German Motorrad

Rennsteig Motorcycles

Manufactured 1925-1930

Built by Herbst Hermann Schilling, Suhl/Thüringen, an arms factory which took over production of Original-Krieger machines and fitted 198cc to 497cc Blackburne engines into typical KG double-loop frames.

1924 Partnership with the motorcycle company SUMAG.[1]

1928 Models
250 ccm, 4 stroke, Blackburne, 3 speed, chain drive 945. - M
350 ccm, 4 stroke, Blackburne, 3 speed, chain drive 1090. - M
350 ccm, 4 stroke, Blackburne, OHV, 3 speed, chain drive 1285. - M
500 ccm, 4 stroke, Blackburne, SV, 3 speed, chain drive 1250. - M
500 ccm, 4 stroke, Blackburne, OHV, 3 speed, chain drive 1445. - M

Sources: Tragatsch p260; Automobil Motorsport Sept 1928 ; et al.

N.B. 1. From an article on the Schilling family in germanhuntingguns.com. Information on a motorcycle company named SUMAG has proved elusive. There is a Swiss machinery manufacturer of this name, but it was founded in 1940.


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