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Adventure bikes – MZ style

Belatedly catching up on some reading including your December article on adventure bikes. Your comment (but any bike can be an adventure bike...) right at the end is just so very true!

In spring 1983, I had unexpectedly quickly sold an XS750 Yamaha and was waiting for my next bike, due August 1 on a prefix numberplate. In the meantime, I borrowed a mate Phil’s MZ 125

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