Čechie (Böhmerland)

Founded	1924
Defunct	1939
Headquarters	Czechoslovakia
Key people	Albin Liebisch, designer
Products	Motorcycles
Number of employees	20

Böhmerland, or Čechie as it was known domestically, was a Czechoslovak motorcycle manufacturer from 1924 until World War II. Almost all aspects of this distinctive motorcycle were designed by Albin Liebisch, including the extremely long, all-welded tube-frame chassis, the built-up leading-link front forks, and solid cast aluminum wheels, which were an industry first, not widely adopted until the 1970s. The overhead valve single-cylinder engines were typically 600 cc (37 cu in) with a bore and stroke of 78 mm × 120 mm (3.1 in × 4.7 in). The Böhmerland was produced in several wheelbases; a two-seat Sport, a 3-seat Touren, and a 4-seat Langtouren. An experimental machine built for the military seated four soldiers, and used two gearboxes, with the rear operated by a passenger, giving 9 ratios. The Langtouren model is notable for having the longest wheelbase of any production motorcycle, 3.2 metres (10.5 ft). Around 775 ^[1] total machines emerged from Liebisch's factory in Schönlinde and later in Kunratice, Sudetenland, Czechoslovakia. The factory employed 20 workers, assembling parts manufactured locally to Leibisch's specification. ^{[2] [3]}

Literature

• Jan Němec (2010): Legendární motocykl Čechie, Grada, Praha ISBN  978-80-247-3119-3
• Miroslav Gomola (2000): Motocykly Čechie-Böhmerland, AGM CZ, Brno ISBN  80-85991-11-X
• Ivan Margolius (2020): Modernism on Two Wheels, The Automobile, May 2020, UK, s. 52 - 55. ISNN 0955-1328

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