| DKW MC125 Motocross 1970 | |
| Fichtel and Sachs, Germany | |
| The DKW company virtually invented the two stroke engine as we know it today. The company perfected the design of expansion chamber exhaust systems, reed and disc inlet valves, and charge loop scavenging. DKW even perfected the unusual three-cylinder layout used to such great effect by Honda twenty years later. The company's development engineer and Grand Prix rider Ernst Degner defected from Germany and took his expertise to Suzuki in the early 1960's. The rest, as they say, is history .... | |
| Douglas "Sports"? circa 1946 | |
| Douglas Ltd, England | |
| The Sports model was almost the last gasp for Douglas. Douglas' unique engine layout endowed the company's bikes with uncommonly good handling for their day, but the company persevered with some distinctly unfashionable features, such as the hand-operated gear-shift, and the quaint Douglas was soon well out of date. | |
| Douglas 350 cc 1911 | |
| Douglas Bros, England | |
| One of the real classic motorcycles, the Douglas made its name when used by dispatch riders during World War I. A later model was also produced with an open frame for women. | |
| 4 stroke flat twin, 60 mm bore, 60 mm stroke, 344 cc, 2? hp. | |
| Douglas Dragonfly 1957 | |
| Douglas Ltd, England | |
| This exhibit is one of the last motorcycles to carry the famous Douglas name. In later years the company concentrated on manufacturing Vespas, one of the most popular of all scooters. | |
| Transverse flat twin, ohv, 60 mm bore, 60 mm stroke, 348 cc. | |
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