Brief History of the Marque: Eysink
Information about Eysink:
Eysink at Amersfoort started in 1897 making cars !. The car production
ran until 1920, they made two-, four-, and six-cylinder cars and started
in 1919 the production of a small car or a cycle-car, which wasn't a success.
So they concentrated on motorcycles, the manufacture has started in 1898
with bought-in engines as one- and V2-cylinders, mainly from Belgium (Kelecom,
well-known Sarolea and famous Minerva).
From 1923 to 1927 they made also bikes with 500cc-Boxer-engines from well-known
British Coventry-Victor. Until WWII Eysink made small two-stroke-bikes
with British Villiers-engines and four-stroke-models
from 250 cc to 500 cc with British JAP- and Python
(Rudge)-engines. After the war they only
made two-stroke-bikes up to 250cc again with Villiers-engines. It
seems, that the production of bikes was stopped in 1956, maybe some mopeds
have been made afterwards.
Eysink won the TT of Assen in 125 cc in 1946 and 1948, which was one
year too early to be a Grand Prix victory.
See also Renata
Information above courtesy jan at roden.nl and stienicz at
stud.uni-frankfurt.de.
Mon Nov 21 2005
harila
planet.nl
Hello,
I have a motor cycle and wants to sell it does somebody know home much
i can ask for it?
Its an eysink
Gind recards
...................
Hallo,
Ik heb van mijn vader een oude eysink zie foto. nu wil ik graag weten
zijn er hier nog veel van en is het verstandig om hem te verkopen en zo
ja wat moet zo'n motor op brengen ik weet dat hij lopend in de schuur is
gezet onder een deken dus zal er niets aan mankeren.
ik hoop op een antwoord alvst bedankt.
h vn der Groep
Sun Jun 12 2005
timbdg.centrin.net.id
Eysink
Hi Eysink People,
I have a bit of a problem, which I hope you can help me out with in
your club.
I purchased this 1952-3 Eysink about three years ago for €600.00,
or 6,000,000rp. A good buy I thought! The Villiers 175ccm motor went really
well, (what can we expect from Norton!) but unfortunately, while riding
about in West Java, Indonesia with it, I ended up at the bottom of a 2
meter ditch. It’s a longish story, and I still hobble a bit and have whiplash
problems due to that one!
The cause of it all was an extremely steep hill, a sharp turn which
then progressed to a steeper gradient, and failing drum brakes in the front
( a piece of metal from the braking system got stuck between the shoe and
the drum). Apart from that my good wife, who was riding in front of me,
thought it kind to warn me of the up-coming danger and stopped in my line
of attack (so to speak). I had no choice but to move to the right of the
road, where I saw long grass growing, and ‘ditch’ the bike. Unknown to
me that long grass covered a huge ditch, so I literally ditched it!!
The front forks were severely bent, tank dented, but the frame was still
good, and I could see no option but to recondition it. That’s when the
real problems started!
I’m not too sure how many of these bikes are still running about (or
even stored in someone’s barn under some hay) in Holland, I know that at
all the meets that I have been to I can’t remember seeing one. Plenty of
Sparta with the smaller 125ccm motor, but no Eysink. Even meets around
Amersfort (Barneveld, Achterveld, Utrect, and so on) were fruitless.
I got in touch with some bloke somewhere in the south, but even though
I continually hounded him for information he never returned a mail to me
(not even to say sorry, he was to busy to deal with my menial problem with
what could be considered as an extremely rare bike – In the last 3 years
I have never seen one in the whole of Java).
So I started the restoration blind, I didn’t (and still don’t) know
what they originally looked like! I don’t even know what type it is! I
can’t find a manual or anything. After more than 3 years in restoration
– I couldn’t find the correct caberator – Here’s what it looks like:
As you can see there are some pieces missing! The side case for a start,
and there’s some kind of attachments for something, which I gather is the
battery case, behind the air filter. Here’s a closer look:
You can also see that the chain guard and rear spring guards are missing.
These lacking items are of little problem for me as I can remake them from
pictures, but where are the pictures?? I certainly don’t have any!
The lamp top is a bit of a problem too – have a look:
There are two holes! There’s also a bunch of wires of all assorted colours
and sizes! I take it, and it seems logical to conclude (though I know logic
doesn’t really come into it! And concluding something without any information
is a bit stupid, to say the least!) that the large hole is for a speedometer,
and the smaller hole is for the ignition and light switch (something like,
I imagine, what was used on Norton bikes of the time – since the motor
is Norton, what would be the reason for having different ignition?)
Now, the speedo is of some concern to me. I can’t for the life of me
work out how it is attached to the rear gadget at the rear wheel axle?
There seems to be too many curves and bends in the cable for it to function
correctly. How on earth is it connected?
So, if this wasn’t enough, the next problem is that I can’t find the
decals, or the badges as may be the case. Here’s a view of the tank for
starters:
Now, I used my logic and conclusive methodology and came up with these
decals:
Tank: The problem is the decal says Soest, and the brass emblem on
the frame says Amersfort!
Could the tank decal be something like this?:
So, now I fear that I have taken all the space up on your website Eysink
lovers.
Please, Please, PLEASE, if you have any information relating to this
bike, perhaps a manual you can photocopy for me, or any ideas where I can
get this info, please contact me at tim@bdg.centrin.net.id or continue
this ‘discussion’ on your page, and then, perhaps, we will be able to see
a bike like this ‘thundering’ around Amersfort in the future.
Tank you for your time and effort in solving my problem,
Tim Saywell,
Bukit Pakar Utara 68a,
Dago Atas,
Bandung 40135,
West Java,
Indonesia.
Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2005
subject: Eysink
Email: jan at roden.nl
message: Your site about Eysink contains a lot of errors, which is
not bad at all, because there is not much written about the factory. Last
year a book was publicised, called Eysink from bicycle to motorbike (it
also includes car production and other Dutch brands, like Simplex, Sparta
and such), it is written in Dutch. If you want I can make a sumarise of
this book.
February 15, 2002
From 1953 till 1972 Family Eysink Produced Mopeds. Not normal
one's but tandem mopeds. From 1953 till 1962 the mopeds called "Renata",
the last 10 years "Eysink".
There are 3 kinds of tandem mopeds. One with a berini motor at the front-wheel
(Model A), a standard model with the motor in the middle (a J.L.O. FM 48
E type) (model B) and last a luxe version of model B.
How does I know all this? I personally have an Renata tandem-Moped,
and I contacted Dick Eysink himself a few years ago. He wrote me a letter
back, including a folder. So if someone is interested in pictures of the
mopeds, contact me... (sorry for my bad english...) greetings
from The Netherlands...) Ivo -- W.I.d.Graaf at student.tue.nl
You are missing an important Dutch make from the past : EYSINK. This
factory produced motorcycles from the early 30ies until the 50ies and even
won the 125 Dutch TT with Dick Renooy end 40ies. During the 60ies they
produced interesting mopeds -- Zwaal --
hobbimex at
worldonline.nl
If you have a query about Eysink motorcycles, or wish to share your
knowledge of these classic Dutch machines, please contact
us!
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