MZts250/1 supa5 project finished and first start up. 

I like the sound! More of a "smack" on those tick-over strokes than I remember on my Supa 5 back in the late 70's.

Great video,my friend,,,,looks great,sounds even better,,,,,looking forward to your next video,,,,,,From Dublin, Ireland 🇮🇪 👍👍☘️☘️☘️✌️

Wonderful, I'm jealous! Had a number of these back in the 80's as reliable transport while my British bikes were in the workshop being fixed (which was often). I grew to love the MZ's, super reliable, quick enough, enclosed chain and peanuts to run. I had five of them in the end and did more miles on them than on the old Brits. I bought one once which had been dropped and had a sizeable dent in the (huge) silencer. Instead of wing ding-a-ding, it sort of went wong dong-a-dong! Seem to remember the official method to decoke the silencer was to jam a potato in the end then fill it with caustic soda and leave overnight. Love MZ's...

Had ETZ 251 for 6 years commuting all weathers except snow/ice also toured it in uk camping. Never let me down. Sold it on for half what i paid for. GREAT BIKE! MISS IT!

Looks like a good restore job. Well done. She looks vgood

Great job. Love the MZ 250. I had a little MZ125 way back, got me through my Bike Test. Wish I still had it!

Nice bike and it makes me yearn for the '70's and '80's again. I always fancied one of those if I ever got fed up with Honda back then.

Nice job. You don't see them around anymore. We always reckon they had a square piston because of the shape of the cylinder. My late dad was given a jawa 350 twin with 36000 miles on. We got it going, and it was a great bike. All these bikes were crude, but they worked in harsh conditions with little maintenance.

How the sound takes me back!

Looking forward to seeing you ride! Lately I find various UK videos on RU-vid about MZ. They show MZ enthusiasm, like yours. Still the click rates are relatively low. 😢 Seems MZ folks in GB are even less into RU-vid than the Germans!😅

They seem to go forever these bikes , very robust machines , well done , looks really nice 😊

Looks fantastic! 165 subscribers right now, so I guess you're doing something right.

Hab mir vor 5 Jahren so eine zugelegt.Schöner 2 Takt Sound. Macht echt Spaß. ❤ Motor ist Gummigelagert ohne Schleifenrahmen daher wenig Vibrationen.

Hi very nice, good to do your thing ,I copied you and lifted my saddle. Joseph in Paris

I had one in the 80s loved it bought a yamaha Rd afterwards. then wondered why I didn't keep the mz

Those seat extensions look familiar, just saying 😂

My 250 was a four speed in 76 and then the aupa5 in 78. Miss the ring ding sound and everyday usefulness

We all do love our trusty MZs and you did a reallly great job on yours. But maybe you do yourself a favour and open the garage doors so your lungs and the footage don´t get too foggy... 🙂

p,s, you can consider me your 76th subscriber,,,👍👍☘️☘️☘️✌️

Hi great page, lovely bike, I am just restoring a wilf green supa5 , you have done a very good job

Slick50 is good for gearboxes use it for my beemas

You sound familiar 😅

Hi for sale

I had an 'S' plate one , same colour and put over 85,000 miles on it, best bike I've ever had ! Would love another one but wouldn't pay the silly money people ask for them now. My brother bought one new in 1979, £440 , mine was 2 years old and cost me £200.

Very clean bike. I had a blue one in the past. Pulls from lower revs better than the 301. Perhaps the 301 is a better highway bike. Fair winds!

Excellent work, your Supa5 looks very nice!🤩 It's nice to see that in the UK some of these old machines are being preserved!😊 BTW: Mr David Baynam drove a Supa 5 from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego in 1979, that is quite an achievement. His travelogue can be read in the September 1979 issue of Motorcycle Sport Magazine. Always have fun with the machine!🙂

A very nice restoration - my ETS 250 (1971) and TS 250/1 (1979) are still waiting for it. I am very pleased that the MZ are also valued and cared for in other countries after so many years. The plugs in the frame tubes under the seat were also original. Not original - but also retrofitted to my TS (like at Honda models from the 70s) were the round reflectors on the right and left of the telescopic fork. I wouldn't put any stickers on the side covers. Wish you a safe journey at all times! Eine sehr schöne Restauration - meine ETS 250 (1971) und TS 250/1 (1979) warten noch darauf. Ich freue mich sehr, dass die MZ auch in anderen Ländern nach so vielen Jahren geschätzt und gepflegt werden. Die Stopfen in den Rahmenrohren unter dem Sitz waren auch original vorhanden. Nicht original - aber auch bei meiner TS nachgerüstet (wie an Honda Modellen der 70er Jahre) waren die runde Reflektoren an rechts und links an der Telegabel. Ich würde keine Aufkleber an den Seitendeckeln anbringen. Wünsche allzeit gute Fahrt!

I had a few mz's including a black supa 5, they are remarkably well made.

Love the Bike , mind your leg when you kick start it, they can kick back and you will catch your ankle on the air filetr bolt, very painfull, bigest problem is they cost less than £300 new back in 1980

Danfoss or aspera I just can't remember you have a keen eye young Dan what do you think . What about the black plugs ?

We called them an OMZ in the 80’s used to think they were rubbish but as I get older I realise they’re pretty good. Coming from a mobylette X7 & Heinkel bubble car owner !

Fantastic bikes. I have to admit that I enjoy my Supa 5 more than my VFR 750 ! Use fully synthetic 2 stroke oil to reduce smoke and I wonder whether you will convert to 12V eventually ?

Nice.

Looks great! I had a couple in the '70s as winter ride to work bikes, I loved them, great fun to ride!

A lovely restoration of a super little bike. I am more than a bit envious........😊

Love it 👍

Such an underated bike. Back in the late 70's I started to commute 100 miles a day on an MS ETS 250. With it's huge 5 gallon tank it was like riding a Camel but it never let me down, would cruise nicely at 70 and was incredibly torquey for a 2 stroke. I did about 30k on that bike and from memory it had about 50k on the clock when I then bought a TZ250 Supa 5 just like yours - same colour an' all. It wasn't as fast as the ETS or as tourquey but was still a wonderful machine. Again I put about 30k on the clock and again it never let me down. Both bikes handled fantastically with Avon tires on them and the Supa 5 would wheelie away from the lights no problem! I think it had a shorter wheelbase? I also have a Moto Guzzi Le Mans Mk1 which I've had from new in '78 and used the MZ's for the grunt work in most weather conditions and the Le Mans for cleaner days. The MZ's were just as much fun but in different ways. I never worried about them, or was as protective of them in the same way as I was (am), with the Guzzi and becasue of that they were just such fun to blast along on. A really great way to get to and from work! Good luck with that beauty of yours and I hope you get to ride it regularly and find out what a brilliant machine it is. Again, for me these MZ's are the most underrated motorcycles of all time. East Germany engineering at it's best - pragmatic, practical and bullet-proof.

Mach dir links noch so einen Spiegel ran. Sieht noch besser aus.👍

Nice! Mine's a 1978 black one *with* hammer and compasses, it looks good to me. All I've changed on it in 8 years of ownership is a VAPE electronic ignition and a Mikuni carb. I'd trust it to take me round the world!

The engine looks like a block of flats! 😊

BTW: This bike was ridden in the UK and restored in the UK. Why not display the Union Flag or the East Anglia Flag proudly on the side panels?🙂 It also fits better in terms of colour.🙂

It has a dynamo so the warning light will come on at low revs

Watch the front brake.nice job

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