Horex developed a range of models with single-cylinder Columbus engines from 250 cc to 600 cc. In 1933 it added two parallel-twin models: the 600 cc S6 and 800 cc S8. Both twins have chain-driven OHC valvegear. [1] World War II interrupted motorcycle production, but Horex resumed in 1948 with a 350 cc single-cylinder model, the SB 35 Regina.

In 1935, Brown and Badshin on Horex S8 became the champions of Germany in motorcycle races with a sidecar. Parallel-twin Horex was far ahead of its time and actually became the first serial road bike with a four-stroke twin.

Horex developed a range of models with single-cylinder Columbus engines from 250 cc to 600 cc. In 1933 it added two parallel-twin models: the 600 cc S6 and 800 cc S8. Both twins have chain-driven OHC valvegear. World War II interrupted motorcycle production, but Horex resumed in 1948 with a 350 cc single-cylinder model, the SB 35 Regina.

Horex S8 | Germany , 1932. New Horex entered the market in two versions: a 600cc (24 hp) S6 model and an 800cc (30 hp) S8 model. Both motors had the same stroke – 90 mm, differing in the diameter of the cylinder: 65 mm for the 600cc version and 75 mm for the 800cc version.

Types Built in Bad Homburg, Germany, from 1923 into the 1960s.

Super-Horex entered the market in two versions: the S6 model (600cc, 24 hp) and the S8 model (800cc, 30 hp). Their engines had the same piston stroke (90 mm), differing in the bore: 65 mm for 600cc version and 75 mm for 800cc version.

2023年1月15日 · Двухцилиндровый Horex значительно опередил своё время и фактически стал первым серийным дорожным мотоциклом с рядной четырёхтактной «двойкой» и закрытым цепным механизмом ГРМ. Horex вышел на рынок в двух вариантах: 600-кубовый 24-сильный S6 и 800-кубовый 30-сильный S8.

Horex S8 | Germany , 1932. The two-cylinder Horex was significantly ahead of its time and actually became the first mass-produced road motor

Horex war ursprünglich eine deutsche Motorradmarke der Horex-Fahrzeugbau AG, die 1923 von Fritz Kleemann in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe gegründet wurde. Von 1935 bis Mitte der 1950er-Jahre firmierte das Unternehmen als Horex-Columbus-Werk K.G., danach als Horex-Werke KG. Die Firmenbezeichnung wurde vermutlich im Frühjahr 1953 geändert, wie ...

Horex S8 | Germany , 1932. The two-cylinder Horex was well ahead of its time and was in fact the first production road bike with a parallel-twin engine with a closed timing chain.