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Capacity : 500
Model : OHV Special
Production : 1932 -
Category : (R) Street Bike

MOSER

500 OHV Special-1932

Swiss precision

The Swiss motorcycle industry is best remembered for marques such as Motosacoche, Condor and Universal. Yet there were plenty of other manufacturers, among them three

marques based at Saint-Aubin in the canton of Neuchatel- Muller & Vogel, Zürcher and Moser. After a spell with Zürcher in 1900, Fritz Moser founded his own firm in 1902. He built bikes from 125 to 600cc, sold many engines in Italy and built automobiles in

association with Rudolf Egg.

Ultra-Lightweight Racer

Before long, Fritz Moser was specializing in small-capacity machines (125 and 175cc). In the early 1920s, his overhead-valve 125s took the first two places in the Swiss GP.

The Last Mosers

This masterpiece really established the firm, whose engines were made in France by Dollar, in England by Rex Acme, in Germany by Hercules and in Italy by a number of little firms such as FVL, Baudo, Lecce and MillerBalsamo. Fritz Moser also built complete bikes with displacements of 125, 175 and 250cc. He sold his business to Allegro in 1932, just as he had created a high-performance ohv 500 single. This ultimate Moser bike was also offered as a 600 (84x106mm), and its Burman box could have either a footselector or a hand-shift. The bike – which had sports ambitions - was also available with or without lights, though the price was the same in either case. Moser production ended in the mid-1930s.

SPECIFICATIONS

Engine: 500cc (79xl00mm) or 600cc (84xl06mm) air-cooled single-cylinder fourstroke;

Bosch magneto; dry-sump lubrication

Valves: overhead

Fuel System: Amal carburetor

Transmission: 4-speed, tank or foot-shift; chain final drive

Suspension: girder forks with friction

dampers (front); rigid (rear)

Brakes: drum (front & rear)

Wheels: 3.00xl9 inch (front); 3.25xl9 inch (rear)

Weight: 309 lb

Maximum Speed: 100 mph

 

Shown here in its touring version, the Moser 500 OHV Special was also available in a competition specification- without lights and with a seat pad replacing the luggage grid.




Le fichier Moto Passion réalisé par François-Marie Dumas réunit près de deux mille photos accompagnées d'un historique très complet des machines présentées.
Il sera progressivement mis à jour ici et toute information complémentaire est la bienvenue sur info@moto-collection.org.

Cette documentation unique, qui constitue sans doute l'encyclopédie la plus exhaustive jamais écrite sur l'histoire de la moto, a été réalisée avec l'assistance de nombreux spécialistes dont principalement Didier Ganneau, Christophe Gaime, Mick Woollett, Jean Goyard, Bernard Salvat, Christian Rey, Yves Campion, Helmut Krackowizer, Michael Dregni, Michel Montange, etc. que je remercie ici.

Disponible sur demande :
- Les fiches originales sur papier
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Me contacter sur info@moto-collection.org pour les conditions et droits d'utilisation.