From Germany to Cuba: Hidden Story of the MZ Motorcycle Phenomenon!

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One of the largest motorcycle companies in the world ceased to exist together with East Germany - MZ. But in Santiago de Cuba, thousands of old MZs are more alive than ever, loved and cared for, and even used as cabs.
00:00 Santiago De Cuba
00:33 East German MZ Motorbike history
02:23 MZ motorbike repairs
04:37 MZ perfect for Cuba
06:20 Cuban repair industry
07:50 Hottest bike in Cuba!
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@timothystrawn1844 Год назад

That’s what I love about Cubans they’re probably one of the most resourceful People in the world they make do with not a lot of resources.

@boredmalcontent 9 месяцев назад

Amongst other bikes, I have a 1978 MZ TS250/1 - if I could only choose one it would be that. I visited the old factory earlier this year, emotional!

@maexchen71 6 месяцев назад

für mich als Ostdeutscher ist das eine Augenweide unsere MZ`s zu sehen vielen Dank Kuba ihr seid die besten 😍😍🙂🙂

@DWREV 5 месяцев назад

Thanks for watching the video!

@EnriqueMendoza-xn5td 9 месяцев назад

Excelente video me gustan esas motos MZ tengo 2 MZ en Nicaragua original una 250 Año 87 y otra 251 año 89 muchas gracias por su pasión por las MZ saludos a todos los cubanos

@petershim5900 Год назад

I was there a few years ago and their ingenuity so impressed me. I absolutely love them!

@campbellpaul Год назад

Very interesting. From my experience, Cubans are wonderful people!

@jjcale1976 9 месяцев назад

this is real Ecology and recycling, not electric cars

@2Truth2you 9 месяцев назад

Great bikes and wonderful people. Greetings from England!

@andyworsley3908 18 дней назад

They didn't stop production in 1990. I bought a brand new MZ Saxon Tour 251 in 1995 and production of the 2 strokes continued for a few years after that.

@yveskrol4417 Год назад

Erinnerungen an die "gute" alte Zeit, wenn man es so sehen will. Ein Stueck melancholische Kopf - Hoch Mentalitaet. Letztendlich verdient das ein grosses Bravo. Ein Beitrag fuer's Gemuet.

@DWREV Год назад

Thank you for watching!

@mkilic10 Год назад

that one at 2:59 has a Turkish-made MZ seat. Kanuni got its patent in 1993 and produced these bikes as Kanuni MZ.

@2Truth2you 9 месяцев назад

Interesting.

@jurkanman 9 месяцев назад

I've owned a 1988 MZ 250 ETZ in red some 20 years ago. May grandfather gave iz to me when when he lost his drivers licence due to health problems. I remebered very well a powerfull text message on petrol tank cover - "Uber 60 jahre des mottorader aus Zscopau - 1922-1982". A world class historic motorcycle producer.

@DWREV 9 месяцев назад

Lovely to hear that you inherited your grandfather's motorcycle. What made you give it up, eventually? Feel free to send us photos of the bike on rev.plan@dw.com

@sunrae3971 10 месяцев назад

As a 80s born East German it always amazed me how socialist countries had to become "creative" in so many facets of daily life.

@carlowingfield7743 6 месяцев назад

I had an MZ TS150 around 1978 they were simple , robust and reliable at a bargain price .

@DurstDevel Год назад

Greedings from Germany! Iam glad the Things we Made serves u long and well!

@leomarrero 5 месяцев назад

I own a couple of them here in usa, i also went from Fort myers florida to Denver Colorado in 3 days riding (4000 miles round trip) no issues at all even same spark plug.. video can be seen on RU-vid

@johnhammond6423 14 дней назад

I loved my MZ and I miss it. I rode it flat out everywhere I went and it never let me down.

@DWREV 13 дней назад

Maybe it’s being rode in Cuba now!

@johnhammond6423 13 дней назад

@@DWREV One things for sure, its still going! 😊

@wotan20 2 месяца назад

My brother was also a guestarbeiter in the DDR (an elektronic technicien in Karl Marx Stadt), but he bought a Simson AWO 425 Sporten which was upgraded from 250 cm3 to 300 cm3. He was very satisfied with it, since it was a BMW really and it didn't smoke like all the 2 stroke bike did. Also it was shaft drive, which added to its robustness. That was his first love really. In any case German engineering either East or West was good.

