Hecker (motorcycle)

Hans Hecker began in 1922 in his workshop in the Imhoff Road 24, later in the Lenaustraße 7 in Nuremberg with the construction of the so-called built- bikes were sold under the name Emora to different motorcycle manufacturers. It was finished motorcycle chassis, only had to be installed, the engine / transmission unit in the. In 1923, Hecker began to build their own complete motorcycles. It produced the H1 and H2, which were equipped with engines from S & G.

S & G produced from 1925 on their own motorcycles, so Hecker was forced to use JAP built-in motors with 198 cc to 548 cc. In the years 1927 and 1928 appeared Hecker new models, now with trapezoidal fork instead of Druidgabel and improved framework. Large volume engines could be used, such as being driven V- twin cylinder of Motosacoche ( MAG) with 746 cc. This motorcycle was built only up to the Great Depression and replaced by a cheaper version with 600 cc engine from JAP. From 1931 two-stroke Sachs with 73 cc and 98 cc were used.

After the Second World War Hecker produced machines with displacements ranging from 98 cc to 247 cc, using ILO, Sachs and Villiers two-strokes.

Hecker was mainly in the 1920s in racing with the factory driver Hans active Jerome, who drove for the company, based in Nuremberg and Erlangen Ermag Zündapp. He arrived at the Franconian reliability trial in 1924 the first place and the following year both at Karlsruher wildlife park race as well as in Würgauer mountain race in second place. When Reichsfahrt 1923 Bussinger gained victory in the class up to 350 cc for industrial users. Between 1924 and 1925, the Hecker works drivers over 60 first-place win on the driven with S & G Motors Hecker machines. 1929 won the Brit Syd Crabtree on a Hecker -JAP Grand Prix of Germany at the Nürburgring.

Hecker closed the doors in 1956 forever.

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