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Mz 850

Postby vicar » Fri Nov 30, 2012 8:42 am

Hi came across a picture of an 850cc Mz it had a Yamaha trx/tdm 850 engine did it ever make production or was it a proto type........Vicar
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Re: Mz 850

Postby rodge70 » Fri Nov 30, 2012 8:51 am

any pics???????
found this
DieselBike.net - Diesel Motorcycles using MZ Parts
interesting ideas
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Re: Mz 850

Postby Norman Wade » Fri Nov 30, 2012 9:41 am

That would be the 'Kobra' prototype.

kobra.jpg


The story that went about was that MZ developed the bike, but didn't get an agreement to use the engine. Understandably, Yamaha didn't want to supply a potential competitor to their TRX 850, so MZ developed the 1000S instead.

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