Interesting bike at german motorshow

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axelkloehn

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I took some pics of this interesting bike at a motorshow here in northgermany this weekend, unfortunately my wife felt a bit bored and pulled me away from it, so I couldn't figure out what it was, but the design is extremely nice...
 

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Axel,
Have to love the ladies logic. They want you to go shopping with them for three hours but get upset when you spend fifteen minutes looking at a motorcycle. :)

Thank you for a look at a wonderful motorcycle. It would be a fun bike to build.

Steve.
 
Very nice old bike there! It looks like a board track racer, an earlier one when they were experimenting with shaving off the cylinder cooling fins to save weight. I also noticed it has a manual oil pump.

The rear wheel pulley reminds me of a clothes dryer drum that has been cut and re-purposed.
 
A magnified view shows what appears to be the name Kuchen on the crankcase. Given the style of the tank, I wonder if it's a Neumann-Neander design.

Edit: info states he only started making bikes in 1924, and this is much earlier.
 
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It’s a racer, a twin, but it still has battery/coil ignition...

I’d date it to appox 1907-1912... ?

-Kirk
 
Amazing very interesting on lots of points the seat post it is straight out horizontal and yes it has extra spokes maybe a higher count spoked hub. It also appears that the belt pulley has meshed air breathing holes since I didn't see any tensioner it may reduce the heat letting your belt stretch to much. I also like the carry bag on the handelbars.
 
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