Walter Motorcycles of Germany

Walter c.1930 Type Z.T. 229, Villiers

Walter c.1930 Type Z.T. 229 Touren Modell

A Brief History of the Marque

Walter G.m.b.H. in Mühlhausen & Thüringen built motorcycles from 1903 to 1942.

Motorcycles produced prior to WWI were sold under the Möve marque which were fitted with Fafnir singles and twins.[1]
The Möve was also produced by Walter in the late 1930s.

Jeane Herveu, one of the first women to race, rode a Walter with an OHV Buchet engine in the 1903 M.C.F. Concours in France. An example of this machine, possibly the same one, was part of the Guélon Collection.

Models:

• 1903 Walter with Buchet OHV engine.
  1928-32 Z.T. 229 Touren Modell 6 P.S. Villiers engine
  1928-32 TZ. Sp. 129 Sport Modell 7 P.S. Villiers engine
  1930 Z.T. 330 9 P.S. 300cc Windhoff engine
  1933 200 Sport F&S engine 196cc
  1933 350cc Villiers 342cc, 3 speed F&S gearbox

Czech Walter

There is also a Czech Walter marque built 1902~1949, see Walter of Prague.

The Walter sidecar marque is unrelated - see Walter Sidecars

Notes
1. Walter exported motorcycles under the Iduna brand according to peterzimmermann.de, but thus far no other record of Iduna has been found.
2. The Walter sidecar marque is unrelated - see Walter Sidecars

Sources: Wikipedia DE, German Resources, peterzimmermann.de
More information on Walter and Möve may be found in Deutsche Motorräder der Kaiserzeit 1885-1918 by Volker Bruse

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