Apache (motorcycle model)

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Apache (1907), driver: Joe Wolters

The Apache was a motorcycle made by the American manufacturer Brown and Beck in Denver , which was produced from 1907 to 1911. Brown and Beck used a single-cylinder built-in engine from Aurora Automatic Machinery Company , which in turn was developed according to Indian patents. The half-liter motor, which was tilted backwards and integrated into the bicycle frame, developed 2¼  hp (1.68 kW). A performance-enhanced Apache was popular as a racing machine with private drivers. Her weight was given as 85 pounds.

literature

  • Jerry Hatfield: Standard Catalog of American Motorcycles 1898-1981. Krause Publications 2006, ISBN 978-0-89689-949-0 .
  • Stephen Wright: American Racer, 1900-1940 , Megden Publishing Co. 1979, ISBN 0-9603676-0-8 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jerry Hatfield: Standard Catalog of American Motorcycles 1898-1981. P. 18.
  2. ↑ Stephen Wright: American Racer , p. 10.