MzAuthor: Mick Walker. To Kaaden must go the title of the world's greatest ever 2-stroke engineer. Of course, before MZ came DKW, and really this book is the story of both these two great marques from Zschopau in Southern Saxony. The book also covers Simson and the new era with the Skorpion. |
Contents
IFApost war revival | 20 |
Six Days glory | 36 |
Grand Prix Racing | 50 |
ETS and TS series | 78 |
The new era | 128 |
Common terms and phrases
2nd H 3rd H 4th H 5-speed 5th H 6th H air-cooled alloy Auto Union bike Bore and stroke carburettor chain championship Clutch Gearbox Final crankcase crankshaft Czech Degner disc DKW's Dry weight Ducati Dundrod Dutch TT East German enduro Engine Bore Ernst Degner exhaust factory foot change four-stroke front and rear front forks Fuel consumption fuel tank Fügner fully enclosed gear Gearbox Final drive Grassetti ignition ISDT Italian kilometres per hour litres machine Mike Hailwood Monza motor motorcycle sport mudguard Multi-plate MZ's oilbath outfit piston piston-port production racer Racing Motorcycles rear suspension rider riding roadster Rosner Sachsenring Sachsenring 125cc Saxon Shepherd sidecar Simson single cylinder Skorpion stroke Swept volume Swept volume Compression swinging arm Szabo telescopic fork Top speed Trophy Sport twin Two-stroke cycle volume Compression volume Compression ratio Walter Kaaden weight Fuel West Winkler Woodman Yamaha Zschopau