German Motorcycle Resources
Information on German Vintage, Pioneer & Veteran Motorcycles. Covers touring, sports and racing machines including pre-war and early post-war eras
VFV
Automobile and Motorcycle Association, Germany. Their site claims that it is the world's largest motorcycle forum.
veteranen-fahrzeug-verband.de
meisterdinger.de
Documents vintage motorcycles made in Nuremberg.
meisterdinger.de
GTU
Large database of German manufacturers.
GTU
IG-JLO-Twin
Masses of information on the JLO twin cylinder engines fitted to a good many European marques. The site went off-line in 2019, but a fairly complete archive exists at the Wayback Machine.
ig-jlo-twin.eu
Motorräder aus Leipzig
Documents vintage motorcycles made in Leipzig including several ongoing restorations.
motorräder-aus-leipzig.de
FB Group Motorräder, Zeitdokumente , Fotos
Motorräder, Zeitdokumente , Fotos
deacademic com
Russian site which borrows extensively from authoritative sites.
deacademic com
Marque Specific
Denia
Horst Mennig submitted information on a previously undocumented German marque
Denia
NSU
Volker Bruse
Walter
Walter
TWN-IG
A comprehensive and well presented site on Triumph Werke Nurnberg
TWN-IG
TWN Zweirad IG
Regio Schweiz
TWN Zweirad IG
ZundappFool
Large collection of technical information collected over three decades.
Zundapp Fool
Honourable Mention
Photographs made at the
DKW Motorrad Club e.V.
Translations
German translations (word only, not phrase)
by Oxford University
en.bab.la/dictionary
Not exactly an honourable mention, but a source for many early posts here which have for the most part been verified and corrected, or deleted:
German motorcycles, microcars and sidecars - JF
