CatatonicChimp Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 Its been a few years since I had a proper project, so middle of last year I decided to get my motorcycle license and buy a bike... I've started off with one and end up with 3.... the first one I bought on Gumtree AU, sight unseen, been sitting for "YEARS" in a guys garage on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland. A few weeks after it got delivered to my door I unexpectedly moved back to NZ and brought both the Bike and Trabi back with me. MZ ETZ 250 1985 "The Australian" Album (AU MZ ETZ 250) The Good: It has 99% of all its parts The Bad: A previous owner... (the guy I brought it off never did anything with it, just stored it) put the piston in backwards, it smashed up the cylinder and piston... repainted it badly put a dent in the exhaust left fuel in the tank and it rusted to hell lost the petcock valve didn't fill crankcase with oil so big end and small end surface pitted... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatatonicChimp Posted March 30, 2018 Author Share Posted March 30, 2018 MZ ETZ 250 1988 "The New Zealander" ALBUM (NZ MZ ETZ 250) Brought off Trade me sight unseen a couple of weeks ago. Apparently it was originally from a deceased estate, the guy I brought it from got it in boxes and put it back togeather... The Good: The engine has compression and have been guaranteed that it runs.... going to try that this weekend The Bad: Everything else... its missing lots of small parts.. the wiring is a mess no throttle grip tube chain guard system is broken missing foot peg bent shifter broken clutch lever broken tacho missing key bad paint job no seat random hole via a screw in the side of the fuel tank missing petcock valve the list goes on... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatatonicChimp Posted March 30, 2018 Author Share Posted March 30, 2018 MZ ETZ 300 1987 "The Pom" ALBUM (UK MZ ETZ 300) Also brought on Trademe a few weeks ago, originally form the UK... however still in nelson at the time of writing. The Good: Everything is there, it should be 100% ready to go (nothing to restore) The Bad: Its currently in nelson waiting on NZTA to issue it a VIN and NZTA is been slow about it. It also needs to be added to the LAMS list for me to legally ride it, which it should happily comply, it's just a matter of finding the documentation, which is hard since it was a UK only bike, and as its 99% a MZ ETZ 250 with a slightly larger engine, there was not a lot of tech manuals which spell out the spec as required by NZTA... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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