The Redditch based Royal Enfield firm entered the motorcycle business as
early as 1898: In the early days engines from De Dion powered their
tricycles and quadricycles; Minerva supplied the power for the first
motorized cycles.
In the years before WW I the company was very successful with light Motosacoche-engined V twins.
These machines were..
Indian Chief Gespann von 1936, 1200ccm, Seitenwagen von Indian - Modell Truman, schöner Zustand, mit bundesdeutschen Fahrzeugbrief,Inzahlungnahme von interessanten Oldtimer möglich, auch Ankauf
After a rather unsuccessful attempt to enter the motorcycle market under the name “ Imperial” in 1901, the company made a serious comeback in 1910 under the name “ New Imperial” and managed to stay in business till 1939.
At first only a few models were offered, 293 cc side valve single and 8 hp twins, all with JAP engines.
New Imps got the image..
Ardie motorcycles were produced in Nurnberg in Germany between 1919 and 1958.
The first models were 288, 305 and 348 cc two stroke singles.
In September 1922 founder Arno Dietrich had a fatal motorcycle accident when testing one of his machines.
The company was then taken over by a Mr. Bendit.
From the middle of the twenties till the early thirt..
Ariel unveiled the all new SQ 4 to the motorcycle world at the Olympia Show in 1930.
It was a brainchild of design genius Edward Turner and it was powered by an OHC engine with 2 parallel crankshafts, mounted in a crankcase transversely across the frame.
The two cranks were geared together in the center uf the unit, so in effect there were two v..
HARLEY DAVIDSON 1912 X 8 A
Modell / model: model X8A belt drive
Motor / engine: 1 Zyl / 1 cyl
Baujahr / year: 1912
Antrieb / drive train: Riemenantrieb/belt drive
Motor / engine: 500 ccm / 500 cc
Getriebe / transmission: single speed
Leistung: 4 PS / 4 hp
Motornummer / engine number: # 7184 B
Dieser "silent grey fellow" mit Riemenantrieb aus dem..
Hierbei handelt es sich um eine annähernd komplett unrestaurierte Harley 1912 single belt drive X8A. 1912 war der allererste Jahrgang mit einer Kupplung, nämlich einer Hinterradnabenkupplung.Mehr Infos unter : [email protected]