Legendary motorcycles GDR

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Motorcycle - This is freedom, speed, state of mind. Chopper, cruiser, sport bike, scooter, classic, heavy motorcycle dregster, tourer, minibike ... - all types and classes of two-wheeled iron friends. Today we delve into the history and visit the world's largest motorcycle museum GDR. On an area of ​​one thousand square meters of exposed more than 140 motorcycles, scooters and mopeds legendary East German marks.





The museum was opened in 2008 in Berlin, located in historic buildings under the tracks of the Berlin S-Bahn between Alexanderplatz and the Hackesche market.



In several rooms crammed exhibits Reichsmarks Simson, MZ, IWL, EMW, and some others.



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In the 1940s, the former arms factory in Suhl (it. Suhl) originated factory producing motorcycles. Initially, this Soviet enterprise, combine several plants producing machines with the designation AWO («Avtovelo"). Since the fifties, after the transfer of ownership of the government of the GDR, motorcycles were produced under the brand Simson (it. Simson).



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AWO-425 1955-1961 biennium.



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Simson SR-4.1 1964-1970 biennium.



Rare exhibit Simson-Eskorte, produced for the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the GDR. There were collected 30 of these motorcycles.



Simson KR-51 1964-1986 gg.



World-renowned motorcycles under the brand name MZ (it. Motorrad Zschopau) in the Saxon town of Zschopau began producing in 1956.



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Supporting motorcycle MZ ETS-250 1969-1973 biennium.



Motorcycle production Cezeta 502-1 Czechoslovak arms factory.



Motorcycles IWL (it. Industriewerke Ludwigsfelde) were produced in Ludwigsfelde, Brandenburg.



Elegant option IWL Pitty, 1955 release.



And this exhibit "Moscow M1A" is a copy of which the Soviet Union has created on the basis of the production of the German motorcycle DKW. The original was made in Germany from 1939 to 1944.



Helmets (and helmet-helmet) - since 1976, a mandatory attribute of motorcyclists in the GDR and the FRG.



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Carriages.



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From personal. As a child I was with her parents and brother often went to the village (village. Zalari, Irkutsk region), where the grandfather we rolled on the green Ural with a sidecar. The enthusiasm and positive emotions have been provided. I well remember those moments.

To make the atmosphere of the time:



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The output as a souvenir, you can buy some motodetal.



And a few more photos from the museum:



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