CLASSIC MOTOCROSS IRON: 1972 CZ 400 YELLOW TANKER
The 1972 CZ 400 was a close relative of the 1970 and 1971 models. The old CZ 360 was bored out to 380cc and called the 400
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The 1972 CZ 400 was a close relative of the 1970 and 1971 models. The old CZ 360 was bored out to 380cc and called the 400
The twin-carb engineering marvel that won the 250 World Championship and disappeared into the ether that is the past
MXA knows a lot about the 1992 CZ 125MX, we raced it, tested it and lived with it—well, actually we tolerated it
Joel Robert was a six-time World Champion from Belgium who American motocross fans owe a debt of gratitude. We touch on Joel’s impact in motocross and more in this video
Let’s see! If we loaded the bikes up at 5:45 a.m. on Saturday morning, raced two motos at REM Glen Helen in 85 degree weather, skipped lunch and came straight home to clean the bikes, it will be Houston 1 time
There will never be another motocross racer like Joel Robert, not just for his immense talent but for his lust for life
When “The Man” was just a boy riding a Czechoslovakian Ceske Zavodny in the 250 GPs while on his way to the top
What goes around, comes around—Roger reveals what happened in 1966 (CZ),1970 (Suzuki), 1980 (Honda), 1993 (MXA), 1995 (Suzuki) and 2011 (KTM)
When you’re winning, life is good and for Joel Robert it was good for most of his racing career…and six 250 World Championships
“I placed my order with the Puch factory and got a message that they were no longer going to be in the motocross business. I should have never returned the test bikes.”
MXA brings Joel back to his roots where it all started
“The British claim they started it. The French say the British are crazy. I’m Belgian, and I was always told that motocross began in Belgium.”
CZ’s can be told apart by their distinctive gas tanks — red in the late ’60s & 1970, yellow in 1971-72,steel coffin tank in 1973, and the flat-silver coffin tank in 1974
CZ twin pipes enjoy celebrity status among motorcycle collectors because they were raced by Joel Robert and Roger DeCoster
The bike that put the Czechs (and Russian’s first mx hero) on the motocross map
Why work at it, when you’ve already got it—and Joel Robert had it in spades
Are you up on your CZ exhaust pipe lingo, because this is later side-pipe, not the earlier down pipe
The Pook with the huge pickle silencer, but not the Sears Allstate model that flooded America in the 1960s
Nothing is happening, every Pro is tucked away in secret & the sport is left to the people who pay the bills — you!
Last minute for Black Friday sales, a little warning for Cyber Monday sales and, of course, the Christmas sales are far off
Feets Minert playing with the big boys—Hallman, Eneqvist, DeCoster and Robert
Sometimes accidents are a good thing — we mean during devrloping the film, not while riding the bike
Bargains, birthdays and videos
The Row-Bear on his Chay-Zed
Olle made it happen for Suzuki and Kawasaki
Racing hasn’t changed—just the tracks, not the men
The highest quality old race footage ever
Rules rarely work for social engineering
Two-stroke fever hits the MXA crew hard
The Vegemite of moto news