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NZeta/JZeta ID plates
Warren is now looking at badges and ID plates as below: Righty oh! Anybody who has, or is contemplating creating a ‘J.Zeta’, I am going to have badges made for the front of the leg shield. Full credit to Mr … Continue reading
NZeta 502 for sale
NZeta 502 for sale. I have owned this 1965 NZeta 502 for 10 years almost to the day. I was going to restore it but as you know life can get busy. I want to pass this onto someone who … Continue reading
NZeta for sale
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NZeta 501 Engine Mounts
Recently Steve asked about the 501 engine mounts. In effect there are three points: The bracket on the front of the engine that bolts to the frame The swingarm bolt goes through the body and the bracket attached to the … Continue reading
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NZeta 502 for sale
Blair has this on Trade Me at the moment – here 1964 NZeta 502 00 L Supreme Full nut and bolt restoration completed in 2018/19. Registration completed last week. Has 12 month Registration and brand new WOF. Has VCC authenticity … Continue reading
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Chris Van Ryn’s 501
In the early 70’s as a teenager, the first motorised transport I had was a scooter. I spent my teenage years zipping around on a Vespa. I’ve always had a soft spot for scooters. I fell in love with their … Continue reading
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JNZ Manufacturing foil Labels
I have found a company that can reproduce the original JNZ Manufacturing foil labels with the adhesive back on them. I know you can get the Cezeta labels but then they are not for NZetas ! I am getting some … Continue reading
NZeta 501 for sale
Peter in Auckland is looking to sell this 501. He doesn’t know if it runs or not and has been in storage for quite some time as below: “Not sure if it runs, never tried. Been stored for nearly nearly … Continue reading
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JZeta Badge
Blair sent this in recently and like his scooters, it looks pretty good to me.
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J-Zeta Blair update 1
Blair’s latest update on his J-Zeta engine. The Jawa 350 (04) Kyvacka engine is now back together after lots of fettling. I had issues with small things, like neutral switch and gear selector mechanism being off a later model, which … Continue reading
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Taranaki Hardcore
Recently we rode our Vespa scooters from Wellington to New Plymouth where we caught up with Blair. He showed us his restored 502, progress on the J-Zeta 350 and other projects he had on the go, in his shed. The … Continue reading
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NZeta 350
Recently I was contacted by Ken, who was a member of the Auckland Motor Scooter Club back in the sixties. He had found the posts in relation to the NZeta 350 – An NZeta scooter that had been re-powered with … Continue reading
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Scotty’s NZeta 501
A piece of New Zealand history. Restored NZETA scooter with a bit of history. Used as a workshop runabout for a few years then sat in a shed from around 1980 until 2008. Restoration started 2008 and finished in 2012. … Continue reading
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J-Zeta Blair update
J-Zeta Blair update. Blair recently sent me some more pictures of his J-Zeta 350 project and provided some good information for anyone looking at doing this or having to rebuild the front of a 501/502. There is nothing too major … Continue reading
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NZeta 502 Blair
NZeta 502 Blair This 502 model NZeta scooter, was for sale on Trade Me in Kaponga, not far from me in New Plymouth. Turns out it was owned by Roy King, bit of a legend when it comes to old cars, … Continue reading
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Cezeta 501 Jo
Cezeta 501 Jo Jo has sent these pics in for his Cezeta 501 restoration. good luck with it Jo.
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NZeta 502 Type plates
Mark is looking at getting new NZeta 502 Type plates made up, as per the plate below. The standard Czech 501 type plates are available online. If you are interested in getting some reproduced than let me know through the … Continue reading
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NZeta Badge
NZeta Badge Mark has had some new badges made and they are currently for sale. Let me know if you are interested.
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The New Zealand Motorcycle Show
Congratulations to Douglas, who got a merit award for his restored NZeta at the NZ Motorcycle Show this year, in Auckland.
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J-Zeta Blair
J-Zeta info here – https://www.nzeta.com/skutr-stuff#jzeta Blair has a rusty old 502 body that he has been working on and is looking at putting a Jawa 350 twin engine in it as some NZeta owners did back in the 60’s. The … Continue reading
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