The original b-cozz site started 02.02.2002 on MSN, then moved to Multiply in 2009. When Multiply closed in 2012 Cat took it on himself to build a new site. All the archives were preserved, with special thanks to Charlie Harvin and Dane Glenum. The new site is still under reconstruction but I think you will enjoy your visit.
Go to: www.b-cozz.com
The Russians keep coming!
They never cease to astound me. The twin brothers, Sergey and Alexander Sinelnik, deserved travellers of Russia, and their Globe Team with several various crews from Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus and Ukraine have now visited me nine times, usually staying for a week or more! What's more, they've visited once again! You can follow their travels at http://www.sinelniki.ru
The little replica Slavic sailing "castle" "Rusich" (most people think it's a viking ship) was put on a cargo freighter in February 2014 to return to the Northern Hemisphere (conditions were too dangerous to go any further), after sailing all the way from Russia, through the Suez Canal and on to Australia where they sailed from Darwin to Hobart via Brisbane and Sydney to attend the 2013 Tasmanian Wooden Boat Festival in Hobart, where they were the star of the show, then back up to Sydney (again) and then to Newcastle to hook up with the freighter. Our boys! We adopted them over 10 years ago in 2004 when they rode around the world on Ural motorcycles. They've climbed the 7 mountains, walked across the Sahara Desert, and several other crazy adventures. Now they have learnt English its even better! We had many huge celebrations! Safe travels to our boys! I wonder what/where they will do/go next?
More Catweazle!
Our dear Catweazle from The Netherlands arrived in splendid camouflage gear for the annual RMOA rally, this his third trip to Australia. Great to see you again Mr Cat! He's planning to come again in 2014.
Some more Soviet motorcycle curiosities...
just some weird stuff to look at. can you name these machines? see something different?
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| Mozharov's Izh-1 1928 a 1200cc V-twin - the exhausts ran thru the frame the bodywork had a strange brass/bronzey colour |
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| the Izh-2 had ventilator cooling |
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| Izh-3 |
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| Izh-4, this was the model chosen for mass production |
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| Izh-5 |
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| Izh-7 (sorry no pic of Izh-6, maybe one day, is a State Secret) |
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| PMZ [Nati] A-750, Mozharov's final jewell, it served the Red Army and Postal Service for many years |
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| M-72 direct version of BMW R71 |
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| M-52 500cc note unusual rocker covers |
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| note that front rear mudguard! |
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| M-73 (first version) was 1000cc sidecar wheel drive, BMW R75 frame, which came first!? |
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| Racing was always popular, fancy a blower! |
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| once again a spinoff, tank compartment sacrifised for the air cleaner, ah la Africa Corps BMW, again who was first? anyway, I hope you enjoyed these curiosities, more to come! much more. |
RMOA Soviet TV Run
That's me with the silver helmet. Filmed in 1991 by Gostelradio Soviet State Television when we did a bit of a ride around Sydney for "Peace and Progress". It was a pretty big thing to do at the height of the Cold War, just before the demise of the U.S.S.R. The Russians were great and we had a ball filming it and it was beamed to everyone on the planet.
Some Old Russian Motorcycles
I have many more images I have collected from various sources over the years
Motorcycles and motorcycle racing was always popular in the USSR, many variants and record breakers were made
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| Do you know what machine this is? |
or this?
Soyuz (c1924) was very inovative for its day.
•inclined arrangement of the cylinders
•sprung rear wheel as well as the front one
•the frame forked under the engine
•The inlet valve was placed above the exhaust one
•the gearbox was of the stepped type
•the front fork operated as a pendulum.
•The fuel tank carried 9 litres of petrol
•wheel axles were spaced 1,240 mm.
•The large diameter wheels (tire size 26 X 3 inches) and considerable road clearance (200mm) enabled the Soyuz to negotiate off-road terrain.
Compare this to other motorcycles of around the period of 1924!
Just a few to strange things to look at. If you want to find out more about them visit the bcozz site: http://www.b-cozz.com/
The Soviets made an extraordinary number of pototypes and models! These are just a few.
from the Tardis
You've all heard the old saying, well we all grow old. Well we do. It just takes awhile. Lately, that is, after chicken pox, can be fatal at my age, took two weeks and almost killed me, I launched into several non-motorcycle falls, either could have been fatal, then there are crushed ribs (from the already mentioned fall/s), and a bad back that locks up and causes unecessary pain and agony, then to top it off an abdominal abscess that had to be surgically drained and gave me blood poisoning. All this and now the h1n1 influenza is on the loose. So I get the flu jabs each year from now on. I also had a tetanus and dyptheria shot just for the hell of it.I will start off at this point and try and fill in some adventures I have had during my drole, boring, zzzzzz lifestyle back to when I was a true young unassuming homicdal maniac roaring about the countryside on whatever motorcycle I had at the time. I went through lots of motorcycles. Too many perhaps. I should have a lightning bolt painted down the back of my black leather jacket, I've been so lucky so many times. I shouldnt be here. I should have died over 40 years ago in a terrifying motorcycle accident. I should have died in the crashes and mayhem of those following years. I have had six terrifying motorcycle crashes. Thankfully I didn't die ("nothing went wrong today" syndrome) yet.
Looking back I've had a very good and most enjoyable time of it all, the joys of youth scare me these days, as the motorcycles of today go three times quicker! I would dedicate this site to my dearest departed ones. Way too many funerals. Motorcycling can be dangerous. But dont be afraid. Be prepared to learn the hard way, just dont get killed doing it, that's the hard part. I must post up a copy of Murphys Law in here. Life is a one-off adventure. Try to make it an interesting one! JD
Looking back I've had a very good and most enjoyable time of it all, the joys of youth scare me these days, as the motorcycles of today go three times quicker! I would dedicate this site to my dearest departed ones. Way too many funerals. Motorcycling can be dangerous. But dont be afraid. Be prepared to learn the hard way, just dont get killed doing it, that's the hard part. I must post up a copy of Murphys Law in here. Life is a one-off adventure. Try to make it an interesting one! JD
The JD Files
I thank all my friends in Australia and around the world, In New Zealand, the Netherlands, the UK, USA, Poland, Russia, Kazakhstan, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, Sweden, Switzerland, Norway, France, Germany, Spain, and everywhere else!
For now my main message is
Ride safe! and look out for all the other bastards who aren't looking out for you!
JD
Historic Motorcycle Enthusiast
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