new engines will be seen for a few years yet, but maybe MZ will source engines from other manufacturers, after all CCM use the Suzuki DRZ400 engine in some of their bikes.
Just my 2c worth

Keith

[DAVID THOMPSON]

from the site at http://www.muz.de
a dealer in usa i ordered some rt125 stuff it all came in good order
you will have to inquire as to what he can get for your 660
also sent you a pm
dave

USA
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Hemet, CA 92543-7101 USA

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[DAVID THOMPSON]

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