Manet (Považské strojárne)
Manet was a Czechoslovak company that produced single-track vehicles from 1947 to 1951 and from 1958 to 1969 .
history
Until the end of motor scooter production, the production site was the Waager Maschinenfabrik ( Slovak : Považské strojárne ) plant in Považská Bystrica ( German : Waagbistritz ), which is located in what is now northwestern Slovakia on the Waag River ( Slovak : Váh ). The name of the manufacturing plant was Považské strojárne (1929 / 1932–1938: Zbrojovka Brno ). The name Manet , on the other hand, was derived from the nearby striking two mountains Manín - Veľký Manín (890 m) and Malý Manín (812 m) - which can be seen from the production site in Považská Bystrica. The vehicles were exported to the GDR , Hungary , Bulgaria , England , Canada and Romania . The Czech motorcycle and car manufacturer Jawa later took over the production facilities.
Manufactured vehicles
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The Manet company produced four different types of vehicles up to 1969.
Manet 90
Production of this single-track vehicle began in 1947. It was equipped with a single cylinder engine with 90 cm³ and a foot-shifted three-speed gearbox. The engine output was 2.6 kW (3.5 hp) and thus reached a top speed of 65 km / h. The front wheel was suspended by a telescopic fork with a 90 mm stroke, while the rear wheel was rigidly attached to the tubular frame. This then progressive vehicle was produced until 1951.
Manet S100 type 01-A
Eleven years after the Manet 90 (1958), the Manet 100 ran off the production lines in Považské strojárne for the first time (initially as Type 01 ). Compared to the Manet 90, the vehicle was completely redesigned. For the first time, scooters were built in this factory. The scooter was equipped with full fairing, a windshield, an electric starter, a turn signal system and a two-person bench seat. The single-cylinder two-stroke engine with 100 cm³ developed an output of 3.7 kW (5 HP). The vehicle reached a top speed of 70 km / h and had a 4-speed gearbox. Unlike the Čezeta , the Manet had an open tubular frame with a U-profile tubular frame to hold the rear hood. The front wheel was now fitted with a spring-loaded tuning fork (with a central spring element) with a 120 mm stroke and the rear wheel was linked with a long swing arm (90 mm stroke) to two non-guided coil springs and separate telescopic dampers . These vehicles were produced until 1967 and were part of the GDR's import program .
Manet S 125 type 03
This type was only produced for a short time in 1964. The exterior was similar to the predecessor Manet S100, but the engine was that of the successor Tatran S125, a forced-cooling, 125 cc single-cylinder engine with 5.5 kW (7 hp) power. The scooter reached a top speed of 85 km / h. In addition, the exhaust was now on the right side. This vehicle formed the transition from Manet S100 to Tatran S125.
Tatran S125 type 03-A
Production of the Tatran S125 (after the Tatra Mountains ) began in the same year as that of the Manet S125. The front fender and the rear cover have been made more angular. With the exception of the first vehicles, the scooter was equipped with a flasher . In addition, the rear turn signals and the taillight have been improved. A special feature at the time was the electric starter . In 1969 the production of the Tatrans S125 ended. This ended the production of scooters in Považské strojárne. A visually similar motor scooter, the Tourist type , was manufactured in the Soviet Union for a long time.
Manet and Tatran in the GDR
From 1960 the first Manet S100 vehicles were exported to the GDR. In 1965 the Tatran was imported for the first time. The vehicles could be purchased in HO stores for 2,250 MDN .
Individual evidence
- ↑ New scooter from the CSR. In: Motor vehicle technology 1/1959, pp. 36–37.
- ↑ Czechoslovak motor scooter "Manet" S 100 type 01 / A. In: Motor vehicle technology 11/1963, pp. 418-420.