From Germany to Cuba: Hidden Story of the MZ Motorcycle Phenomenon!

[@timothystrawn1844]

That’s what I love about Cubans they’re probably one of the most resourceful People in the world they make do with not a lot of resources.

[@boredmalcontent]

Amongst other bikes, I have a 1978 MZ TS250/1 - if I could only choose one it would be that. I visited the old factory earlier this year, emotional!

[@maexchen71]

für mich als Ostdeutscher ist das eine Augenweide unsere MZ`s zu sehen vielen Dank Kuba ihr seid die besten 😍😍🙂🙂

[@DWREV]

Thanks for watching the video!

[@EnriqueMendoza-xn5td]

Excelente video me gustan esas motos MZ tengo 2 MZ en Nicaragua original una 250 Año 87 y otra 251 año 89 muchas gracias por su pasión por las MZ saludos a todos los cubanos

[@petershim5900]

I was there a few years ago and their ingenuity so impressed me. I absolutely love them!

[@campbellpaul]

Very interesting. From my experience, Cubans are wonderful people!

[@2Truth2you]

Great bikes and wonderful people. Greetings from England!

[@jjcale1976]

this is real Ecology and recycling, not electric cars

[@yveskrol4417]

Erinnerungen an die "gute" alte Zeit, wenn man es so sehen will. Ein Stueck melancholische Kopf - Hoch Mentalitaet. Letztendlich verdient das ein grosses Bravo. Ein Beitrag fuer's Gemuet.

[@DWREV]

Thank you for watching!

[@wotan20]

My brother was also a guestarbeiter in the DDR (an elektronic technicien in Karl Marx Stadt), but he bought a Simson AWO 425 Sporten which was upgraded from 250 cm3 to 300 cm3. He was very satisfied with it, since it was a BMW really and it didn't smoke like all the 2 stroke bike did. Also it was shaft drive, which added to its robustness. That was his first love really. In any case German engineering either East or West was good.

[@mkilic10]

that one at 2:59 has a Turkish-made MZ seat. Kanuni got its patent in 1993 and produced these bikes as Kanuni MZ.

[@2Truth2you]

Interesting.

[@Largo5441]

​Evet doğru Türkiye de 2003-2004 yılına kadar üretildi​@@2Truth2you

[@DurstDevel]

Greedings from Germany! Iam glad the Things we Made serves u long and well!

[@leomarrero]

I own a couple of them here in usa, i also went from Fort myers florida to Denver Colorado in 3 days riding (4000 miles round trip) no issues at all even same spark plug.. video can be seen on KZbin

[@carlowingfield7743]

I had an MZ TS150 around 1978 they were simple , robust and reliable at a bargain price .

[@TheTigerman62]

Loved watching this video. I have a more modern MZ Mastiff 660. I bought it new in March of 2000. Still running great and never let me down. Still everything as it left from the factory. Great bike. Love MZ.

[@ianjohnson4987]

Great video. Thank you from the UK

[@PlanerDesKlappbarenPappplakats]

I got a ES 175/2 Trophy from 1971. It was my first vehicle I registriert to me 24 Years ago. We had quite a few adventures since then.

[@sunrae3971]

As a 80s born East German it always amazed me how socialist countries had to become "creative" in so many facets of daily life.

[@rolandzoske448]

A very interesting and atmospheric video.

[@Leberteich]

9:22 'We're celebrating my wife's birthday'. 'Do you do this often?' 'Once a year'.

[@jurkanman]

I've owned a 1988 MZ 250 ETZ in red some 20 years ago. May grandfather gave iz to me when when he lost his drivers licence due to health problems. I remebered very well a powerfull text message on petrol tank cover - "Uber 60 jahre des mottorader aus Zscopau - 1922-1982". A world class historic motorcycle producer.

[@DWREV]

Lovely to hear that you inherited your grandfather's motorcycle. What made you give it up, eventually? Feel free to send us photos of the bike on [e-mail]

[@johnhammond6423]

I loved my MZ and I miss it. I rode it flat out everywhere I went and it never let me down.

[@DWREV]

Maybe it’s being rode in Cuba now!

[@johnhammond6423]

@@DWREV One things for sure, its still going! 😊

[@patrickkaiserliew3691]

Such a waste that MZ ceased to exist today. Its such a reliable & durable motorcycle that's being built with German technology. Can it be revive since Germany is one of the major country that has thriving automotive industry.

[@rolandzoske448]

Unfortunately, everything is being destroyed here in Germany - technically and morally. Fraud and theft everywhere. This is capitalism in its final stages.

[@Fubar_The_WEF]

They didn't stop production in 1990. I bought a brand new MZ Saxon Tour 251 in 1995 and production of the 2 strokes continued for a few years after that.

[@kasperkjrsgaard1447]

I believe that Kanuni in Turkey bought the rights to produce the former MZ.

[@Fubar_The_WEF]

@@kasperkjrsgaard1447 They did later on but my bike was made in Zschopau, Germany.

[@runningtorchlight]

I wish MZ had this reputation in Germany. My wife is not so excited about it. 😂

[@DWREV]

Do you still have an old MZ in your garage? Despite, we assume, your wife's displeasure at the fact! :-) We're always keen to know what the REV community is driving and riding. Do let us know, and feel free to send us some images on [e-mail].

