Zuch is a defunct manufacturer of motorcycles that was located in

Poznań Poznań ( ) is a city on the Warta, River Warta in west Poland, within the Greater Poland region. The city is an important cultural and business center and one of Poland's most populous regions with many regional customs such as Saint John's ...

, Poland. Production started in 1938 and was terminated following the

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in 1939.

History

Adam Paczkowski set up Zuch as a limited company in 1938 to produce motorcycles. Initially, the marque would build motorcycles using a 98 cc engine from SM and the machines would be assembled in the ''Automatyk'' factory (which produced arcade game machines). 250 and 350 cc models were planned but these never went into production following the factory's closure after the outbreak of

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Models

Zuch 98cc

The SH supplied

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was of

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was cast from light alloy except the

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which was cast iron. It was fitted with a 2 speed

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, which was hand operated by a lever attached to the top of the gearbox. The engine produced 3 hp at 3,500 rpm. A welded tubular, single loop

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with no rear suspension was used with pressed steel front forks

250 and 350 cc models

250 and 350 cc models were in development but didn't go into production before the factory's closure. The 250 cc model was to be designated ''Druh'' ().

References

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