- Sachs Motorcycles
Sachs Motorcycles is a German based motorcycle manufacturer, founded in
1886 inSchweinfurt . It is the world's oldest motorcycle manufacturer.In 1904 they manufactured their first motorcycle. Sachs took over Victoria, Express and DKW in the 1960s, and began to supply motorcycles for the German Federal Armed Forces in 1992.
In recent times, Sachs had been reduced to local assembly of making small, cheap, Chinese-sourced scooters, which weren’t doing well. The unique, distinctive MadAss was the last ‘real’ Sachs-engineered motorcycle made.
After facing a series of financial problems, stemming from pensions issues relating to the Hercules bicycle works, the company went into insolvency proceedings and ultimately saw a management buyout.
The insolvency administrator not only enabled continued trading, but also put the company in a position to develop new models, such as the new
XTC125 , unveiled at the 'Intermot' fair in Cologne in October 2006. Business operations continue from the same location as before.Models
* 150KN (Sold in Australia)
* B-805
* Balboa
* Big Roadster V 3.8
* Dirty Devil 50
* MadAss 50 Scooter
* Madass 125 Scooter
* Prima
* Prima G3
* Roadster 650
* Hercules 125 cc
* Roadster 800
* Roadster V 1.6
* Roadster 125 V2
* Roadster 2000
* SR 125
* VS 125
* Westlake
* X Road
* XTC 125
* XTC-N
* XTC-R
* ZX 125External links
* [http://www.sachs-bikes.de/ Manufacturer's website]
* [http://www.sachsmotorcycles.co.uk/ Official UK importer]
* [http://www.sachsxtc125.com/ UK XTC Owners Website]
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