my motorcycles

The "Puch 800" was the biggest motorcycle, which Puch built in its factory in Graz. Only 550 bikes were produced between 1936 and 1938 and only a few survived. Unfortunately I sold the bike later after restauration under a forced situation. It's a 170 degrees 4-cyclinder V-engine with side valves, 792 ccm and 20 PS, 4-speed gearbox and automatic manual gearshift. - scanned slides, Minolta X700

After saving the wreck from the shed in January 1985 - scanned slide, Minolta X700 The bike was mostly original and complete, except the front fork and handlebar for instance. - scanned slides, Minolta X700

Puch 800 (1936)........this laughter of my friend is caused by the noise of the 4-cyl. engine, which started by the first kick after a long time of restoration.....my thanks go to the brilliant motor specialist to the right! It's a scanned slide, around 1990 or so.

After full restoration the first start was a joyful event ;-) Look at the images before to view the original condition. - scanned slide, Minolta X700

After full restoration the first start was a joyful event ;-) Look at the images before to view the original condition. - scanned slide, Minolta X700

my "best" motorcycle ever, a 4-cyl. Puch 800, build year 1936 and very rare......

Of course my kids loved the old bike too and I remember a lot of great rides. - scanned slides, Minolta X700

The last image of the recent "Motomania"-series. Probably for most of you it was a little bit boring, but I wanted to document all the bikes since 1972, which I never did before. Unfortunately there were two unforeseeable "events" in my life in 1990 and 2000, which forced me to sell almost all of these oldtimers. For the following motorcycles which I owned, I couldn't find any photos: 1935 Puch 500 V (incomplete) 1936 Puch 200 1937 Puch 250 R 1938 BMW R66 (incomplete) 1939 Zündapp K 500 1939 Meister/Sachs 98 1940 Puch 350 GS 1955 Triumph Boss 350

Bought in January 1985, sold after full restoration. - scannes slide

This is the just fully restored engine of my oldest motorcycle ever, a 1927 BMW R42. Unfortunately I have not one image of the complete restored bike, for some inexplicable reason. - scanned slides

One of my restoration projects, a 1954 Puch 250 TF with double piston engine, 248 ccm, 12 PS, 100 km/h, built from 1948 to 1954 by PUCH in Graz (from 1948 to 1951 in beige). - scanned slide, Minolta X700

Semmering

scanned photo, about 1985.....Matchless 350 or 500, don't remember

This is a 1928 Matchless T3, found as a wreck (see PiP's), sold in 1986. - scanned slide