Muz 500
| Manufacturer | Muz |
|---|---|
| Production | 1998–1999 |
| Class | 500 cc |
| Engine | Swissauto two-stroke V4 500 cc |
The Muz 500 was a motorcycle that competed in the 1998 and 1999 500 cc Road Racing World Championship.
The Muz 500 started out as essentially the same machine as the ELF 500 ROC. The Muz 500 competed in the 500 cc World Championship in 1998 and 1999. In its first year it remain largely unchanged, but it was 1999 that saw true progress being made with the bike.
Muz Roc Rennsport
Riders: Doriano Romboni, Eskil Suter, Jean-Philippe Ruggia, Luca Cadalora
The team was formed after the Malaysian group Hong Leong bought the historic motorcycle manufacturer MZ. The bike again used a Swissauto engine in a ROC frame. The team began the year with a single rider – Doriano Romboni (ITA), who scored a 12th at Suzuka in the bikes first race. At race 2 in Malaysia however he crashed, breaking his wrist, and was to miss the rest of the season. He was replaced by test rider Eskil Suter (SWI) who tried to continue development of the bike. He rode the bike to three-point-scoring positions: two 14ths and one 13th, with a best qualifying of 14th. He finished the season on 7 pts in the Championship. Jean-Philippe Ruggia (FRA) took the bike out at Assen, and qualified 15th but failed to finish the race. The Muz didn’t race at the penultimate round in Australia due to internal difficulties. The hugely experienced Luca Cadalora (ITA) raced the Muz in the last round of the year in Argentina, having also raced for both Yamaha and Suzuki during the same year. He failed to finish the race but had qualified a respectable 9th on the grid, just a second off Mick Doohan’s pole position time and the best qualifying position for the Muz by far this season. The team finished the season 5th in the Championship on 11 pts.
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