Tuesday, December 10, 2013

wow, this is the cleanest design I think I've seen


found on http://progress-is-fine.blogspot.com ... it's a Victoria 35 Bergmeister


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  1. que hermosura de moto quisieramos mas fotos marca modelo grcias

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    1. Added! Or, google " Victoria 35 Bergmeister "

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  2. Yes, it certainly is a clean looking engine, free of wires, uncluttered. If it were smaller I could almost imagine it on a counter top as some kitchen appliance. It has a Deco look about it. I can appreciate this bike. Thanks for the picture.

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  3. Certainly a rare and good looking piece of engineering.

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  4. Do you know what year it is? Such a beautiful bike and I have never even heard of this brand.

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    1. Victoria 35 Bergmeister

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    2. Victoria was an ancient german manufacturer who is credited with the invention of the side-car in 1907. They also built a good looking car before WW1. Their motorcycle production was quite successful, albeit only sold in Germany. Their 350 cc 4-stroke V-2 Bergmeister (Hill climb champion) was designed by a Herr Küchen who was known for his overly complicated designs. He also designed their 250cc 2-stroke - a bullet proof engine. In the early 50´s they came out with a tremendously advanced 200 cc 2-stroke model called the Spring, which featured a futuristic frame and a fully electric transmission. THAT bike was developed by the engineer Riedel who had designed a 350 cc V2 2-stroke with electric starter in 1938 for the make Ardie and in 1948 he came out with the revolutionary bike called ¨IMME¨. Victoria went under when the entire german motorcycle and 2-stroke engine industry went inexlicably under in the early 1960´s.

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  5. Gorgeous bike I wonder what size that motor is?

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  6. Good designs die young.

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