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MZ Scorpion track or street

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    MZ Scorpion track or street

    2000 MZ Scorpion ex-racer. Currently set up as a street bike.

    MZ's are German bikes with a Yamaha 660cc single cylinder motor. Makes about 50hp and gobs of torque. I raced it against EX500s and motards. It handles excellent with great brakes. This bike has done 1:23s at Loudon (and one 1:22), but has been my daughter's street bike for the last two years.

    Brand new Michelin Power Race tires
    Stock engine, forks and shock.
    Sport clip-ons and rear sets
    steering damper
    Supertrapp exhaust
    Custom aluminum subframe
    Ride height raised with dogbones
    Spare wheels (no rotors)
    Spare side panels
    Stock exhaust and other parts
    Givi handlebar windscreen
    Take-off street tires

    Runs excellent. Very dependable. Has minor crash scuffs on tank, engine side covers, exhaust, speedo cover and headlight shell.

    $1,900.00

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    Re: MZ Scorpion track or street

    I can't remember if you used any plastic on that when you were racing it. Any pics in race trim?

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    Re: MZ Scorpion track or street

    No plastics. I went naked!

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    Re: MZ Scorpion track or street

    Here's another:

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    Re: MZ Scorpion track or street

    Bump For a coolbike,

    Perfect for first track tool

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    Re: MZ Scorpion track or street

    Quote Originally Posted by Ken C View Post
    No plastics. I went naked!
    Did you hafta put it THAT way???

    So you just basically stripped of lights & mirrors and had at 'er then?

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    Re: MZ Scorpion track or street

    Quote Originally Posted by Stoneman View Post
    Did you hafta put it THAT way???

    So you just basically stripped of lights & mirrors and had at 'er then?
    The bike is the Tour model, which is the naked version of the otherwise mechanically identical Scorpion Sport. I do have the Sport clipons and footpegs.

    But, yeah, my first few races I just took the lights off and put a number plate over the headlight shell. Besides wiring it, it was ready to go-- and it was competitive. I was in first place on the last lap of its first race in this configuration, until three of the guys I was battling with got by between T3 and the finish.

    Later, I built the aluminum subframe and raised the rearend using the shorter dogbones and geared it a bit lower.

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    Re: MZ Scorpion track or street

    What classes can you race it in? (might be a selling point )

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    Re: MZ Scorpion track or street

    Quote Originally Posted by OreoGitorio View Post
    What classes can you race it in? (might be a selling point )
    You can race a single in any class with unlimited modifications, but I raced in:

    LW Sportsman (against EX500 Ninjas, motards, FZR400s)
    Super Singles (against mostly motards)
    ULW Superbike (against SV650s, Hawks, etc.. As an novice and amateur I was competitive-- even winning the Acheivement award in the class. But it's got no hope as an expert)

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    Re: MZ Scorpion track or street

    Just a small correction.

    Back in the day SV's were allowed in ULSB. Now they are no longer allowed. U have a better chance now.

    It a good deal.

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    Re: MZ Scorpion track or street

    Man, I've been away to long. So besides Hawks and motards, what else runs in ULSB these days?

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    Re: MZ Scorpion track or street

    Runts of the industry is the way I like to look at this class.
    Mostly Duc 800 AC
    Duc 750 AC
    Duc Monster (small one)
    125's
    250's
    EX 500
    FZR 400
    Motard's
    Hawk's
    VFR 400

    Basicly
    Single cylinder, unlimited displacement, unlimited frame
    Two stroke, liquid cooled, up to 315cc
    Two stroke, air cooled, unlimited displacement
    Twin cylinder, air cooled, non-desmodromic valves up to 900cc
    Twin cylinder, air cooled, desmodromic valves, up to 805cc
    Twin cylinder, liquid cooled, pre-1999 model year, up to 700cc
    Three cylinder, non-fuel injected, up to 900cc
    Four cylinder, liquid cooled, pre-1987 model year, up to 570cc
    Four cylinder, liquid cooled, 1987 to 1992 model year, up to 500cc
    Four cylinder, air cooled, up to 750cc
    Harley-Davidson Sportsters of unlimited displacement

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    Re: MZ Scorpion track or street

    The boss has put me on a spending freeze, Ken. But I'm workin' on 'er. Don't wanna give ya false hope, but I have been whispering in 'er ear...

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    Re: MZ Scorpion track or street

    Show her who wears the pants in the family!

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    Re: MZ Scorpion track or street

    Bump

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