above:
Early days; before I met him, I had seen
86Y George Eadie
racing his CZ with the BSA Tank. Between 1997 and 2001, I had been havng terrible luck with the gearboxes in my MX250 Yamaha and the 250 Elsinore I had acquired to replace the Yamaha. He suggested that I buy the Animal. His carefully kept log books, reciepts, and notes taken when he originally built the bike came with the deal. Among these was an original letter , signed in blue ballpoint pen by Pete Maly who had ordered a custom race bike for the Inter-Am in 1972. Visibly aghast, purists, experts and other characters (found at the track or internet) often express their dismay that anyone would put a BSA tank on a CZ, not realizing that the machine is assmbled from many parts. But look at the list of parts on Maly's original letter, and Eadie followed the recipe to a T. There are substitutions; a CMS frame instead of a C&J - Wrks Shock instead of Konis, Mikuni instead of a BIng. But for that it's all there- Maico front end, Yamaha Brakes, DID Rim, |
above left : the Animal CZ400 Special- AHRMA Regional Klamath Falls 2007 - above right: Hammer & Tongs at Washougal, 2009 MODELS & BIKES MOTOCROSS SHIRTS © 2022 SIEGE |