CZ 36o  Twin Pipe
Mark Bennedetti was just
10 yrs old when his
National Championship
Winning 1966 CZ 360
Twin Pipe was being built
behind the Iron Curtain in
Stakonice on the River in
the former             
Czechoslovakia. The 360  
was built to do battle with
the BSA 4 stroke singles
of  that era. In 1964-65
Ahrma's Jeff Smith won
the World MX Champion-  
 -ships on a BSA. CZ's
Paul Fredricks needed a
bike with the power and
handiling to do the job.
First raced in the 1965
season the new 969
model 361cc twinport
finnished 2nd behind Jeff
Smith on the BSA with
Rolf Tibblin 62-63 World
Champion MXer in 3rd on
another 360 twinpipe.
Then in 1966 the same
year Mark's bike was
made Paul wins the first
of 3 consecutive MX
World Championships
for CZ. The first man to
ever do so and he
starts this in 66 on the
360 twinpipe. By 67 the
factory riders are on
sidepipe single port
models which are very
close mechanically to
the 380 models you see
being raced at most
vintage mx races now.   
  So mechanically
different are the
twinpipe bikes that only
a few parts may be
used from later models
wheels,swingarm,forks.
Therefore  twinpipe
360's technically and
historically are unique.
5 time World MX Champ           
Roger DeCoster and Mark's       
CZ at this years SanFrancisco   
 SuperCross
                                                 
                                            
Albuquerque         
2007 AHRMA
Sandia Classic     
 Mark went 1/1
SSo let's try to grasp how rare this bike is. Only built for 2 seasons. Behind the Iron Cutrian.     
Durring the Cold War and here it is in the U.S. Winning the 2007 AHRMA National Vintage MX
Championship With Mark Bennedetti #56p at the controls. Talk about history repeteing itself
the guy that was right on Mark's tail the whole season was Jeff Robertson on a BSA 4 stroke.
The Title came down to the last race in Tulare Calif. Nov.11/ 2007
CZ 360 Twinport   1966 model  #969            
 Bore 80mm X Stroke 72mm   361cc            
 Compression Ratio  10.5 : 1                        
 Horsepower  30hp @ 6000rpm                    
 Dry weight  234lbs  Wheel base 54 inches   
 Gear Ratios 1st 13:24                                
                    2nd 16:22                               
                    3rd 18:18                                
                    4th 20:17                                
 Sprockets   13front  53rear