Unless you're as lost in the motorcycle sauce as we are, as it were, you might not have heard of the motorcycle manufacturer CZ. Founded in 1919 in Strakonice, Czechoslovakia, Česká zbrojovka started off life as a branch of the arms division of Škoda Works. By 1932, after a downturn in the European arms market following WWI, production had switched from weapons to motorized bicycles. The first CZ-branded motorcycle rolled off the assembly line in 1935 and, save for a stretch making machine parts for ze Chermans during the WWII occupation of Czechoslovakia, the company produced bikes up until the '90s.
Those are, of course, just the basics of CZ's history. So, why the short CZ history lesson today? To give you just enough historical reference to enjoy this wild restoration video from the guys over at Crazy Restoration.
