1938 Tornedo

1938 Tornedo in Ewa chce spac, Movie, 1957

Class: Bikes, Road — Model origin:

Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene

Author	Message
Weasel1984 ◊ 2009-01-22 00:31
Galaxie500 ◊ 2009-01-23 18:39	Whizzer most likely...1920's
the sad biker ◊ 2018-03-15 19:36	Galaxie500 wrote Whizzer most likely...1920's Not a Whizzer (39-65), definitely not in 1950's poland. That's fitted with a Sachs engine (you can just make out the S logo on the crankcase) I think Niemen or Tornedo
Weasel1984 ◊ 2018-03-18 17:28	I'm not a "motorcyclist", but read recently this book ("Polish Motorcycles 1918-1945" by J. Tarczyński). It seems both, Niemen and Tornedos were quite rare in post-war times. Can it be also something German maybe? Just for the record, Niemen (this is most similar to ca 1936-39 R100 model) consistently had Sachs engine for entire prod. period. In 1930s they were common in eastern provinces, which weren't anymore part of Poland after WWII. In case of Tornedos, very early ones had Sachs engines, soon replaced by Polish SS-3-MR unit, but as "Tornedo" was company owned by guy of German origins (Wilhelm Tornow), they continued production also during the German WWII occupation. In this time they made small number of bikes, which were again powered by Sachs engines. Most possibly bike from this era we see on the 2nd thumb (I mean the color pics above). -- Last edit: 2018-03-18 17:47:55