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Motorcycle Discussions => European and Other Bikes => Topic started by: Qboi on February 21, 2017, 12:24:23 AM

Title: Russian Minsk M1A
Post by: Qboi on February 21, 2017, 12:24:23 AM: Hello everyone,

I am new to the forum.

I tried the search function and didn't find any related posts, so sorry if this is a question that's often asked or posted.

Does anyone know about how much a running Russian Minsk M1A goes for?
Would anyone know where to find one for sale? I spent two days searching on google and found two that were sold in the USA in the past year.
I am from Toronto Canada.

Thanks so much for reading this and thanks in advance for your time, help and opinion.

Cheers,
Kevin
Title: Re: Russian Minsk M1A
Post by: murdo on February 21, 2017, 07:15:40 AM: Welcome.
Cannot help you with a Minsk, but there were a lot of copies made in Asia (which were copies of copies of DKW).
Title: Re: Russian Minsk M1A
Post by: Qboi on February 21, 2017, 07:21:32 AM: Hello Murdo,

Thanks for your reply.

My research didn't tell me about these asian copies.
Do you have any links about them or model name/numbers?

Thanks so much!
Cheers,
Kevin
Title: Re: Russian Minsk M1A
Post by: Qboi on February 21, 2017, 07:29:22 AM: Oh do you mean the Yamaha ya-1?

Yeah they are super rare and really expensive.

I found two minsk m1a's that sold in the usa for 1600 and 1000 USD.

Thanks again!
Cheers,

Kevin
Title: Re: Russian Minsk M1A
Post by: murdo on February 21, 2017, 07:42:19 AM: Was marketed as Neval in UK, Vietnam/Thailand is also a big market for Minsk. I'm sure China would have copied it, they have everything else.
I would think that a few made their way to Europe too. Maybe a trip to Russia on the cards?
Title: Re: Russian Minsk M1A
Post by: Rex on February 21, 2017, 10:44:28 AM: Looks for all the world like yet another DKW copy to me.
Title: Re: Russian Minsk M1A
Post by: mini-me on February 21, 2017, 02:28:13 PM: Russian 2 strokes had such an appalling reputation here in the past I can't imagine why any one would want one.