The Stoye Company was founded by Walter Store and Hans Mittenzwei in 1925 in the city of Leipzig to produce motorcycle sidecars and delivery trailers as well as special order motor cycles built to customer specifications.
The first sidecar was constructed with marine plywood with an aluminum coating. It was fully suspended and sported a luxurious leather upholstery. Stoye's hallmarks were leather interiors, considerable brightwork and state-of-the-art suspension.
Initially it was Zundapp of Nurnberg which featured Stoye sidecars almost exclusively, giving Stoye nation-wide exposure. Stoye also designed and built a variety of utility trailers for motorcycles as well as utility sidecars for tradesmen. During the 1930s they became the major supplier for Ardie, and dominated the market along with their main rival, Steib.
They exported large numbers of machines to the Soviet Union, its satellites and to the Balkan states.
During WWII they built sidecars for the Wehrmacht.
Postwar, it appears they fell under Soviet control, with their products being used on EMW machines among others. From 1972 it is reported that they produced sidecars exclusively for MZ, and later the name was changed to Superelastik.
In 1992 the Walter sidecar company acquired the rights to Stoye.
Portions of the information above are from the controversial JF archive and require verification.
Sources: JF Archive, et al.
Sat May 06 2017
1969donrose at gmail.com
sidecar
harley davidson heritage springer
looking for a stoye half sport body sidecar
Thanks
Stoye Stoye TM Hi! Help identify the year of the trailer side. Body TM, frame number W7955
Fri Jul 05 2013
wayne.stambaugh<at>gmail.com
Stoye Sidecars
Stoye Canoe Nose sidecar
Do you know if anyone has made drawing with the dimensional data required to build a copy of the Stoye sidecar? I'm interested in both the frame construction and the tub.
Kind regards,
Wayne Stambaugh
Montgomery, AL
Sun May 20 2012
sameskie<at>aoldot com
What I found..an unrestored sidecar
Stoye Unknown
my husband recently acquired this sidecar..was asked to THROW IT AWAY.. we are trying to determine the model and year, can you help us? If anyone is interested.. it is for sale.
New Jersey USA
Wed Aug 20 2008
emnjonh at comcast.net
Stoye Manufacturer's Plate
Stoye sidecars Stoye 1
The Stoye manufacturers plate which has the number "1" enclosed in a triangle, as shown, was used on the postwar model referred to as the "Stoye l" TM and SM.
The Stoye l had a sharp nose sometimes referred to as a "canoe nose." The "Stoye 2" which appeared later had an approximately 6" wide corrugated alloy strip separating the two sides of the sidecar nose and front deck. The SM and TM designations referred to Sport Model with a sloping rear end and Touring Model with an opening trunk. The early postwar Stoye 1 had a different wheel and body suspension and a slightly wider body than the later Stoye 1. The "38" in the caption under the photo, if it is intended to refer to the year, would not be correct.
Jonathan Hayt
Tucson, AZ
Thu Aug 07 2008
emnjonhat at comcast.net
First USA owner and restorer
Stoye SS (Sport Seitenwagen)
I was the original owner of the Stoye boat tail sidecar shown on your web site. The sidecar was found in a basement in East Berlin and was in pretty poor shape. I had the paint and body work done by Tim Stafford in San Diego and attached it to the BMW R51/3 which I had purchased in approx. 1970. The year of the sidecar is not necesarily 1937 because the chassis was used on this model from approx. 1935 to shortly before WW 2. I sold it to a gentleman in Florida in approx. 1999 and it changed hands several times since then. I found another similarly bodied Stoye a few years after this one was sold, restored it and it ended up in Washington State. It was mounted on a BMW R75/5. Hope this info will interest you.
Jonathan Hayt 406 837 2630
Bigfork, MT.USa
Wed Mar 21 2007
apollodreizehn at aol dot com
stoye sidecar
all
have link for you
www.stoye-seitenwagen.de ✝
all parts and servie 1925-89 and complete sidecars
Tue Oct 18 2005
david-7301 at hotmail dot com
Stoye catalog
I have a Stoye sidecar type T.M.L. #E801. 1961, I believe I'm missing hardware and brackets to mount the body onto the frame. Do you have a suggestion where I can find a parts catalog to help me identify which pieces are missing? and a resource for these parts? thanks, Dave.
Sun Oct 09 2005
chroc24 at tele2.fr
Renseignements
Je vends un side stoye, pourriez vous me dire de quelle année il est?
Merci
Christi@n
Translation: Do you sell a Stoye sidecar, could you tell me which year it is?
Wed Aug 03 2005
witten at ott.net
Boat Tail Stoye
This looks to be a 37 or 38 model. On the frame is the number 4690, we think, but it's hard to make out
the first #. Do you happen to have any input on this and do you know if there is a windscreen available
for it?
Thanks Bill Wittenbrink
February 7th 2005
Stoye sidecar on Ebay Germany
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