CZ identification

[Rosco400]

Hope CZ gurus might be able to identify following model

Taken from compliance plate on headstock

Type 380/514
Frame 5140004888
Engine 5140007569

Red tank/white gaurds

Thanks in advance

[cyclegod]

1988 CZ380 type 514 Years ago Rick Gill Honda in Perth had some for sale "new in crate"


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[Rosco400]

Thanks CG, just went back out and looked at plate again and has year 1976 stamped in it but thought looked bit suspect, hard to read as the eyesight struggling in later years, ill see if can get photo up

[Tankslapper]

hey Rosco, is that 514 in Manjimup ? I looked at one last year that was nearly new.

[Rosco400]

No Tankslapper, this ones been in NSW for quite a while,

Was actually going through Enos first post no 1 in the cz forum and the link below seems to show it as a 77 model (similar pic to post of yours CG) is it possible the simlarities carried right through to 1988 with no real change. I know sweet f all as this is a mates bike just baby sitting at the moment while he gets a nice new extra large shed built but he was hoping to ride it pre 78 open


http://digilander.libero.it/cuoccimix/ENGLISH-automotorusse-q(CZ).htm#mc

Paul
He bought it for $1200 twelve months ago complete the lucky bastard and he wont part with it,(although I keep chipping away at him regulary and remind him possession is nine tenths of the law) think he wants to hang it on his new shed wall as an ornament

[paul]

how much  rossco

[eno]

As CG said, it's late 80's build, it's a similar build to what they were making in the late 70's. It's kind of sad for me as these were the factories last gasp to survive.  :'(
I have ridden one & they are a nice bike, should in all fairness be allowed to race pre-1980. Pretty much the final evolution of that motor, centre port barrel, "Jikuni" carb, unsure if it's electronic ignition. The forks are possibly Russian build as someone once pointed out they have a hammer & sickle stamp somewhere, good looking triple clamps too. The hubs are different to earlier models which had cast magnesium conical hubs.


Your own Mr Drakeford I'm sure could tell you a lot more than I can.

[firko]

I think they let 514 and 513 CZs in pre 80, but I may be mistaken. I know they're legal for Evo. I rode one too and wish I hadn't. They really should have been a better bike than they turned out to be. I almost bought one but chickened out.

[GMC]

Drakie had one in the crate and he kept it that way for years. He invited a few mates around for the great unvieling ceremony with the many stages  being photographed for posterity and the event was celebrated with the consumption of alcohol.
He took it for a quick ride that evening.
He sold it not long after.

[firko]

Hey Geoff, you look a tad like Elvis in his declining years in that photo and who would think that the dorky looking fella in the green jacket would be such a genius on a motorbike.

[Hoony]

Ahunka Ahunka Burning Oxy's

[GMC]

Well Iv'e declined a bit more since then, must cut out those deep fried peanut butter sandwiches.
And Hoony, well you ain't nuthin but a hound dog.

[Tim754]

 GMC that is a photo of a fearfully quick lot of Victorian  VMX and Vinduro racers. Is the dorkie bloke in green an infamous Diary farmer? Of course I know the man is a "true motorcycle racing legend" worthy of in the top end of the VMX tree.  Polite , great nature, smiles and helps you when you stuck, can race so FAST but always fairly on any machine ,flash and new or rough pug ugly and old with a brutal intensity ...Jedi Master John Boag....

[GMC]

Yes I was surrounded by few fast guys that day.


 I would have to question if Boagy has ever been seen on anything flash, I spose his Czed's were when they were new

[090]

'Barn fresh' comes to mind! He pulled up next to me at the Coffs Nats and i looked at all the bikes on the trailer. I said to him (jokingly) "are you gunna ride all those?"
He just looked at me and said "yeahhhhh".... and he bloody well did!