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Horex is a German motorcycle manufacturer. It was founded in 1923 by Fritz Kleemann in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe in Hesse . From 1935 to the mid-1950s, the company operated as Horex-Columbus-Werk K.G.,then as Horex-Werke KG.
Motorenwerke Zschopau GmbH (formerly MZ Motorrad- und Zweiradwerk GmbH) is a German motorcycle manufacturer located in Zschopau, Saxony.The acronym MZ since 1956 [1] stands for Motorenwerke Zschopau GmbH (German for Zschopau engine factory).
On 15 June 2010, Horex GmbH presented the Horex VR6 at a press conference and announced that it would be producing this motorcycle from the end of 2011. [1] The design comes from the German designer Peter Naumann. [2] The sales price of the new Horex was given in 2010 at over 20,000 euros. [3]
The following is a list of motorcycle manufacturers worldwide, sorted by extant/extinct status and by country. These are producers whose motorcycles are available to the public, including both street legal as well as racetrack-only or off-road-only motorcycles .
The Horex factory noted the success of his home-tuned racers, and offered Münch a job in their competition department. When Horex ceased motorcycle manufacture in 1956, Friedel Münch purchased the remaining stocks of motorcycles and spares, and sold his own race-tuned Horex cafe racers from his workshop in Altenstadt , Germany.
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In 1970, Rockwell Manufacturing Company management appointed Michael W. Hodges as CEO of the unprofitable Engine Division and as ‘Geschäftsführer’ (managing director) of the German-based ILO-Motorenwerke GMBH manufacturing company, including appointed to the European boards of Rockwell GMBH Germany and Dikkers Valve Products LLC Netherlands.
Motorcycles with a V-twin engine mounted with its crankshaft mounted in line with the frame, e.g. the Honda CX series, are said to have "transverse" engines, [1] [2] while motorcycles with a V-twin mounted with its crankshaft mounted perpendicular to the frame, e.g. most Harley-Davidsons, are said to have "longitudinal" engines.