Andrees (motorcycle)
Andrees (officially HW Andrees, Automobil- und Motoren-Industrie ) was a German motorcycle manufacturer that existed in Düsseldorf from 1923 to 1929 .
description
Andrees began producing cheaper, lighter motorcycles with built-in engines in 1923, and sales were booming during this period . The great competitive situation ensured that in the mid-1920s, many of the competitors, who mostly built two-stroke engines , disappeared from the market again. Andrees initially built machines with oil-cooled four-stroke engines (mainly 350 and 500 cm³- cm³- two-cylinder - Boxer of Bradshaw ), raising thus from the competition. From 1925, models with 350 and 500 single-cylinder engines from Blackburne and MAG were added.
Andrees was also active in racing . That year Heinz Kürten from Düsseldorf came third in the 1000 cc race for the German Grand Prix at the Nürburgring , which also hosted the European motorcycle championship . In the course of 18 laps on the total distance ( north and south loop ) over 509.4 km, Kürten only had to admit defeat to the winner Josef Giggenbach ( Bayerland ) and Werner Huth on a Harley-Davidson .
In 1928 a newly built plant was put into operation in Arnsberg , which was built to satisfy the great demand for the driver's license and tax-free 200 cc models.
According to rapid growth, the company in 1929 was due to the global economic crisis in the bankruptcy and was dissolved.
literature
- S. Ewald, G. Murrer: Encyclopedia of the motorcycle . Brands - models - technology. Bechtermünz Verlag, Augsburg 1999, ISBN 3-86047-142-2 .
Web links
- ANDREES. www.gtue-oldtimerservice.de, accessed on February 2, 2019 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Vincent Glon: L'Histoire de la course moto - Palmarès des Championnats d'Europe (1924-1937 et 1947-1948). racingmemo.free.fr, accessed on February 2, 2019 (French).
- ↑ Vincent Glon: L'Histoire de la course moto; 5th partie: Les Grand Prix d'Europe. (1924-1937); 1927. racingmemo.free, accessed on February 2, 2019 (French).
- ^ Paul Weyres. (No longer available online.) Www.harleysons.de, archived from the original on February 24, 2015 ; accessed on February 2, 2019 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
