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He was also a motorcycle racer and was riding his own Horex machine. He built the first "real" Horex, a 248cc, OHV, which he himself tested in racing. So, Horex was built for motorcycle riders by motorcycle riders. [1] Horex built motorcycles with Columbus four-stroke engines from Motorenfabrik Oberursel. In 1925 Horex and Columbus merged.
Mecum Auctions was founded in 1988 by Dana Mecum, [1] a car enthusiast whose father operated a dealership in Marengo, Illinois. [2] [3] Dana Mecum initially bought 40 semi-trailer trucks in the 1980s, and traded 10 of them for four houses which he rented out.
2021 Model Year Janus Halcyon 250 2022 model year Janus Phoenix 250. In 2015, Janus introduced two new models built around a new 250cc four-stroke power plant. The Halcyon 250 was an update on the original Halcyon 50 with a completely redesigned frame, wheels, hydraulic disc brakes, but a similar aesthetic looking back to early motorcycles from the 1920s and 1930s.
The motorcycle division of Yamaha was spun off in 1955, being incorporated on 1 July 1955 in Japan, [7] and was headed by Genichi Kawakami. Yamaha's initial product was a 125 cc (7.6 cu in) two-stroke, single cylinder motorcycle, the YA-1, which was a copy of the German DKW RT 125.
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The Iron Order Motorcycle Club was founded in Jeffersonville, Indiana by eight men: Bad Dog, Big Rick, Chief, Copper, Doc, Ice, Professor and Willie Ball on Independence Day 2004. The following year the club expanded into Georgia , and by the end of 2006 several charters had been established in six additional states.
Autumn Kabzinski, owner, stands and talks about the planned activities and food offerings Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023, in Frank’s Place at 327 W. Marion St. in South Bend.
The US version was the FZX700 Fazer, imported only in 1986 and 1987, with a 50 cc smaller engine displacement to avoid import tariffs on motorcycles larger than 700 cc. [ 1 ] Its engine was a retuned version of the four-stroke DOHC twenty-valve four-cylinder inline engine found in the FZ750 , producing ten BHP less than the 105 of the sports ...