At 10:34 AM 12/17/06 -0500, oroboyz@aol.com wrote:
> #320062087983 and 320062471061
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> That is a funny-cool-weird-odd-scary bike! These "Iron curtain" companies
are sort of like Yugos.. They LOOK normal but are still distinctly Third
World when it comes to machining tolerances, etc.
>
Favorit was a well-known Czech manufacturer. I remember they made chains in the sixties, probably the Eastern European equivalent of Renold. At the time Czechoslovakia was the world leader in motocross bikes and won several world championships. I had a couple of CZ motocross bikes. Later they were surpassed by Sweden (Husqvarna) and eventually, of course, Japan, to supply the poseur racer market.
John Betmanis
Woodstock, Ontario
Canada