@rolandzoske448 8 месяцев назад

A very interesting and atmospheric video.

@fredtracy3931 5 месяцев назад

I salute those Cuban motorcyclists, and their MZ bikes.

@DWREV 5 месяцев назад

Glad you liked the story! Please share it with a friend.

@Leberteich 2 месяца назад

9:22 'We're celebrating my wife's birthday'. 'Do you do this often?' 'Once a year'.

@runningtorchlight 9 месяцев назад

I wish MZ had this reputation in Germany. My wife is not so excited about it. 😂

@DWREV 9 месяцев назад

Do you still have an old MZ in your garage? Despite, we assume, your wife's displeasure at the fact! :-) We're always keen to know what the REV community is driving and riding. Do let us know, and feel free to send us some images on rev.plan@dw.com.

@goranschmidt3543 7 месяцев назад

Dann sie keine Ahnung... 😅

@jeynes14 2 месяца назад

Thank you for sharing this gift

@patrickkaiserliew3691 Год назад

Such a waste that MZ ceased to exist today. Its such a reliable & durable motorcycle that's being built with German technology. Can it be revive since Germany is one of the major country that has thriving automotive industry.

@rolandzoske448 8 месяцев назад

Unfortunately, everything is being destroyed here in Germany - technically and morally. Fraud and theft everywhere. This is capitalism in its final stages.

@lowersaxon 2 месяца назад

Warms the German heart, doesnt matter east or west. MZ should have been saved and developed further in 1991, I think. The embargo is completely out of time, imho. Saludos companeros!

@Stefan-schmidt-produktionDe 5 месяцев назад

I like your videos ❤️

@andrewallen9993 3 месяца назад

There are a lot of Jawas as well but not so many Russian bikes.

@user-vq6yv3ok3z 2 месяца назад

Id like to buy one

@maexchen71 6 месяцев назад

es gibt noch sämtliche Ersatzteile bei uns in Deutschland zu kaufen man kann ich die einfach online bestellen für MZ und Simson

@weird-guy Год назад

My country country had a motorcycle brand called famel with a zundapp motor

@tissapathiratna7761 Год назад

MZ ist nicht da Shade. MZ must come back with 4stroke Motor with superb Kettenkasten. Danke Schön DW

@nlpnt Год назад

Skip directly to electric.

@SuperEman500 4 месяца назад

Didn’t know Cubans had Scottish accents, cool.

@nlpnt Год назад

It's interesting that they seem to have hardly any Trabants and Wartburgs, most of their Soviet/European Communist-era cars are Lada, Moskvich and Polski-Fiat.

@jerminedombrigues7714 8 месяцев назад

🙋👍🇵🇭

@sidneydawe9937 6 месяцев назад

Most modern motorcycles look like they have been in a bad smash up. They look so ugly compared with the pretty coloured bikes of the 1960s and 1970s. The MZ250 is a good practical machine that with good maintenance should last forever.

@DWREV 5 месяцев назад

Yes, they are really something!

@MrK-qw7nb 6 месяцев назад

I think that Iraq is the country that uses it the most❤

@luckycruiser3167 6 месяцев назад

"The decisive factor is what comes out at the back", a former German chancellor once said. The statement is already ambiguous, at least in German, so it doesn't hurt to add a third. Despite all the nostalgic glorification, it should not be overlooked that two-stroke engines have no exhaust gas purification system and they blow their unburned hydrocarbons into the atmosphere unfiltered along with all the others. Nowadays, you can no longer use a two-stroke engine with a clear conscience.

@jasonlemuel5078 Год назад

I'm curious wirh east german reliability product how will they react when they got introduced to Japanese bikes

@philippp.m.4265 Год назад

The whole Japanese motorcycle industry is built on one German motorcycle - the DKW RT 125 from Zschopau. Which is the same place where MZs were built. 😉

@fredtracy3931 5 месяцев назад

Not entirely true, no Honda was on the DKW RT 125, and some bikes were based on British machinery.

@empe3332 4 месяца назад

@@philippp.m.4265 every nation with some industry has produced dkw rt125 clone after the 2ww. But Honda Supercub puts those smoky 125 in shame with its design, reliability and economy of the 4stroke. And numbers produced - 100mln plus millions of Chinese clones.