Manufactured by Eisenwerke Gaggenau AG, 1923-1925
Formed in 1888, the company produced kitchen stoves, water heaters and bicycles. The large factory had 50 buildings along with 87 appartments for its workforce and their families. They employed 2,200 people.
The 246 and 346cc models had two-stroke engines of their own construction with two-speed gearboxes, very heavily ribbed cylinders and alloy cylinder heads. The EGA 03 model had a three-speed gearbox and chain drive to the rear wheel. They also built a small capacity model named Gaggenau UM 1 which was similar in style to the Evans-Pondorf.
Although the EGA was one of the best two-stroke engines of the time, it was not produced in significant quantities. In 1925, production of the EGA was discontinued. Early the following year the company stood down the entire workforce.
Eichler & Co. had been marketing the EGA under the name Gaggenau, and it would appear that they bought the remaining EGA stock.
An example of an EGA Gaggenau motorcycle has been displayed at the Unimog Museum in Gaggenau.
Sources: GTU Oldtimerservice; Tragatsch p125; Motopedia
N.B. There was also an EGA marque built the Netherlands in the 1980s.
