Sachs Motorcycles

Sachs Bikes, is a German motorcycle brand the Nuremberg company SFM GmbH (formerly Sachs Vehicle and Engine Technology GmbH).

History

Sachs Bikes was founded in 1995 from the Nuremberg motorcycle and bicycle manufacturer Hercules, which was taken over by the Schweinfurt industrial group Fichtel & Sachs in 1958. After Fichtel & Sachs was fully acquired by Mannesmann in 1991, sold 1995, now firmierende as Mannesmann Sachs Hercules Hercules brand 's parent company, as well as the production of bicycles to the Dutch ATAG Cycle Group (now Accell ). The remaining motorcycle production since renamed as Sachs Vehicle and Engine Technology GmbH, the motorcycles have been sold since then under the brand Sachs Bikes instead of Hercules.

In October 2000, the HSS Verwaltungs GmbH took over the Sachs Vehicle and Engine Technology GmbH. In 2002, a small series of the Münch Mammut 2000 hergestellt.Im June 2006 for the Münch Motorrad Technik GmbH (Würzburg ) had Sachs Bikes for bankruptcy. After a management buy-out (MBO) of producing for over a hundred years of motor vehicle manufacturers has been taken over by the present management on 1 January 2007, with the objective to position them increasingly in the scooter segment. In 2008, the bankruptcy case was closed and changed the company from Sachs Vehicle and Engine Technology GmbH to SFM GmbH.

Business

In addition to producing some of their own models, Sachs Bikes was also for a time the general importer of the French motorcycle brand Voxan, the scooter Malaguti and the Chinese company Huanan Motors and sold as small cars the Italian brand ITALCAR (until 2006 Tasso ), which matches the 2005 Class S driving license may be moved.

Besides the known models with combustion engines, the Sachs Vehicle and Engine Technology GmbH has also worked on various series single-track electric vehicles. For the " Sachs ELO Bike Touring" bikes Sachs was the test winner at IFMA in Cologne in 2002, In 2005 he published the Environmental Award of the City of Nuremberg.

Models

  • Sachs SX -1
  • XTC 125 4 stroke - 125cc sportsbike (formerly available as a 2-stroke version and also as a naked bike )
  • X-Road 125 - mixture of Supermoto, Naked Bike and Sport motorcycle with the engine of the XTC 125
  • MadAss - Exceptional looking Schaltmokick
  • Sachs MadAss 125 - 125cc version of the best-selling Schaltmokicks Germany
  • Saxy 25/45 - classic moped
  • Sachs 49er - 50 cc - Scooters
  • Sachs Speed ​​Force 50
  • Sachs Speedforce R 50
  • Sachs Speedjet 50
  • Sachs Speedjet R 50
  • Sachs Speedjet RS
  • Sachs KX 5 ( KX 50/Classic ) ( 1995-2001)
  • Sachs ZX 50
  • Sachs XTC 125 2-stroke
  • Sachs XTC 125 2-stroke Naked
  • Sachs XTC 125 4-stroke
  • Sachs ZX and ZZ 125
  • Sachs Roadster 125
  • Sachs Roadster 650 (2000) - single- rounder
  • Sachs Roadster 800 (2000)
  • Sachs Roadster B -805, Limited Edition ( 2000)
  • Sachs Roadster S - 805 (2000)
  • Sachs Beast 1000 concept study (2000)
  • Sachs Dirty Devil 125 CR
  • Sachs Bee 50
  • Sachs Bee 125
  • ATV 4rock 450 (2007)
  • ATV 4rock 650 ( 2007)
  • Sachs Quattrocento Motorcycle Scooter with 400 cc (2007)
  • Sachs Saxonette
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