Ratingia Motorcycles

Ratingia Snob Engine

Ratingia

Built by F. Müller & Co. GmbH, Ratingen im Rheinland, 1922-1924

Lightweights with four-stroke engines of 173 and 195cc (1.5 ps and 2.5 ps.)

The engines were from Snob, but had Ratingia embossed on the engine cover.

In April 1923 there is mention of a Phantom engine fitted to Ratingen. Early in 1924 the lineup is believed to have been joined by a model with a 2.5 hp DKW engine. The machine was similar in appearance to the Busse B 22.

Having been renamed to Motorradfabrik Ratingia GmbH in mid-1923, the company was dissolved in September 1924.

Ferdinand Müller began a new project in 1925, building FM motorcycles. These were competition machines of which only a few were constructed.

Sources: Tragatsch p259; motor-hist-foto.de; correspondence; Motopedia.

N.B. Snob appears to have only built the one engine size.

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October 11th 2024

Dear Mr. Sheldon...
Here I like to offer two pictures from an engine "Ratingia".
This engine was mine until I gave it away (this year) to a "freak" who will build a complete motorcycle. The carburator shown here is a Longuemare. Original should be a "ZEFAN" there. The Ruthardt magneto is not original too, it should be a small/little "Bosch".
That "Ratingia" engine is merely a complete SNOB engine as build in Düsseldorf (close by) - only the cover/lid is different.
(Images are in "Comments". Contact details omitted by request)