Horex

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Horex was a motorcycle manufacturer in Bad Homburg, Germany. It was founded in 1923 by the Rex glassware company, which conflated Homburg and Rex to create the brand name.

Horex built motorcycles with Columbus four-stroke engines from Oberursel. In 1925 Horex and Columbus merged. Horex developed a range of models with single-cylinder and twin-cylinder Columbus engines from 250cc to 800cc. The Second World War interrupted production, but Horex resumed in 1948 with a 350cc single-cylinder model, the SB 35 Regina. This model was highly successful: in 1953 for example Horex sold 18,600 of them. In 1951 Horex added a 30 bhp 500cc parallel-twin called the Imperator. In 1954 it added a 492cc, 26 bhp version of this twin to the range. In 1955 the company replaced the Regina with the Resident.

Daimler-Benz took over the company in 1960 and motorcycle production was terminated.

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Swiss site about Horex motorcycles

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