Quality before and after DDR?

[k650]

I just read a story from England writen by a 301 Saxon owner, the bike was made 1994, at that time it was called MuZ. And what i could understand in the articel did the motorcycle have small problems all the time. Always something that broke or faulted. I have one TS250/1 -1977 and one ETZ251 -1989......will they also be unreliable etc......i thought MZ made i DDR was good quality...is it? Worth to be noticed is that the guy did all the required services etc. and so do I. Ofcourse a badly maintained motorcycle cant work well, so thats in not the reason in this case.

[Ex-User magsd]

Hej!

You've made a good choice with your bikes.
Just do the regular maintenance and you'll have much fun with the 2 bikes.

Btw, the GDR ended up in 1990 ...

[trabimotorrad]

In the yaers before 1990, in western germany the bikers spoke not good from the MZ There ist no quality, they are too slow and so on. When the GDR was broken down, a lot of MZs were sold for an "apple and an egg" and much west-german-"bikers" bought MZ.
Suddenly they noticed, that a MZ needs some "love" and there are some parts, wich have to be changed. (chain, wires, tires )
A lot of MZs don`t got the love, they need and so they wastet , but these MZs, where got the love they need, are very fine bikes. The MZ-Engine, which i build myself in 1993, now drives for nearly 100 000Km with a very good performance
I don`t like the "Rotax-engine" because its not so easy to handle, as the old two-stroke engine and the MZ, build in the turky, called "Kanuni" are not as the quality as the original eastern-germany MZs.
I think, the MZ TS250/1 ist the best MZ at all.
I hope, you understand my school-english, its 32 Years ago, i´ve learnt it

[k650]

In the yaers before 1990, in western germany the bikers spoke not good from the MZ There ist no quality, they are too slow and so on. When the GDR was broken down, a lot of MZs were sold for an "apple and an egg" and much west-german-"bikers" bought MZ.
Suddenly they noticed, that a MZ needs some "love" and there are some parts, wich have to be changed. (chain, wires, tires )
A lot of MZs don`t got the love, they need and so they wastet , but these MZs, where got the love they need, are very fine bikes. The MZ-Engine, which i build myself in 1993, now drives for nearly 100 000Km with a very good performance
I don`t like the "Rotax-engine" because its not so easy to handle, as the old two-stroke engine and the MZ, build in the turky, called "Kanuni" are not as the quality as the original eastern-germany MZs.
I think, the MZ TS250/1 ist the best MZ at all.
I hope, you understand my school-english, its 32 Years ago, i´ve learnt it

I understand perfect, thanks...