Suzuki's 2 stroke story - SV650.org

Seeker · 13-09-22, 07:51 AM

A tale of betrayal, industrial espionage, the brilliance of Eastern European engineers and MZ. (Motorradwerke Zschopau)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qccejmqbPg

(21 mins)

I took the link from here:
https://jalopnik.com/how-two-strokes...ine-1849527363

(a couple of facts are corrected in the text)

admin · 13-09-22, 09:15 AM

Matt Oxley has a book called 'stealing speed' covering this topic. Not read it myself but I'm sure it's worth a read.

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Seeker · 13-09-22, 12:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by admin

Matt Oxley has a book called 'stealing speed' covering this topic. Not read it myself but I'm sure it's worth a read.

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The book is referred to as "that amazing book" in the video.

Craig380 · 13-09-22, 03:58 PM

It's an excellent book, thoroughly recommended. It details the dogged brilliance of Kaaden in developing the MZ racers despite the constraints of being in the Eastern bloc, and it's also sympathetic to why Degner defected.

Here's a great story about how Alan Shepherd won the 1964 250cc US GP for MZ with no team support and no mechanics, after having to drive from his home in the North West of England to the East German border to collect the bike, then back to London for the flight to Daytona:

https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/a...9/24/mat-oxley

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admin John T Mega Poster Join Date: May 2003 Location: Shrewsbury, Shrops, UK Posts: 2,455	Re: Suzuki's 2 stroke story Matt Oxley has a book called 'stealing speed' covering this topic. Not read it myself but I'm sure it's worth a read. Sent from my SM-T510 using Tapatalk __________________ Admin for this forum and the main site. John@sv650.org Last edited by admin; 13-09-22 at 09:30 PM.

13-09-22, 03:58 PM	#4
Craig380 Member Mega Poster Join Date: May 2015 Posts: 1,237	Re: Suzuki's 2 stroke story It's an excellent book, thoroughly recommended. It details the dogged brilliance of Kaaden in developing the MZ racers despite the constraints of being in the Eastern bloc, and it's also sympathetic to why Degner defected. Here's a great story about how Alan Shepherd won the 1964 250cc US GP for MZ with no team support and no mechanics, after having to drive from his home in the North West of England to the East German border to collect the bike, then back to London for the flight to Daytona: https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/a...9/24/mat-oxley

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