Motorbike Factories - Germany: Books - History

Deutsche Motorradmarken - Wichtige kleine Hersteller (Band 2) - Göricke bis Meister (Typenkompass)

After the currency reform in the summer of 1948, bicycle manufacturers sprang up like mushrooms, focusing on motorized two-wheelers. Customers literally snatched the machines out of the hands of the manufacturers - there were around 45 of them in 1949/50. Production figures rose rapidly until the sudden collapse in 1954.

This second volume of the Typenkompass series about the small German motorcycle brands (which were not always really small) includes those manufacturers and producers who built motor bicycles and motorcycles: A comprehensive overview of German motorcycle history from Göricke to Meister.

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Author:	Frank Rönicke
Details:	128 pages, 20.5 x 14 cm / 8.1 x 5.5 in, paperback
Illustrations:	75 b&w and 73 colour photos
Publisher:	Motorbuch Verlag (D, 2015)
Series:	Typenkompass
ISBN:	9783613037632

Deutsche Motorradmarken - Wichtige kleine Hersteller (Band 1) - Anker bis Gold-Rad (Typenkompass)

After the currency reform in the summer of 1948, bicycle manufacturers sprang up like mushrooms, focusing on motorized two-wheelers. Customers literally snatched the machines out of the manufacturers' hands. Production figures rose rapidly until the sudden collapse in 1954.

This first volume of the Typenkompass series on the small German motorcycle brands includes those manufacturers of the 1950s who built mopeds and motorcycles, and provides a comprehensive overview of an exciting chapter in German motorcycle history in the post-war period.

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Author:	Frank Rönicke
Details:	112 pages, 20.5 x 14 cm / 8.1 x 5.5 in, paperback
Illustrations:	97 b&w and 37 colour photos
Publisher:	Motorbuch Verlag (D, 2014)
Series:	Typenkompass
ISBN:	9783613036987

Nürnberger Motorradindustrie: Eine Chronik aller Firman

There is no question that Nuremberg was the stronghold of the German motorcycle industry for many decades. Thomas Reinwald reviews all the brands and their motorcycles, a total of 77 companies, with many images, documents and technical data.

From the contents:

Die großen Hersteller wie Ardie, Express, Hecker, Hercules, Mars, Sachs, Steib, Triumph, Victoria, Zündapp and Zweirad-Union.

Die kleinen Motorradfirmen wie Abako/(Cockerell)/Javon, Astoria, Ceres, Eichelsdörfer, Enag/S & U, EPA/Arminia, Eschag/Enlag, Ferbedo, Max Fischer, Fortuna, Franzani, Habros, Hagel, Heilo, Hans Heller/Fritz Heller, Hermann Runge sen., I.C.H., Kofa, Lloyd/Ocra, Mammut, Ludwig Maurer, M.J.S., Premier, Rut, Scharrer & Groß, Eugen Seeger, Wacker, Ziejanü/ZJN, Zwerg.

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Author:	Thomas Reinwald
Details:	144 pages, 28 x 21 cm / 11 x 8.25 in, hardback
Illustrations:	244 b&w and colour photos
Publisher:	Verlag Podszun (D, 2002)
ISBN:	9783861332992