The history of Soviet motorcycles "Minsk" - the dream of a village guy

Motorcycles "Minsk" is still remembered by many Russians, and also by residents of other republics of the former Soviet Union. These models were not distinguished by external beauty, but they were reliable and economical. What else do you need for rural areas? It is not for nothing that "Minsk" were valued. But the legacy of the Soviet plant still exists and is even produced. Although the manufacturer has been declared bankrupt, now it is an LLC. Motorcycles are assembled from Chinese kits. From the Soviet legend, only the nameplate remains, and for some reason, that is in English.

The history of the MMVZ plant began in 1945. For the first six years, they produced Bicycles. Motorcycles "arrived" in Minsk in 1951. From Moscow, by the way, they used to have the same name. It is interesting that the plant's management continued to produce 2008-cc models until 125 - "descendants" of the German DKW 125. Of course, the bikes were repeatedly modernized, but it never got to four-stroke ones. Such power units appeared at the very beginning of the 125st century - Chinese, unfortunately. And then motorcycles began to be brought from the Celestial Empire. The author of the channel "Vlad XNUMXmmvz" will tell you about the Soviet "Minchiks", aka "Macaques". They are the best and still remain in our hearts.