Russian Minsk M1A

[Qboi]

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

[murdo]

Welcome.
Cannot help you with a Minsk, but there were a lot of copies made in Asia (which were copies of copies of DKW).

[Qboi]

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

[Qboi]

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

[murdo]

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?

[Rex]

Looks for all the world like yet another DKW copy to me.

[mini-me]

Russian 2 strokes had such an appalling reputation here in the past I can't imagine why any one would want one.