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IZH Motorcycles Russia Иж

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If you see one of these it's an IZH
Cyrillic symbol for IZH is Иж (logo not to be confused with HM)
Model shown here is a Planeta - 5 (circa 1969)
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#3 · (Edited)
Man, would it be cool to have one of those.
The seat off my '79 CB. The tank, a throwback to the 1972 CZ motocrosser. The shifter/Kickstarter on the same shaft, that's Sachs/Zundapp engine stuff only. Premix 2 stroke. Twin shock. Drum brakes. Yikes.

That thing is like a time tunnel. Welcome to 1970.
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#5 ·
Man, would it be cool to have one of those.
The seat off my '79 CB. The tank, a throwback to the 1972 CZ motocrosser. The shifter/Kickstarter on the same shaft, that's Sachs/Zundapp engine stuff only. Premix 2 stroke. Twin shock. Yikes.

That thing is like a time tunnel. Welcome to 1970.
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Close. It's actually a German DKW designed engine, Russia scooped it as part of the war reparations agreement post ww2

... somebody came on here with one yesterday trying to find out what it is, there it is @luka4208
 
#6 ·
Pretty cool nonetheless. I remember that motor being in the Penton dirtbikes. I think they called them Sachs at the time. Shifted like **** I know that.

Thanks for putting that up guy......always cool to see the different stuff.