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It was hard to believe that [[CZ]] would foist a pile like this mid-1970s bummer off on the public, but they did. Seeing a chance to get a piece of the [[enduro]] market, they simply took a late '60s frame, a dated [[engine]], electrics that would have trouble lighting-off an .049" model airplane engine and [[suspension]] components that did little more than hold up the bike. | It was hard to believe that [[CZ]] would foist a pile like this '''CZ250 enduro''' mid-1970s bummer off on the public, but they did. Seeing a chance to get a piece of the [[enduro]] market, they simply took a late '60s frame, a dated [[engine]], electrics that would have trouble lighting-off an .049" model airplane engine and [[suspension]] components that did little more than hold up the bike. | ||
It had rigid footpegs, a huge, bulbous tank, an exhaust that burned the leg, a speedo that didn't work and various bits and pieces that were attached with pure afterthought technology. The first time I fired up our test bike, the horn fell off on the ground. After I rode the bike 100 yards, the battery fell out and the wiring loom melted. In the next 20 minutes, the plug cap came off, the air filter fell off, the muffler cracked and wedged into the rear wheel, the gas cap leaked, both fuel lines cracked, a tire went flat and the throttle stuck wide open. | It had rigid footpegs, a huge, bulbous tank, an exhaust that burned the leg, a speedo that didn't work and various bits and pieces that were attached with pure afterthought technology. The first time I fired up our test bike, the horn fell off on the ground. After I rode the bike 100 yards, the battery fell out and the wiring loom melted. In the next 20 minutes, the plug cap came off, the air filter fell off, the muffler cracked and wedged into the rear wheel, the gas cap leaked, both fuel lines cracked, a tire went flat and the throttle stuck wide open. | ||