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Hercules was a brand of bicycle and motorcycle manufactured in Germany. The Hercules Company was founded in 1886 to produce bicycles by Carl Marschütz in Nuremberg, Germany and began producing motorcycles in 1904. It was merged with Zweirad Union after being purchased by ZF Sachs in 1963. In the 1950s and 1960s Sachs was the largest European fabricator of two-stroke motorcycle engines. Many of these engines were used in the Hercules line of small motorcycles, scooters and mopeds. Production of motorcycles ceased in 1996.

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  • Hercules (Fahrzeughersteller) (de)
  • Hercules (motorcycle) (en)
  • Hercules (constructeur de motos) (fr)
  • Hercules Fahrrad GmbH & Co (nl)
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  • Hercules est un constructeur de motos allemand. La société, d'abord une fabrique de bicyclettes, est fondée à Nuremberg en avril 1886 par Carl Marschütz sous le nom de Carl Marschütz & Co., elle sera renommée Nürnberger Velozipedfabrik Hercules en 1887. (fr)
  • Hercules ist eine zur ZEG gehörende deutsche Fahrradmarke der Hercules GmbH mit Firmensitz in Köln und Vertriebsbüro in Cloppenburg. Sie geht auf die Nürnberger Hercules Werke GmbH zurück, einen ursprünglich in Nürnberg ansässigen Hersteller von Fahrrädern und Kraftfahrzeugen. Die Produktionsstätte war ein wesentlicher Bestandteil der ehemaligen Nürnberger Motorradindustrie und wurde von 1958 bis 1995/96 von der Sachs Fahrzeug- und Motorentechnik GmbH geführt. (de)
  • Hercules was a brand of bicycle and motorcycle manufactured in Germany. The Hercules Company was founded in 1886 to produce bicycles by Carl Marschütz in Nuremberg, Germany and began producing motorcycles in 1904. It was merged with Zweirad Union after being purchased by ZF Sachs in 1963. In the 1950s and 1960s Sachs was the largest European fabricator of two-stroke motorcycle engines. Many of these engines were used in the Hercules line of small motorcycles, scooters and mopeds. Production of motorcycles ceased in 1996. (en)
  • Hercules is een Duits merk van fietsen en een voormalig merk van motorfietsen en scooters. De merknaam Prior werd van 1903 tot 1908 gebruikt voor de Hercules-motorfietsen die werden verkocht in het Verenigd Koninkrijk, waarschijnlijk omdat daar het merk Hercules uit Derby al actief was. (nl)
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  • Hercules ist eine zur ZEG gehörende deutsche Fahrradmarke der Hercules GmbH mit Firmensitz in Köln und Vertriebsbüro in Cloppenburg. Sie geht auf die Nürnberger Hercules Werke GmbH zurück, einen ursprünglich in Nürnberg ansässigen Hersteller von Fahrrädern und Kraftfahrzeugen. Die Produktionsstätte war ein wesentlicher Bestandteil der ehemaligen Nürnberger Motorradindustrie und wurde von 1958 bis 1995/96 von der Sachs Fahrzeug- und Motorentechnik GmbH geführt. 1985 wurde unter der Marke Hercules das erste E-Bike auf den Markt gebracht. Hergestellt werden die Fahrräder der Marke Hercules seit 2003 im ungarischen Tószeg sowie in Asien. (de)
  • Hercules was a brand of bicycle and motorcycle manufactured in Germany. The Hercules Company was founded in 1886 to produce bicycles by Carl Marschütz in Nuremberg, Germany and began producing motorcycles in 1904. It was merged with Zweirad Union after being purchased by ZF Sachs in 1963. In the 1950s and 1960s Sachs was the largest European fabricator of two-stroke motorcycle engines. Many of these engines were used in the Hercules line of small motorcycles, scooters and mopeds. In 1974 Hercules became the first company to offer a Wankel-engined motorcycle for sale to the general public. A prototype was first shown in 1970 at the West Cologne Autumn Motorcycle Show to a mixed reception and the production bike was sold as a Hercules product except in the United Kingdom, where it was marketed as a DKW motorcycle. The W-2000 had a single-rotor air-cooled engine of 294cc displacement that produced 23 hp, later increased to 32 hp. Cooling was by a large fan placed in front of the engine (and the slipstream breeze while riding) and engine lubrication was by manually adding oil to the fuel in the tank. In 1976 Hercules launched the W-2000 Injection in which engine lubrication was from a separate oil tank via a pump. It had 18-inch wheels, a front disc brake and a rear drum brake. According to a March 1976 review in Cycle World, the handling was good but the bike's low ground clearance limited its cornering ability. That review also declared the W-2000 to be a daily commuting bike, not a sport motorcycle. Hercules introduced a rotary-powered dirt bike (the KC-30 GS Enduro) in May 1975, but the model failed to sell due to its high price ($2,900). The Fichtel & Sachs single-rotor engine of 300 cc swept-volume as used in the Hercules – the only commercially available engine at the time – was used as a basis by BSA's project engineer David Garside in the early 1970s when designing a twin-rotor motorcycle engine of 588 cc, which reached production as the "Norton Classic". Production of motorcycles ceased in 1996. (en)
  • Hercules est un constructeur de motos allemand. La société, d'abord une fabrique de bicyclettes, est fondée à Nuremberg en avril 1886 par Carl Marschütz sous le nom de Carl Marschütz & Co., elle sera renommée Nürnberger Velozipedfabrik Hercules en 1887. (fr)
  • Hercules is een Duits merk van fietsen en een voormalig merk van motorfietsen en scooters. De merknaam Prior werd van 1903 tot 1908 gebruikt voor de Hercules-motorfietsen die werden verkocht in het Verenigd Koninkrijk, waarschijnlijk omdat daar het merk Hercules uit Derby al actief was. De bedrijfsnamen waren achtereenvolgens: Carl Marschütz & Co., Nürnberg later Nürnberger Velozipedefabrik Hercules, vorm. Carl Marschütz & Co., Nürnberg, Nürnberger Hercules Werke AG, Nürnberg, Nürnberger Hercules Werke GmbH, Nürnberg, Hercules Fahrrad GmbH & Co. KG, Neuhof an der Zenn en SACHS Fahrzeug- und Motorentechnik GmbH, Neuhof an der Zenn. (nl)
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