- Horex
Horex was a
motorcycle manufacturer inBad Homburg ,Germany . It was founded in 1923 by the Rex glassware company, which conflated Homburg and Rex to create the brand name.Horex built motorcycles with Columbus
four-stroke engines fromOberursel . In 1925 Horex and Columbus merged. Horex developed a range of models with single-cylinder Columbus engines from 250cc to 600cc. In 1933 it added two parallel twin models: the 600cc S6 and 800cc S8. Both twins have chain-drivenoverhead camshaft (OHC) valvegear.The
Second World War interrupted motorcycle production, but Horex resumed in 1948 with a 350cc single-cylinder model, the SB 35 Regina. This model was highly successful: in 1953 for example Horex sold 18,600 of them. In 1951 Horex added a 30 bhp 500cc OHC parallel twin called the Imperator. In 1954 it added a 400cc, 26 bhp version of this twin to its range. In 1955 thecompany replaced the Regina with the Resident.Daimler-Benz took over the company in 1960 and motorcycle production was terminated.External links
[http://www.horex.ch/club/horeximtoeff.htm Swiss website about Horex motorcycles]
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