CZ's and Deadmans Point

Deadman's Point Motocross began competition in the summer of 1968. Located in the High Desert of SoCal about 90 minutes from the LA basin, the track had a nice population of CZ's in all 250 & 500cc classes. DMP was the very first stadium style MX track in the Nation and BERTUS had an important role of supplying bikes and parts for this race venue - probably most all of them! Other local shops in SoCal carried CZ's and parts as well. The Point had a great family atmosphere and would regularly turn out 200-300 riders on Sunday! This recently released video captures the essence of Deadman's. We hope you enjoy.

Mr. Bertus

Bertus at the 2016 DMCZWC Event

Mr. Bertus loaded up his Dodge van with CZ wares, some CZ books and drove over 8 hours to the 2016 Don Matthews CZ World Championship event in Marysville, CA. The event attracted over 350 riders of which Bertus has supplied thousands of parts for the riders machines, hundreds of thousands worldwide. Most all of them had never met Bertus in person so this gathering of CZ'dom enabled them to finally meet the man who keeps the CZ world of motocross alive!

Franco Rippa meets Bertus

Photo courtesy Franco Rippa

L-R: Rick Nabers, Jim Keeton, Robin Hanna, Bertus, Lee Rook.

Photo courtesy Rick Nabers

Bertus was recognized for his lifetime of achievement for the CZ/JAWA motorcycle effort he has led for over 50 years in America and the World! Lets hope there can be a CZ World Championship event done in his honer while he is still with us...

CZ's as far as you can see!

Photo courtesy Ed Sims

This is just one of many photographs of probably the greatest assemblage of CZ motocross machinery the world has yet seen in one place! It's as if the CZ Factory had opened again producing them. There were CZ's in modified race trim, lightly and highly modified, to CZ's in showroom original condition. Fantastic effort by all, Mr. BERTUS was right at home.