German Motorrad

Motorcycles Built in Germany (I)

Motorräder Hergestellt in Deutschland: Notes on some of the rarer German marques

This page lists brand names beginning with the letter "I" for which we currently have only an historical precis.
For a more complete listing visit the German Index.

I

Ideal

There are two German motorcycles and a sidecar which use the name Ideal:

1.
The Ideal-Express was built by Pachtmann & Schitz, Dresden, Am See 32/34, in the years 1922 to 1928. Models included lightweights with 173cc two-stroke engines of their own manufacture.
Sources: Tragatsch p171; motor-lit-berlin.de

2.
Ideal fahrradmotor Winterbach bei Stuttgart built by Feinbau Maschinen-Gesellschaft M.B.H. in the 1950s.
Ideal Mopeds by Feinbau, 1950s
Source: Period literature.

3.
Ideal Sidecars


Indus
The Berlin firm built motorcycles in 1924 and 1925(1) using 350cc engines designed by Gnädig and built by Kühne in Dresden. These had chain drive via a Sturmey-Archer gearbox, and did well in competition. Some had front and rear leaf-spring suspension.
They also used JAP 346cc and 496cc OHV engines, and OHC Kuchen 497cc engines.
As with so many others, the company succumbed to the devastating inflation of mid-1920s.
NB. 1. Possibly 1924-1927.
Sources: GTU Oldtimerservice, Tragatsch p174.


Inkarette
INKA-G.m.b.H. of Rude/Oldenburg manufactured (or marketed) 43cc hilfmotors.
Had a relationship with Flink. Some machines were designated Flink-Inkarette.
Belgian importer advertised the Inkarette in 1950.
Sources: cyclememory.org, et al.


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