Warszawska Fabryka Motocykli
Warszawska Fabryka Motocykli (WFM) ( Warsaw Motorbike Factory ) was a motorcycle and car factory based in Warsaw ( People's Republic of Poland ), which existed from 1947 to 1965 and was limited to the range of machines with small displacement up to 175 cm³.
history
The company was founded in 1947 as an assembly and repair workshop before starting motorcycle production in 1952. WFM has developed motorcycles based on its own designs.
When the company was dissolved in 1965, their properties and machines were taken over by the neighboring CB, which produced engines and spare parts.
vehicles
Motor vehicles
In the fall of 1958, WFM developed a four-wheeled two-seater small car called Fafik , which had large, curved front and rear windows that were identical in shape and which featured trains from the later NSU Prinz 4. Parts of the body and chassis were taken over from the Osa M-50 scooter that they produced themselves. In the rear of the vehicle to a 148 cc single-cylinder two-stroke engine was with a capacity of 6 HP at 4800 min -1 . The 270 kg heavy vehicle should thus reach a top speed of around 70 km / h. However, the vehicle was tested with a 248 cm³ two-cylinder two-stroke engine and a payload of 70 kg. The planned fuel consumption was given as 4.5 l / 100 km. The rear track was a little narrower than the front. The vehicle should be equipped with 10-inch wheels and a cable brake. The vehicle was only produced as a prototype and never in series.
Production 1951–1965
- Motorcycles (4 types) - 600,000 units
- Scooter (2 types) - 28,000 units
- Motors (6 types) - 250,000 units