Ermag
Ermag was a company and motorcycle brand based in Erlangen from 1923 to 1932.
The company was founded on September 10, 1923 by Karl Zirkel, Albert Roder and Hans Siebenkees.
In 1923, the 250 were cc - two stroke engines with differential piston, rotary vane and compressor under the brand EMAG (for Erlanger motors Stock Company ) sold before 1924 then the name EMAG was used. This unusual construction came from the pen of Albert Roder , the designer a. a. the Ziro and later the NSU Max .
As a co-owner of the company, Roder constructed an overhead four - stroke machine with a displacement of 250 cm³ in 1925 , which was offered as a normal road machine. This four-stroke had hairpin valve springs for speeds beyond the 5000 mark and developed an astonishing 12 hp for the time . It was practically a racing engine, and it has had many successes in racing too. So was Hans Hieronymus when Feldbergrennen reach all running machines the fastest time, although machines were up to 1000 cc capacity at the start.
In addition to this sports machine, a side-controlled 497 cm³ touring machine was offered from 1925. This motorcycle was ideally suited for use in trailer operation.
The small company's business was excellent in the years that followed, and the company wanted to expand production. The banks blocked themselves, however, probably caused by many bankruptcies in the industry at that time. Albert Roder saw no future at Ermag and left the plant at the age of 32.
The motorcycle production continued, but only the existing 500 cm³ engine stocks were used up. Then Swiss MAG motors were installed, initially on the side, but from 1930 alternately controlled versions in small numbers. More and more was only made to individual orders, and in 1932 the gates were completely closed.
See also
literature
- Tilman Werner: From Ardie to Zündapp . Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart 1989, ISBN 3-613-01287-1 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Erlanger Stadtlexikon, online search for ERMAG: Keyword: Erlanger Motoren AG (ERMAG) Text: On September 10, 1923, the Fürth Karl Zirkel, the Nuremberg Albert Roder and the E Hans Siebenkees founded the "E Motorenwerke AG" on Graefenberger Strasse in Buckenhof. As the company's first machine, the EM 24 two-stroke was manufactured until 1926. You followed u. a. the EM 24 four-stroke, which was one of the best motorcycles of its time and v. a. was successful in racing. In the course of the general motorcycle boom, the expanding company, which now had around 40 employees, moved its headquarters to Rathenaustr in 1926. 16. Only the engine building remained at the old location. A lack of capital and the departure of the founders (for example, Roder went to Zündapp in Nuremberg as the first designer) initiated the decline of this only electric motorcycle factory, which had produced around 2000 machines by the time it was closed in 1931. In 1934 the company was deleted from the commercial register. Sources: StadtAE III.109.E.1 .; 33.No.2.E.1–17. Literature: Planert, R./Funk, T .: The history of ERMAG, E oJ (1985); Reinwald, T .: Motorcycles from Nuremberg, E 1994, 115ff. Author:: MB