Hoffmann (motorcycle)

Hoffmann-Werke Lintorf
Industrymotorcycles
bicycles
PredecessorSolinger Fahrrad Fabrik
FounderJakob Oswald Hoffmann
FateBankruptcy
Headquarters
Lintorf
,
West Germany
ProductsVespa (under licence)
Hoffmann Gouveneur
Number of employees
950 (1954)
Footnotes / references
[1]

Hoffmann was a bicycle manufacturer in Ratingen-Lintorf, Germany. Between 1948 and 1954 the company also manufactured motorcycles. It made a range of models using engines from 125cc to 250cc made by ILO, and the Gouverneur, which had a transversely-mounted 248 cc flat twin four-stroke engine designed by Richard Küchen, and shaft drive. The Gouverneur was developed into the MP 250-2 and finally, in 1953, the S 300 model.[2]

From 1949 to 1954 Hoffmann also made at least 60,000 Vespa motor scooters under license. A licensing dispute brought this to an end in 1954. At the same time, Hoffmann also withdrew from making its own motorcycles, and had further legal problems with their microcar, the Auto-Kabine.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference HahnEndeDerHoffmann was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Zeichnungsblatt Nr. 3", Briefwechsel über die Anlage eines städtischen Leitungsnetzes für Licht- und Kraftstrom, Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter, pp. 66–66, 1922-12-31, retrieved 2022-04-28