I have 3 CZ’c, a ‘73 250, a ‘73 400, and a ‘75 400 Falta Red Frame. These were purchased in the crate and assembled by my father, my brother and myself. The 250 I started riding when I was 11 years old , the 400 when i was 14. The Falta was our fathers and and just seems to be my favorite, I guess because our father has passed on and he was the inspiration for us to enjoy these machines. His memories live on in the sound and performance every time I twist the throttle. They are not as original factory as these beautiful bikes are but they are restored and in as pristine showroom quality. Thank you Kaplan America for this awesome presentation of these dinosaurs that will live on forever.

Greetings from the Czech Republic, gentlemen. These motorcycles are a truly iconic affair here. Every boy started on ČZ or JAWA machines. And I'm glad you're doing this good job. We had great factories before the communist came and ruined everything.

I had a 73 250. It was the bomb. It went through a whole series of mods with porting, reed vales, electronic ignitions. Hand made pipes and plastic tank. I loved it so much.

Gorgeous pair. Good to see Mikunis in place of the the Jikovs. We called them “Jakov carbonators.” Starting a CZ with a Jikov you flooded it, fired it up, then leaned the bike over on it’s side to clear the carb and not foul. Ah, tradition.

Bohunk Bad Assery!!! Having a Czech Mom these as everything Czech really speaks to me. They also make some of the finest firearms in the world and absolutely no better home cooking exists anywhere in the world than in a Czech kitchen!

What fun and great memories!! CZ/Jawa, MZ, WSK and probably a few others in the early to mid-1970s could be purchased by mail and the crate delivered right to your front door until Joan Claybrook killed off the two-strokes. A friend of mine did it and we had a terrific time uncrating, assembling and then riding the bike.

В 1977... до 1986 бях състезател по мото крос...познавам почти всички чз та...защото много нощи съм ги правил.....но тогава други нямаше..много здрави скоростни кутий

My father owned a CZ Motorcross 250 back in the early 70s i love European motorcycle's

I’m digging the High Point boots brother, mink oil and duct tape, I miss those days.

Back in the early seventies I was riding my Hodaka at a reserve just outside of Naracoorte, South Australian. Two guys turn up with CZ 250’s, I’d see these in magazines, but to see them I front of me I stood there in awe. Incredible bike!! The two guys worked for the Mines Department and were only here for a short time so I only got to see the bikes 2 or 3 time. Thank you for showing us these incredible bikes.

I had that 73 250 GP CZ brand new form Pete Maly’s Coast Moto Cycle. What a beauty

Hi from Czech republic 🚀👌

Greetings from the Czech republic. My friend owned this bike, it's been 25 years. I remember the first ride. I was 15 yo and I thought I was flying a cannonball: D

I don’t know anything about CZ bikes,but those are very nice!

Those bike dominated the international six days extremely reliable as we're the Jawa's

My favorite time for motocross. Not all the big jumps and shorter suspension for short guys like me

Pronounced CZed ! Had a Jawa 350 oilmaster few years ago! Was stolen of course !! Love Eastern European bikes!! CZ had been competing in the ISDTor ISDE as it`s called now! Was a huge event back in the `50s,`60s and `70s till it was changed slightly!! Used to have Army teams etc! Must`ve been great to compete in!!

Very good looking CZ's the strap tank bikes were the nicest , I still have a couple CZ's a 69 250 with a special frame and 73 380.

Ken, you know what's better than a CZ 250 ? The CZ 400 ! 😎

Nearly makes me cry to see these bikes.

I owned several CZ mx bikes in the 70's. Thank goodness I moved onto Maicos

Pre-suspension revolution bike are SO great looking!

Ken Jr, I gotta say brotha. I got some respect for you. I can tell your a intelligent and respectful business man. I think most people your age In your situation would act alot differently. I heard you do something alot of people lack to do these days, and that's simply take the time to acknowledge and tell their employees that they are doing a good job. It's crazy how much a little appreciation will go in the work place. Can be the difference of hating or loving going to work. Also love when your dad slips a curse word in there and you dont edit it out. There's always that faint pause afterwords. Keep up the great work gentlemen. Some day I'll make it out there to see the museum.

CZs had many high quality after market parts available so a Jim Hoover Clean Sweep pipe, Mikuni, quick rev Motoplat ignition really woke them up. With lighter parts & a drill press my '74 red frame 250 got down to 204 lbs.. I raced a red tank 250, yellow tank 125 & very trick 400 as well. I loved them. The Honda Elsinore was heavier, slower & didn't turn as well.

