Kreidler
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Kreidler was a German manufacturer of small motorcycles, based in Kornwestheim, between Ludwigsburg and Stuttgart. The company was founded in 1903 as "Kreidlers Metall- und Drahtwerke" (Kreidlers metal and wire factory) by Anton Kreidler and started to built motorcycles in 1951. In 1959 one third of all German motorcycles were Kreidler. In the 70's Kreidler had very big success in motorsport. Especially in the Netherlands the drivers Jan de Vries and Henk van Kessel had been very successful.
Kreidler was active in Grand Prix motorcycle racing, scoring 9 world champion titles in 50-cm³ class:
- 1971 Jan de Vries
- 1973 Jan de Vries
- 1974 Henk van Kessel
- 1975 Angel Nieto
- 1979 Eugenio Lazzarini
- 1980 Eugenio Lazzarini
- 1982 Stefan Dörflinger
- 1983 Stefan Dörflinger
[edit] External links
- Nederlandse Kreidlersite
- Kreidlerparts.com
- Kreidler Zweiradgesellschaft
- Das Deutsche Zweiradmuseum Neckarsulm mit dem Kreidler Werksmuseum
- Das virtuelle Kreidler Florett-Museum
- Kreidler exhibition at the Museum Sinsheim
- Das Kreidler Archiv
- Kreidlerdienst
- Kreidler-Depot Hill
- Die alternative Kreidler und 50ccm Seite
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