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1920 WANDERER Type Twin Serial no.: 34905 Engine...

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1920 WANDERER Type Twin Serial no.: 34905 Engine no.: 28009 616 cm3 Collector's registration 24 000 / 30 000 € Wanderer was the brand name of Winkelhofer Jaenicke, a bicycle manufacturer founded in Chemnitz, Saxony, around 1885. As with most contemporary companies, the first motorized 2-wheel machine was a bicycle with a small engine. By 1913, the range had grown to include a 408 cm3 V-twin. Characterized by their wedge-shaped tank, these early Wanderer twins were very modern in their day, with suspension front forks, suspended frames, two-speed rear hubs, automatic lubrication and an internal shoe drum rear brake. A militarized version of the V-twin Wanderer was used extensively by the German armies during the Great War, and it was with the civilian version of this model that the firm relaunched production in 1919. At the beginning of the 1920s, a new 616 cm3 V-twin appeared, featuring an engine-box unit suspended from the top of the crankcase to the lower tubes of the duplex frame. This V-twin Wanderer had already been restored when it was purchased by the previous owner in Spain in 2010. Driven just a few months ago, the machine is in very good original condition. We recommend that future purchasers carry out the usual restarts required to keep these machines in the collector's museum. We recommend that future purchasers carry out the customary restarts required by the immobilization of these machines in the collector's museum. 1920 WANDERER Type Twin Serial no.: 34905 Engine no.: 28009 616 cm3 Collector's registration 24 000 / 30 000 € Wanderer was the brand name of the bicycle manufacturer Winkelhofer Jaenicke, founded in Chemnitz, Saxony, around 1885. As with most contemporary companies, the first motorized 2-wheel machine was a bicycle with a small engine. By 1913, the range had grown to include a 408 cm3 V-twin. Characterized by their wedge-shaped tank, these early Wanderer twins were very modern in their day, with suspension front forks, suspended frames, two-speed rear hubs, automatic lubrication and an internal shoe drum rear brake. A militarized version of the V-twin Wanderer was used extensively by the German armies during the Great War, and it was with the civilian version of this model that the firm relaunched production in 1919. At the beginning of the 1920s, a new 616 cm3 V-twin appeared, featuring an engine-box unit suspended from the top of the crankcase to the lower tubes of the duplex frame. This V-twin Wanderer had already been restored when it was purchased by the previous owner in Spain in 2010. Driven just a few months ago, the machine is in very good original condition.