Motorcycle

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OBJECT TYPE: Standard/Single cyl/2cyc
DATE: 1927
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1985.0554.001

MANUFACTURER: PUCH AG
MODEL: PUCH AG
LOCATION: Germany

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General Information

Serial #: 26013
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 3
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Glass headlight; leather saddles; plastic handle grips and rear reflectors; metal frame, engine and motor; rubber pulleys and foot pegs.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 245.5 cm
Width: 71.4 cm
Height: 93.4 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Motorized Ground Transportation
Category: Motorcycle vehicles
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: PUCH
Country: Germany
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Germany
State/Province: Unknown
Period: probably c. 1927-1949
Canada: Puch is a manufacturing company located in Graz, Austria. The company was founded in 1889 by the industrialist Johann Puch and produced automobiles, bicycles, mopeds, and motorcycles. Austria's first production motorcycles were built by Puch in 1903. Other Austrian manufacturers followed, but none of them were as successful or established a comparable international reputation, until the emergence of the KTM company in the 1960s
Function: GENERAL TRANSPORTATION
Technical: Front & rear wheel brakes (unique for 1927); two speed rear hub with shift lever linked to clutch; oil injection system on engine (40 years before Japanses) - as per B. Brown. The two-stroke split single engine was first developed by Adalberto Garelli in 1912. Puch adopted and developed the idea from 1923 and continued with the design for nearly half a century.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: 'PUCH' logo on red background appears on gas tank/ Front tire: 'SEMPERIT-GURTEL CORD 26x2.85 U-1596 B16342'/ Rear tire: 'SEMPERIT 3.00-19 TY-300 25x3.00/ Mfr's label on part located on rear right, under driver's seat: '6V/PAL/MADEIN CZECHOSLOVAKIA'/ On part to right of above: '20HK/NO. 4616/ZENITH/LYON'.
Missing: Battery
Finish: Body painted black; black-brown leather seats.
Decoration: N/A

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