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cold-war-racers
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MTX-Metalex

Motorsports specialist from Pribram that was founded 1969 by Karel Jilek and Vaclav Bervid.
Building racecars and motorcycles.
The racing motorcycles have a CZ motocross engine and are coded 3-01 to 3-04.
This leads to the conclusion 4 versions were made.
Some with 250cc and some with 125cc engines.
Possibly a total of 250 racebikes was reached ,making it one of the most succesful eastern-block racing motorcycle producer.
The 125 usually has a CZ 516 engine converted to rotary inlet and watercooled cilinder.
The 250 evoluated from a standard CZ cross engine to rotary watercooled special.

MTX still exists as carsport specialist and is now located in Melnik ,Czech Rep.

The MTX company bears a lot of similarity with the Vihur company of Estonia.
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