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New member from Ireland

Postby GDMZ59 » Mon Oct 12, 2009 5:36 pm

Hi All,
I would like to say hello to everyone as I have just joined. I have a number of bikes. A few MZ's, Jawa'S and CZ's.
The MZ's I have are two TS 125's and a Skorpion Traveller 660. One TS is 30 years old and has less than 1000 miles on the clock. I only bought it recently with 178 miles on it. I did some minor enough cosmetic work and it looks great. I pulled out its own engine to rebuild the main bearings as they were fairly rough after sitting idle for so long. Popped in an engine that I had previously rebuilt and away I went!
I am now in the process of rebuilding my second TS125 which I am going to convert to a 150cc. I have this bike for many years, sold it twice and ended up buying it back so now I have decided to keep it and restore it. Will post images when I figure out how to do it.
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Re: New member from Ireland

Postby iceman » Mon Oct 12, 2009 8:11 pm

Welcome,from a guy that has Irish blood,but never been there...Yet
Use photobucket and it's easy to post pictures.I look forward to seeing them.
You're just left with yourself all the time, whatever you do anyway. You've got to get down to your own God in your own temple. It's all down to you, mate.
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Re: New member from Ireland

Postby DAVID THOMPSON » Mon Oct 12, 2009 10:23 pm

welcome have fun
and enjoy the 2 smokers there not too many on this side the pond mostly 95 and up 4 cycle over here
and also a 660 traveller owner and enjoy it when i can get a tank of gas that has no water in it
dave
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Dave 2002 MZ RT125+1995 Saxon Tour(500cc)
1997 MZ 660 Traveller+6/13/09 WV USA
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"I like the road less traveled if it's PAVED!"
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Re: New member from Ireland

Postby OSPRNG » Tue Oct 13, 2009 10:56 am

hey welcome

i saw a red Jawa 350 motorcycle a few years back
it was one of the bikes that made me want to get into riding
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Re: New member from Ireland

Postby GDMZ59 » Thu Oct 15, 2009 3:45 am

I have a 1976 Jawa 634 (Red). It has completed 102,000 miles, mostly by the previous owner. Was 6v but converted it recently to 12v with electronic ignition. Some difference. It has transformed the bike. Well worth the €230 I paid for the kit from MZ B in Germany, now Hungary. The bike starts first kick every time and the headlight is brilliant. No more messing about with 2 sets of contact breakers. If anyone out there is running a 6v Jawa or MZ check this system out!
http://www.mz-b.com/eindex.htm
http://www.powerdynamo.biz/eng/systems/ ... 61main.htm
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Re: New member from Ireland

Postby GDMZ59 » Thu Oct 15, 2009 3:32 pm

Hi All,
Have a look at my 1979 TS125 which I bought recently with only 178 miles on the clock. I had to replace the chrome bits but little else.Still smokin!
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Re: New member from Ireland

Postby iceman » Thu Oct 15, 2009 4:42 pm

Beautiful bike an beautiful entryway to your house.
You're just left with yourself all the time, whatever you do anyway. You've got to get down to your own God in your own temple. It's all down to you, mate.
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Re: New member from Ireland

Postby DAVID THOMPSON » Thu Oct 15, 2009 4:55 pm

SWEET always like to see some one find a cream puff

its almost like finding a new red headed girl friend .......
dave
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1997 MZ 660 Traveller+6/13/09 WV USA
"IN the end times the IDIOTS will be in charge
of everything"
"I like the road less traveled if it's PAVED!"
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Re: New member from Ireland

Postby GDMZ59 » Thu Oct 15, 2009 7:12 pm

Cheers guys. Will post other pics of my collection soon.
Got a TS 125 full rebuild started on a tight budget.
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Re: New member from Ireland

Postby DAVID THOMPSON » Thu Oct 15, 2009 8:05 pm

on a tight budget
sad to say this is how most of us do it
dave

if you like 125cc bikes you will love the rt125 4 stroke
due to the fact we can not get new ones in the usa
my rt125 will be part of my estate sale
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1997 MZ 660 Traveller+6/13/09 WV USA
"IN the end times the IDIOTS will be in charge
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"I like the road less traveled if it's PAVED!"
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Re: New member from Ireland

Postby borisattva » Thu Oct 15, 2009 8:10 pm

GDMZ59 wrote:Hi All,
Have a look at my 1979 TS125 which I bought recently with only 178 miles on the clock. I had to replace the chrome bits but little else.Still smokin!


beautiful job with the bike!

just so you know, attaching pictures to the thread is quick and useful for the purposes of the discussion, but unless people go there directly they wont see the pictures.

for things like your personal fleet of bikes, or anything not immediately related to a discussion, you can also put your pictures in your personal album of our gallery:
gallery/menu.php

this way people can browse your images by your username, and the images will also showcase on our Front page in random rotation.
and you can also 'embed' them in the threads by their gallery link if you want to

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Re: New member from Ireland

Postby iceman » Thu Oct 15, 2009 9:18 pm

Looks brand new... :D
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