I had a red frame 250 I bought back in the day brand new at a local dealer we had also a125 CZ motocross that bike was not fast but that Red Frame was an awesome bike raced it the local tracks in my area kept it for quit a while I'm almost 63 now , thanks .

Beautiful bikes ... I raced a 1973 CZ in 1974 here in New Enlgand

These 2 bikes are absolutely gorgeous. It's a real shame the cheap, mass produced, Japanese bikes killed the European bike manufacturers. I'd love to be able to ride so many different classic bikes. The only issue would be which one am I gonna ride today.

Back in 85' I gave away a 73' CZ 250 that my mom bought me brand new in 76'. It was a 4 speed with 64 tooth rear sprocket, torque like nothing else. If I only knew how valuable they would become.

Just wow... I hope someday I have the opportunity to cruise one of those up and down the driveway. So cool.

Sweet!!! CZs

These were fairly cheap back in the day in the UK. We never really took them very seriously. The road bikes were 10-20 years behind in style and features. Nice find. Thank you for sharing

Lighter and faster , 1974 Husqvarna CR250 MAG , those CZ's are sweet.

Great video! I raced CZ 250cc for awhile 72,73, and 1974. You had to a makuni carb on ,,and CD ignition. CZ is the most stable bike I ever rode. It was not the fastest. You could ride full throttle all day, corners, straights, etc. Right to victory ✌️✌️✌️

Great motorcycles. I had the pleasure of Amatuer MX racing from 1970 to 1974 on a 250 CZ. Great memories. New in 1970 I paid $1,200 for the bike, watched the dealership in San Diego uncrate the bike, and it came with extra primary sprockets and gear puller. I lived a few miles from Carlsbad Raceway in So Cal. Roger DeCoster started out with CZ. Watched him and Joel Roberts in 1968 at a track laid out in the Hollywood Hills through an outdoor old west movie set. Interesting how CZ (a gun maker) got into the motorcycle business. A small builder JaWa was building motorcycles in Prague in the 1920s. Hitler invades Czechoslovakia in the 30s and forces JaWa to become part of CZ and build motorcycles for das fuhrer. Problem was JaWa had been importing motors from Wagner out of England. So with the help of CZ they build a sturdy two cycle motor. After their so called liberation by USSR JaWa forced by communist to remain part of CZ and build motorcycles for Uncle Joe. Somewhere along the line someone figured out if you strip off the street crap and put on knobby tires it was a great off road motorcycle. Communist do what communist do by sucking all the profit out of CZ. When long travel suspension came to market by Yamaha in 1974 there was zero money in JaWa CZ development budget. CZ motorcycles went into the dust bin of history by 1978.

Wow kap,just the quality of bikes that you consistently come across is unreal,it's like they find you ,I never even seen the cz but man are they beautiful and for there age .thank God there is a company like yours that truly knows restoration.every video I'm more and more blown away with you and your bikes, amazing bro

man that brings back memories. I was riding an XR75 and outgrew that so my uncle put me on a 76 CZ250. I hated the way it looked back then because it was like 79 and the Japanese bikes where dominating. I think i was around 12 years old. Had it way north on some trails when the dammed thing pinned wide open. I was never so scared in my life, rode it for miles through the woods until i got back to the lodge and a grown up was able to kill the engine by pulling the plug wire. Turned out the card slide cap had come loose and it was winding out full bore! good times.

Cool bikes knew a guy that raced them back in the 70's

Selling my Falta Repica is one of my biggest motorcycling regrets.

I really liked those old CZ's.😉 They didn't rev very high, but the way they were ported, they didn't need to! Lots of bottom end grunt like they displayed here, and yet a ton of midrange and top end horsepower.😁👍 The 250's were torquey, but the 400 was borderline ridiculous.. you could practically climb a wall if you could stay on it!!🤣

whats cool about these vintage bikes they look so clean and simple

one of the best sounding 2 strokes ever

I hope those sold as a set, after being together for so long, and being so similar.

cz cross and izh k16 this are some crazy cool bikes

My neighbor where I grew up was a factory racer for CZ then suzuki I think from the east bay cali anyone know ...... Brad Lackey dude was an epic rider

My boots when I raced, early 70’s thru 80’s...looked like that...except in Navy blue...oh memories 😕🤘🤘🤘

шикарные мотоциклы. классика мотокросса. эпоха. ✌️👍

As teenagers a friend had a CZ 250, the motor had a loud metallic sound, but kept on going until it loaded up or stalled, then a lot of pushing to get it going. Mind you we had 0% mechanical knowledge, a simple tweak may have solved our pushing woes.

