The AWO motorcycles, which were manufactured inward Suhl, Thuringia, are nonetheless cult, peculiarly the famous Simson 425 S. Although the four-stroke engines of the 1950s were really pop inward the erstwhile GDR, after simply 10 years of production, the German Democratic Republic government banned farther production inward favour of the “bird” serial mopeds together with MZ two-stroke engines. However, it seems that “those condemned to decease alive longer” every bit AWO motorcycles had their comeback xx years later; together with it was the cult next that gave the initial spark for our special exhibition. It focuses on the history of the Suhl-based AWO companionship together with its entire type gain from the AWO 425 T (touring) together with AWO 425 southward (sport) to combinations; racing, quad together with Stayer motorcycles; together with motorcycles for special use. The exhibition is enhanced yesteryear the many AWO stories sent to us, telling visitors virtually the joy together with sorrow of bikers inward the 50s together with 60s.
The AWO was built at the erstwhile Simson industrial plant (located inward Suhl) known mainly for its 150 years of manufacturing hunting together with sporting weapons. Since 1896 the production trace of piece of job likewise included bicycles, cars together with motorcycles. In 1945, the companionship was taken over yesteryear the Soviet Military Administration; together with inward 1947 alone, 36,000 bicycles together with 20,000 hunting weapons were sent to the Soviet Union every bit state of war reparations. Then, inward 1948, the Suhl-based bike mill of the Soviet Awtowelo Co. was ordered to railroad train a novel motorcycle. At a fourth dimension when Deutschland nonetheless pose inward ruins, dedicated blueprint engineers accepted together with successfully met this non bad challenge. The touring AWO 425 motorbike was the favourite when presented at the 1950 Leipzig Spring Fair for the commencement time. At the halt of the year, the 1000th engine left the company, which was afterward renamed Fahrzeug- und Gerätewerk Suhl (IFA). By 1961, when the companionship was shut down, virtually 200,000 AWO motorcycles had rolled off the assembly line.
Awo information inward German:
wikipedia.org AWO 425 wikipedia.org AWO 700
Awo information inward Dutch: wikipedia.org
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