Baier (motorcycle)
Baier was a German motorcycle manufacturer who produced two-stroke motorcycles in Berlin from 1923 to 1929 . Baier was one of the leading manufacturers of two-stroke engines in the 1920s.
History and technology
Wilhelm and Karl Baier started the company engines and apparatus factory in 1923 in Berlin-Charlottenburg in Windscheidstraße 10. Here emerged very powerful two-stroke, first, a 198 cc two-stroke engine with three-canal irrigation, later cc with 249 displacement and 5 hp power at 2500 min -1 ; a version with three-channel irrigation and nose piston achieved 7 hp at 4000 min −1 . The block motor (gearbox in the motor housing) could either be switched by foot or by hand. An automatic cone coupling , a force- fit coupling with a cone-shaped clamping hub, through which the force connection is established, made driving quite pleasant. The Stuttgart-based FUBO was also a buyer of Baier engines .
The crowning 1927 was a double piston (mm bore 65, stroke 72 mm) -Zweitaktmotor with 500 cc capacity, the 14.5 bhp at 3500 min -1 made. The engine worked according to the patents of Arnold Zoller and was equipped with a Burmann three-speed gearbox.
As a result of economic difficulties, the company moved several times within Berlin. The last address was Rankstrasse 30 in Berlin-Charlottenburg. With the onset of the Great Depression in 1929, Baier's motorcycle production ended.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ A b c d Karl Reese: Motorcycles from Berlin. Johann Kleine Vennekate Verlag, Lemgo, 1st edition 2002, ISBN 3-935517-05-X , pp. 19, 20
- ^ Erwin Tragatsch : Motorcycles. Germany Austria Czechoslovakia. 1894-1971. Motorbuch Verlag Stuttgart. 2nd edition 1971. ISBN 978-3-87943-213-4 (1995 edition), p. 44
- ↑ google.com US patent (accessed April 10, 2013)