I had one in those days,btw,chain guard missing on both cheers.

My dad had one of these back in the day. Said he beat the crap out of it hard as he could and nothing broke. Sadly there was a police chase with it and the bike was impounded. He figured the bike wasn’t worth anything since he bought it for only $200 so he never got it back :(

Beautiful! And nice job with pronunciation of the ČZ - Česká Zbrojovka :-) Literal translation would be Czech Armory, as you said, they started as weapon manufacturer. Guns are still made, ČZ as a company still exists, however they do not produce motorcycles anymore, Cagiva killed this segment. And try to ride the 400cc, it is much much torquier ;-)

Cool vid. Anyone know the history of CZ motorbike company and it's relation with CZ firearms company?

1st to come out with an expansion chamber! that's HUGE!

Those are Falta replicas. Stock CZ's of that year did not have the strap tank.

Riding buds older brother had a 400 he had a 250 . We barrowed the 400 one afternoon . That thing was soo fast . Ditch digger Maximus !

Beautiful bikes, I have several and absolutely love them...but these are not original, one may actually be a 75 Falta...check frame and engine number. Nice collection.

That first CZ sounded hot.

They sure are sweet

I like Junior’s firm voice

Awesome bikes!

Thanks Ken regards lockdown London UK 🇬🇧

In Canada it's pronounced CZ,"see -zed", I rode them for years, My Czech, friend called them "Chay- Zed".

A friend of mine has one sitting in his barn for the last 45 years.

Friggn badass bikes

It's Facebook page cz motoparts - they sale all most everything for these models

My favorite t shirt is my blue Jawa CZ from metro racing.

those moto stands are pretty sweet!!!!

Ken, I love those vintage MX boots. I'd love to find a pair of those.

I had a 73 cz 250 back in 85

Love that visor boyo!

Awesome looking bikes

I do not know if you read the comments , but I need advice with regard to the motorcycle brand CZ, 380 cc motor, externally one in one as you have on the review , I would like to get more information about it. I myself am from Russia , I would like to upload photos in case of your response. On the RU Internet, almost nothing is known about it.

those are good looking bikes i still wonder how many pipes get smashed on them from bottoming out or just hitting shit

O love the coffin tanks

As a kid I had a blue one with strap on the tank the carb had I little bit you pushed to get petrol dripping then it started first kick , payed £15 for it loved the bike came with mud plugger back tyre , porn you got there😂

CZ good Moto ))) love CZ)))

Which one ran better for you?

How much did they sell for?

Wish I had one

Do you think Husky was as good as the c-z. I had a husky from the mid 70 s . reminds me of my husky. Killer bikes

Give me the Falta Edition 250 with the air shocks best 250 in 1974! Is it going to be sold?

I might be wrong but was it not Yamaha who bought CZ back in the day!

Hey! ČZ - typ 981 380 ccm is hell ;)

They are way cool

I don't understand why open face, throwback helmet manufactures don't include a google strap in the back.

Amazing the Communists had such a dirt bike and let it exist. But Cheng Shin tires?? I think Ken you forgot to mention Can Am when talking about 250 torque and HP in the mid 70's. Lovely Day, great bikes.

Skvělý!

I rode one of those ....way back. Hahaha

One of one good 👍🌹🌹👍

Always had trouble with flywheel keys

Best part 17:28

The front wheel on one of them needs balanced badly.

glorious

Torque the shift detent it will back out !

I have an original 1975 250cc Jaroslav Falta replica expansion chamber. Never raced for sale will ship you pay for shipping and cost.. Here in California..I paid $1,000 from a collector never raced. It was stolen.. Hope I never find the SOB that stole it! California CZ....

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These bike's would throw big rocks out the back wheel going up a hill on a Motorcross track you really needed to wear a large mouth guard or face covering Yokoyama 375 nobbies

"Backbreakers"

I remember them.in Lima Peru 1974/75. CE ZETA we call them. O e store in Lince. Arenales av. I used to expend time watching them I was 10 years old. Those . Bulatcos Ossas Montesas. Then .RM YZ and CR appirred ...and this marvelous machines looked like carterpillar bikes next to Japanese dirt bikes....ofcourse only foreign people or very rich ones rode this babies, locals rode SL 100 , CB125 transformed, DT TS...Kawasaki por some reason was not that popular in south America .except for Venezuela. But was dictators years 70s ....bastards .😲u

Don't mean to sound like a broken record, but doe you have any cagiva's in that great museum?????

Hey KEN ever do any reviews on a Honda V65 magna? I think it was Honda’s first shaft drive road bike my brother had one around 1985 .... very quick bike