Has MZ folded yet again?

[iaMZip]

I follow Ostbikes on facebook, and they posted a link to the MZ website (www.muz.de). It has been changed - It's all in german, so I can't really read it, and says something about continued distribution of spare parts. Anyone heard anything?

[DAVID THOMPSON]

there was a post the other day that MR.BILL in california has stopped accepting parts orders
but ask him to make sure
viewtopic.php?f=18&t=4260

see posts in link
looks like its time to buy a parts donor bike
or get creative
dave

check this post
this dealer may have what you need if your lucky and he does engilsh well
and is a site member
viewtopic.php?f=18&t=6652

i use chrome browser and it translated the site to english
there saying parts are available
so ask gunther six what he can do for you
or email the site
the parts books are all there now

[iaMZip]

I understand, fortunately I'm not looking for any parts right now, just wondering if anyone has any news on the company.

[DAVID THOMPSON]

try the site with google chrome
and i think it will do a good job of translating for you
and what it says is all i know
dave

[therealche]

The company had the last rites read a couple of months ago. The http://www.muz.de/ site is now a company selling remaining spares and apparently sourcing other parts to keep the bikes on the road. They have some unobtanium listed.. such as 125 cdi's at €111 .

[therealche]

MZ was finally declared dead in May. Martin Wimmer and Ralf Waldman bought up the remains in 2009. IFRC sometime at the back end of last year or early this year the company was put into voluntary liquidation, but could have been rescued if someone had come up with €1m. Seeing that Martin Wimmer had been declared bankrupt late 2012 no one came forward and the company was wound up.

interestingly MZ Motorrad- Und Zweiradwerk Gmbh was sold by Hong Leong Industries, the Malaysian company that had bought MZ in the late 90s, to a German citizen named Che Mingde on the 26th January 2013 for the grand sum of €1!

[DAVID THOMPSON]

he gets the rights to the mz name that way
unlike some other countries
i bet germany does not let them export the brand name to some other country