[@goranschmidt3543]

Dann sie keine Ahnung... 😅

[@jeynes14]

Thank you for sharing this gift

[@rotax636nut5]

They need kickstart lever return springs replacing regularly, my mate bought a new one and I fitted several springs to it until he got wise and bought a Suzuki GS750

[@GyantaTheProto]

My father owns an mz etz 125 that he bought back in the late eighties or early nineties in 03 or some time in the early 2000's put away and after twenty or so years we decided to take it out of storage as per my nagging to do so. After a battery and giving it some fuel it fired up with minimal issues and drowe fine, now after ten years of him using it and 20 years of sitting later he and i plan on getting it fully roadlegal again.

[@DWREV]

Sounds like a plan!

[@BanatBanatovic]

Long live MZ , long live Cuba ! ♥

[@maexchen71]

es gibt noch sämtliche Ersatzteile bei uns in Deutschland zu kaufen man kann ich die einfach online bestellen für MZ und Simson

[@lowersaxon]

Warms the German heart, doesnt matter east or west. MZ should have been saved and developed further in 1991, I think. The embargo is completely out of time, imho. Saludos companeros!

[@Stefan-schmidt-produktionDe]

I like your videos ❤️

[@DavidWoods-y7t]

Id like to buy one

[@andrewallen9993]

There are a lot of Jawas as well but not so many Russian bikes.

[@tissapathiratna7761]

MZ ist nicht da Shade. MZ must come back with 4stroke Motor with superb Kettenkasten. Danke Schön DW

[@nlpnt]

Skip directly to electric.

[@fredtracy3931]

I salute those Cuban motorcyclists, and their MZ bikes.

[@DWREV]

Glad you liked the story! Please share it with a friend.

[@weird-guy]

My country country had a motorcycle brand called famel with a zundapp motor

[@nlpnt]

It's interesting that they seem to have hardly any Trabants and Wartburgs, most of their Soviet/European Communist-era cars are Lada, Moskvich and Polski-Fiat.

[@jasonlemuel5078]

I'm curious wirh east german reliability product how will they react when they got introduced to Japanese bikes

[@philippp.m.4265]

The whole Japanese motorcycle industry is built on one German motorcycle - the DKW RT 125 from Zschopau. Which is the same place where MZs were built. 😉

[@fredtracy3931]

Not entirely true, no Honda was on the DKW RT 125, and some bikes were based on British machinery.

[@empe3332]

@@philippp.m.4265 every nation with some industry has produced dkw rt125 clone after the 2ww. But Honda Supercub puts those smoky 125 in shame with its design, reliability and economy of the 4stroke. And numbers produced - 100mln plus millions of Chinese clones.

[@sidneydawe9937]

Most modern motorcycles look like they have been in a bad smash up. They look so ugly compared with the pretty coloured bikes of the 1960s and 1970s. The MZ250 is a good practical machine that with good maintenance should last forever.

[@DWREV]

Yes, they are really something!

[@SuperEman500]

Didn’t know Cubans had Scottish accents, cool.

[@Largo5441]

East Germany after Türkiye

[@MrK-qw7nb]

I think that Iraq is the country that uses it the most❤

[@luckycruiser3167]

"The decisive factor is what comes out at the back", a former German chancellor once said. The statement is already ambiguous, at least in German, so it doesn't hurt to add a third. Despite all the nostalgic glorification, it should not be overlooked that two-stroke engines have no exhaust gas purification system and they blow their unburned hydrocarbons into the atmosphere unfiltered along with all the others. Nowadays, you can no longer use a two-stroke engine with a clear conscience.

[@jerminedombrigues7714]

🙋👍🇵🇭

[@Survivor008]

tremendous faces of snitches on these colleagues 🤪

[@Djent7779]

MZ moto zeeganer

[@MorrisonGrover-s3h]

Brown Shirley Lee Donna Davis Kimberly

[@mirasetrin3273]

schade, dass man sowenig MZen sieht und dafür nur Nasenloch-Interviews. Thema verfehlt, sechs, setzen!

[@franktechmaniac7488]

The socialist Harley from Saxonia. Too bad MZ doesn't exist anymore.

[@mike_oe]

Anybody who has been to Cuba knows about the insane pollution caused by the 2-smoke bikes....

[@Thomas63r2]

Shhh - you are supposed to ignore such things!

[@timpauwels3734]

@@Thomas63r2Shh - you are supposed to ignore the trade embargo!

[@user-iw2ox5re9b]

The embargo is a lie. Its been used as an excuse for decades

[@henryseidel5469]

Tanks cause a much more evil pollution than motor bikes.

[@osmacuba]

I don't know where do you live but I'm pretty sure there is not a blue sky like they have in Cuba. So,,, what are you talking about?

[@rashidnaga]

my feverot mz moskito scooter😂

[@pavolpagac2804]

0.36 min. I just stopped watching it when the man said about his MZ ETZ 250 blue THIS IS ORIGINAL MZ 🤣🤣🤣 Just look at the engine 🤣🤦🤦🤦 Engine is from MZ250 TS!!! This is really big comedy 🤣🤣🤣🤦🤦🤦