Thursday, November 5, 2009

1925 Bohmerland

Going to start posting a few of the pics I took while at the Barber Motorsports Museum in Birmingham last week and thought I'd start with this one...

It's a 1925 Bohmerland...Originally manufactured from 1924 until 1939, approx. 1,000 were built with only a handful still intact...The one seen here is apparently the oldest Bohmerland still in exsistence...

Pretty interesting bike that was originally manufactured in Czechoslovakia...It was offered in a few bright colors: yellow and red, yellow and black or yellow and green, along with cast aluminum wheels which supposedly was an inovation of sorts during that time period...Powered by a 598 cc single cylinder 4 stroke engine, this Bosch magneto fired motor cranks out 20 hp at 3,500 rpm...This 700 lbs bike is backed by a hand shifted 3 speed trans and has drum brakes on all 3 wheels...Yes, 3 wheels; it was originally equipped with a sidecar type deal and the bike was originally designed to carry 3 people in tandem with some versions being almost 10 feet long...

Anyway, check it out: