MZ Gelandesport

Although the basics of MZ as a motorcycle manufacturer in the former East Germany have been covered here before (see MuZings) , it is time now […]

Rain

It was hot and humid that day in the upper western midwest. So hot and so humid, that we shed our helmets and jackets just […]

Bauer

Baur came late to the motorcycle business, introducing its first model in 1936. However, like many others, they were producing bicycles prior to that since […]

Oleyonics

The traditional indications of spring include flowers, blossoms, milder temperatures, and sunny skies. One of the clear signs of spring missed by those not into […]

Gathering 2015

The riding season in the northern climes begins in the spring. However, in the mid-Atlantic region, it officially starts with events. Events like The Gathering […]

Morrie’s Place

There are fewer and fewer shops like Morrie’s. It is a place full of old motorcycles. By choice. It is a place where they work […]

DKW RT250

The DKW RT 250 was a single cylinder model introduced at the Frankfurt motorcycle exhibition in 1951. It was the larger displacement version of the […]

Montana Monochrome

July. Somewhere near Billings, Montana. 7:15pm. 83 degrees Fahrenheit. It had been a brutally hot day. The brilliant blue sky conspired with the bright yellow orb […]

Express Radex

Express Werke was a turn of the century (19th into 20th) bicycle manufacturer. They soon branched into motor tricycles as well as gasoline and electric […]

Stoye

Walter Stoye founded the company that bears his name in Liepzig in 1925. The primary focus was sidecars, but the company did also produce trailers […]

Goebel

Karl Goebel began as a producer of bicycle frames in 1937 in Bielefeld. It was bad timing as World War II broke out a few […]

NY IMS 2014

Manhattan, NYC. The Holiday Season. Motorcycles. Not a bad combination. With dates shifted around, the New York show is now in mid December. Manhattan is […]

Zundapp K800

The early 1930s found Zundapp struggling at just 5% of the market share and with little in the way of exciting products. Their engineering prowess […]

Anker

The Bielefeld region was a rich center of industry in the late 19th century, and gave birth to several industrial manufacturers that turned into motorcycle […]

TWN

Siegfried Bettman co-founded Triumph bicycles in Coventry, England in 1886. He returned to his native Germany 10 years later to start a Triumph factory in […]

Roadside Tales #56

Humphrey (name changed to protect the guilty) handed the last plastic storage container to the buyer, and bid him farewell. As the buyer drove away, […]

Gritzner

Gritzner can trace its beginnings to 1872, when they joined a large number of manufacturers jumping into the production of sewing machines. They followed a […]