Mon Dec 03 2007
vrodriguez<at>structuretone.co.uk
Post war - East German Police
BMW/EMW
Hi. Trying to find a bike BMW/EMS used by East german police
up to '70's Told it is called a 'Kovravet' or something similar? Has an
859 boxer engine. Can anybody help?
London
Fri Oct 19 2007
gaspar_csaba_lex<at>yahoo.com
emw r 35 1952
i like to sale the motorcycle if every one is interested he cold contact
me an e mail i sorry i have not pictures of the motorbike but is in very
good condition
Tirgu mures romania
Sat Jan 13 2007
oximoto
yahoo
EMW 350 to sell
EMW 350
Hy,I own an EMW 350,in a bad condition,but good for selling parts from
it.If somebody is interested then write please.
Romania,Cluj
Sat Sep 30 2006
leonardomizzigmail
Technical manual
EMW R35
I would like to know if it is possible to purchase a technical manual
of the EMW R35 ?
Thanks
Bari, Italy
Sat Sep 30 2006
vrodriguezstructuretone.co.uk
East German Police Motorbikes
BMW/EMW/Bnepr
Hi. I am trying to find out what motorbike the East German Police used
in the 70's onwards. It had a BMW twin wngine that was rated to 800cc.
Can you help?
London
Fri Dec 02 2005
jhoffnergcfinc
Eisenach Motor Works
I have been trying to find informaion on the EMW cars built after WWII.
They must be similar as the cars also have the red and white roundel. Would
you be able to point me in the direction for material?
Thanks,
John Hoffner
Sat Sep 24 2005
panthershaunbtinternet
French BMW copy
On a recent trip to France I had the pleasure of seeing inside an old
barn, amongst other things in the barn was a side valve, plunger framed
BMW copy, very similar to a Chinese Cheng Shing. Do you have any information
on these bikes as I have never seen one before and I thought it was Russian
bike.
[Probably an EMW. Ed.]
January 24, 2002
Did they make a EMW R-71 after the war? Thanks
Otto Braun
Ron -- MRCAMARO at webtv.net
January 1, 2002
Hello Mr. Coe, my name is Dave Robinson and I am working with American
military-dependant teens in Germany. This morning I met a man with
a few vintage motorcycles (3 1956 BMWs, 1 or 2 1956 EMWs, 1 1956 MZ) and
he offered to sell a 1956 EMW to me for US $900. He said it is complete
and would need only a lot of cleaning and polishing to make it like new,
and I think he's a very honest man. He struck me as a potential surrogate
grandfather if I stay over here for a while. I like old motorcycles, but
I'm more of a car guy. I think the resto would be very simple and
fun--any sobering up I have to do?
I think I'm asking for any input or guidance or resources for restoring
this beautiful bike that looks exactly like yours (sans sidecar).
Also, any and all photos would be much appreciated as I can see how it
is really supposed to look. I don't want to trailer it around everywhere,
but would get pleasure shining it up and riding it in good weather every
week or so, and then ship it back with me to the States when I return.
Any idea about prices for parts and/or what the motorcycle is worth in
original, complete, needing restoration condition? Also, where in the world
do you get replacement seats? Do I need to make them myself?
Thanks for any and all information you can provide. I was so excited
to see the photo on the EMW Motorcycles page!
Dave -- David.Robinson at cmtymail.98asg.army.mil
Darryl Coe's EMW
Here I am at the Hillsborough Concourse a couple years ago. They had
no Mc entries. I showed in the Delmar the same year and won a 2nd. Took
first at the Vintage days in Hanford. Its a fun bike and of course
every time I show it every one thinks they know its a BMW. When I
write down EMW its always changed to "BMW." The Stoya has a small
flag holder on the front. The only problem is finding a small DDR
flag, so I use D flag. I have picked up some large DDR flags and
some EMW workers banners. I have the original paper work on my 1955
bike and I made a DDR plate with the original number to this bike. Hope
you enjoy the picture. I don;t know how you put a value on a bike that
has no others around .
Darryl Coe -- DARRYLCOE at aol.com
January 3, 2000,
Hello
I have an EMW R35 and would like to know more about it, can you help?
It was purchased in Romania and hence heavily "modified", the communist
style. Yours sincerely -- Yossi Moskovitch --
r5ag at mail.dntis.ro
From Sheldon: Do you have a photo?
January 29, 2000
Have enclosed a picture, as you can see the bike is ripe for a restoration
project. I also own a BMW R35 in similar condition, and hope to restore
them both.
Now I am in Romania on business, here I have two Dneper MT11, with side
cars. I bought the second machine for spare parts for the first, but felt
sorry for the machine, and instead it will be customized. Both machines
are "domestic quality" and present a challenge for me and my Chemical Metal
tubes. -- Best regards -- Yossi
This was on another list (WWII reenacting) that I'm on. I thought it
was interesting.
Jay Williams -- jay at azalea.net
(the EMW was produced in East Germany just after the war. They made
something like 20,000 of them with the only differences being speedometer
graphics, out of range serial numbers, and one or two other, minor differences)
The EMW is a fine bike, just as good for reenacting, but is not as valuable
as a collectors bike. >>
In 1939, the Germans moved BMW's motorcycle assembly plant from Munich
to Eisenach in order to build airplane engines in the Munich plant. At
the end of the war, Eisenach ended up in the Soviet sector. In the plant
were many unbuilt motorcycles, including the R35s. The Soviets took these
parts and built the first BMWs to be produced after the war.
As to the R35s, there were two types produced by the East Germans after
the war. One being completely from wartime parts and being monikered "BMW".
The other used up the remaining stock of R35 parts, but also changed the
rear end to have a plunger type suspension rather than the fixed rear end
found on wartime models of the R35. These bikes were produced towards the
end of the R35 run and about the time that the Munich operations were putting
out their postwar bike, the R24. These last R35s, with the postwar produced
plunger rear end, were labeled "EMW" for Eisenach Motorwerks. EMW continued
in operation until it depleted the entire stock of wartime parts.
The postwar manufactured bikes are not as highly prized by collectors
as the wartime bikes. However, if you are looking for a bike that is a
exactly a wartime bike, the postwar R35 produced by the East Germans is
a good choice.
Parts are readily available, if you don't mind the wait.
Jack
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