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30 Dec, 2017
The Only Complete, English MZ Story
Mick Walker's MZ book isn't a deep, comprehensive tome it might be, but covers the important developments and models of the brand in a fairly dense little book, that's packed with photos and informative captions. There are many books published in German about MZ and its successful racing history both on- and off-road, but Walker's is the first in English to cover the whole history (there's a small 'MZ: the Birth of the Modern Two Stroke Racer' pamphlet').
Mick Walker was an institution, writing dozens of books on motorcycles history, many of brands that were neglected by other writers; that includes MZ, which was best known in the UK for utilitarian East German two-strokes available cheaply between the 1960s-late '80s, when the Wall fell, and MZ lost its government sponsorship. MZs were generally not imported to the US, but a few TS250 GS ISDT Replicas were imported by Edison Dye (who brought Husqvarna fame in the US).
I gained familiarity with the brand while living in the UK, and rode a '74 ES250 to the Soviet border in 1987; while hard-used by a previous owners, it made the round trip with no problems. The entire machine could be dismantled using the toolkit provided, and its simplicity and ruggedness were refreshing.