Münch-4 TTS 1200

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Münch-4 TTS 1200
Manufacturer Münch
Production period 1968 to 1976
class motorcycle
Motor data
air-cooled four-cylinder four- stroke engine , OHC valve control , battery coil ignition
Displacement  (cm³) 1177
bore / stroke: 75 × 66.5 mm
compression: 8.5
Power  (kW / PS ) 65/88 at 6500 rpm
Torque  ( N m ) 98 at 4,500 rpm
Top speed (  km / h) 206.9
0–100 km / h in 4.9 s
Consumption: 8.5 l / 100 km
transmission 4
seven-plate dry clutch
drive Chain drive
Brakes front and rear mechanically operated duplex drum brakes
Ø 250 mm
Empty weight  (kg) 295 kg
tank capacity: 34 ltr.
successor Münch-4 TTS-E 1200

The Münch-4 TTS 1200 , also Münch-4 TTS, was a motorcycle from Münch in Altenstadt , which was powered by a car engine and was the heaviest motorcycle from German production at the time. In motorcycle circles, the term “mammoth” was coined for the motorcycle.

History and technology

Friedel Münch used the air-cooled four-cylinder in - line engine from the NSU Prinz 1000 TT to build a powerful motorcycle . The prototype presented at IFMA in 1966 with the NSU engine with 1085 cm³ displacement and 55 HP (40 kW) at 6000 rpm, built across the self-made frame, was the highlight of the exhibition. At that time, the BMW R 69 S and Honda CB 450 were the “superbikes”. 30 machines of this Münch TTS were built.

In 1968 the NSU-1200-TT engine with 1177 cm³ displacement was used as the drive source. The striking double headlights, which were installed in all Münch-4 TTS until 1976, also came from this vehicle. Two Weber double carburettors with a 40 mm diameter without air filter, a modified ignition distributor and a four-in-two exhaust system ensured an increase in performance from 65 (48) to 88 HP (65 kW) at 6500 rpm. The chassis of the motorcycle, now known as the Münch-4 TTS 1200, essentially consisted of a double loop tube frame and a Rickman telescopic fork with huge duoduplex drum brakes - which Münch had designed himself - on the front wheel and a rear swing arm with Koni struts. The bias tires in size 3.25-19 (front) and 4.00-18 (rear) used at the time were quickly worn out by the high torque of the engine and the weight of the motorcycle.

Many parts of the engine, frame and chassis articles of the magnesium - aluminum - alloy electron poured, including the rear wheel swing arm, the left-Holm was formed as a chain case, and the rear wheel with integral brake drum. Back then, the Münch was the only motorcycle with this technology. The price "for which you could get three Norton Commando " was also unique . The Münch was available for 12,745 DM (1972) to 18,095 DM (1976). Despite the high weight, the handling was anything but “stubborn and stiff”, but “really nothing for a newcomer to a motorcycle”.

"Only men sit in the saddle of the fastest, most powerful, most expensive series machine in the world [...]."

- Münch advertisement (1972)

In 1971, Münch had to file for bankruptcy. Shortly afterwards, a new financier ensured the further development and maintenance of production. In 1973 the Münch-4 TTS-E 1200 with Kugelfischer injection was presented. The carburetor model was produced until 1976. A total of 478 Münch (TTS / TTS-E) were built. Münch motorcycles are very popular among collectors. Well-preserved specimens are sometimes offered on the used market for over 100,000 euros.

  • Münch Mammut TTS 1971 Barber.jpg
  • Munch 4 TTS pic3.JPG

Movies

  • In the 2010 film Mammuth , Gerard Depardieu drives as Serge "Mammuth" Pilardosse on a Münch-4 TTS 1200 across France.

literature

  • Ernst Leverkus : The fascinating motorcycles of the 1970s . Motorbuch Verlag Stuttgart, 3rd edition 1991, ISBN 3-613-01040-2 .
  • Winni Scheibe: The legend Friedel Münch and his motorcycles . Ed .: Helmut Krings. 1st edition. Art Motor Verlag, Rösrath 1995, ISBN 3-929534-15-0 .

Remarks

  1. ↑ There were already two motorcycle manufacturers under the brand name Mammut . From 1925 to 1933 the machine works Berner in Nuremberg, as well as a clothing manufacturer from Bielefeld from 1953 to 1956 who manufactured mopeds and small motorcycles. See Erwin Tragatsch : Motorcycles - Germany, Austria, Czechoslovakia 1894–1971 . Motorbuch Verlag Stuttgart, 2nd edition 1971, ISBN 3-87943-213-9 , pp. 206, 207.
    The Amazonas 1600 from 1978 was also powered by a car engine.
  2. ↑ Photo of the double headlight on a TTS-E 1200

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Motorcycle catalog 1976, p. 34.
  2. ↑ Thomas Trapp: Motorcycle Oldtimer Catalog . Heel Verlag, ISBN 3-89880-099-7 , p. 107.
  3. ↑ a b Winni Scheibe: The Friedel Münch Story . From classic-motorrad.de, accessed on January 24, 2018
  4. ↑ Michael Pfeiffer: Intermot-Countdown 6 - Münch-4 TTS-E 1200. motorradonline.de , July 22, 2010, accessed on January 24, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Ernst Leverkus, p. 232.
  6. ↑ Ernst Leverkus, p. 235.
  7. ↑ Ernst Leverkus, p. 234.
  8. ^ Hugo Wilson: The Lexicon from the motorcycle . Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-613-01719-9 , p. 133.
  9. ↑ Ernst Leverkus, p. 233.
  10. ↑ Motorcycle catalog 1972/73 p. 33.
  11. ^ Friedel Münch exhibition . At speyer.technik-museum.de, accessed on January 24, 2018
  12. ↑ Oldtimer Markt Motorrad-Spezial No. 9, 2017, p. 105.