Associated Motorcycles (AMC) was formed in 1938, as a parent company for Matchless and AJS motorcycles.AMC later absorbed Francis Barnett James and Norton.The Matchless G3L is a motorcycle developed for use by the British Army during the Second World War, when Matchless manufactured 80,000 G3 and G3L models.The G3/L 350cc OHV became one of the most..
Associated Motorcycles (AMC) was formed in 1938, as a parent company for Matchless and AJS motorcycles.AMC later absorbed Francis Barnett James and Norton.The Matchless G3L is a motorcycle developed for use by the British Army during the Second World War, when Matchless manufactured 80,000 G3 and G3L models.The G3/L 350cc OHV became one of the most..
Established in 1917 as a Dutch bicycle manufacturer, based in Apeldoorn, the company produced their first autocycles of 74cc and 98c in 1931 using Sachs engines.During the 1930s they built numerous motorcycles using Villiers engines of 148cc and 200cc, many of which were delivery vehicles for all kinds of traders, and ILO powered machines were adde..
Inspired by the popular success of Triumph's pre-war Speed Twin and aware that other factories were working on their own versions, Norton realised that if they were to have any future after World War 2, they too needed a twin engine.The job was undertaken by Bert Hopwood, who had worked on the development of Edward Turner's original Speed Twin desi..
The NSU quick is a "motor bike" (motorcycle with cranks), designed by NSU and made from 1936 to 1953.235.441 units were produced in this time with only minor changes.The frame construction is essentially a bicycle frame, but with more tubes, to withstand the load by the motor and the higher speeds. In 1936 there were two versions: With medium-high ..
The result of diversification by the Danish vacuum cleaner manufacturer, Fisker & Nielsen, the Nimbus motorcycle first appeared in 1919. Unusually, only inline four-cylinder models were built. These were of advanced design, using shaft final drive and pressed steel frames right from the start of production, and pioneered the use of the telescop..
DKW presented the Auto Union RT 250 motorbike for the first time in the autumn of 1951, at the International Motorcycle Exhibition in Frankfurt am Main in the rigid frame of the RT 200. Of the DKW RT 250 only 23 motorcycles were built!With the start of mass production, the RT250 had a newly designed frame with rear suspension, and re-named as the ..
BMWs line of horizontally opposed shaft drive flat twins were the cycles of choice for many motorcycle tourers. The design provided an inherently smooth-running cycle and the German engineering made it reliable. This R60 model lasted from 1955 to 1969.At the end of 1954, BMW dropped its existing trio of flat twins - the R51/3, R67/2 and R68 - repla..