Hey all. I say mine but Dad bought this one. Haven't got any pic's of the whole bike as we pulled it apart straight away. Its a 1965 ish bike. As far as I know the rarest of CZ production bikes. We were pretty keen and after putting the word out found two. One in Holland in pristine condition and the one we bought from NZ. After we went through the pro's and con's , we came to the conclusion that even though the NZ bike wasn't as good a condition as the Dutch one, it was still pretty good and close enough to done. The owner said the motor had been "gone through", tank was painted, so to the frame. It also had a new set of pipes. The owner informed us that the bike was only "thrown together and would need to be assembled properly". I was also told that "it will need more time than $$". I am using exact quotes here hence the "".
Also the wheels are restored with "new alloy rims". There are also parts of another motor and old exhaust.
The deciding factors of buying this one over the Dutch one was that the Dutch bike was unknown territory as far as shipping was concerned and was just over a grand dearer and no idea who the owner was. The NZ bike was owned by a guy that has imported and exported quite a few bikes and being a close neighbour, felt safer. Plus we could lean on him for advise so there weren't any mistakes made by us which always result in paying more than you should (shipping fees)!
SO! After many dramas and a lot of money thrown away due to not having paper work etc sorted ($1050 EXTRA
), we finally got the bike.
So how does the bike look in real life?
Well we were extremely disappointed. Tank is painted and looks pretty good as does the frame. New pipes are just that.There are the pluses.
The negatives are;
Seat foam and cover have been thrown away. Dad Can save the base as its fibreglass and can be repaired.
The chrome on the forks are gone and need re chroming. On further inspection the fork uppers are incorrect for the bike and at a guess are off a '78-'80 model bike as they are way too long.
The rims are not new, just polished old ones. To be pedantic I prefer stainless spokes unlike the plain spokes used.
The shocks are rooted and have no value at all. Leaking, chrome rusted, bump stops deteriorated.
The handlebars and controls will be thrown away. They are just junk.
The motor is a mess. Its had a blow up so the head was mangled.It has been welded up and then attacked with a die grinder. What a f@#king hack job. Where it has been welded the weld sits up at least 7 thou compared to the rest of the head. It would never have worked.
The piston to bore is roughly 10 thou. If I measure properly in the middle of the bore it would be more for sure. You can drive a truck through the ring end gap. Millimetres, not thou.
Crank seals in crooked. A genius has "gone through" this thing. Everything is fixable. Just got to keep digging in those pockets.
Parts of the clutch are missing as well. Waiting for a puller to strip the rest of the motor but thankfully the gearbox looks fine and have my hopes up with the big end.
So the big question. How much did we pay for this beast. Would you believe $8000au? that's right 8k AND in real dollars to boot. That's equivalent to over $10,000 NZ dollars.
Am I being fair about this. shit there is always two sides to a story. After a bit of discussion and me saying I want to race it, he did say I should reco the top end . To also be fair he said he "forgot" about the rims and was prepared to reimburse me the equivalent of two Chinese rims. I did tell him to stick his cheap arse rims where the sun don't shine ( that could be anywhere in NZ
).
Hopefully you can see the faults I have highlighted, as most of you would know that pictures can lie if you take them at the right angle and light.
Conservatively, I reckon I will have to tip in another $2.5K. Its usually more than you think! I asked for $1500 back. I never got it.
So... good deal?
Oh, I think quite a few would either know him or have heard of him.
