Flat rate shipping to the lower 48 States only. Once a bid is received we will take it in to avoid a delay. There may be a delay of a day or two if the bike shop can't get it in for boxing right away. It will be partially disassembled for shipping and will require basic hand tools to reassemble after unpacking. The shipping fee helps cover the shipping and boxing cost. Interested parties are also welcome to inspect the bike with appointment. more it is a great rider and a hard model to find complete in this condition. The springs and bar are painted and they replaced the vinyl and it is much more comfortable now! While this is not a perfect"10". A local shop recovered and touched up the seat which was in really rough shape. Must have worn one out and only replaced one many moons ago. For some reason there are two different grips on it. There was no battery holder in the tank when so they updated it a bit without making permenant modifications. One of our crew replaced the switch and it is now run on a four AA battery pack that is attached via velcro in the tank. The bulbs are burned out but the light does work. The peddles work and are in ok shape we did not replace them since they are original. These were part of a series bikes they named and fashioned after popular cars of the era from what we have been told. According to the seller, the engine hasn’t been run in quite some time and won’t currently turn over, but this could be a cool restoration piece or left as is in its original patina.įind this Albin-Monark for sale in Langebrück, Germany with an unmet opening bid of $9,990 here on eBay.Vintage Monark El Camino 24" Bicycle. This particular 1942 Albin-Monark M/42 500 is 100% original, wearing what’s left over of its factory paint and accessories. Half-a-decade earlier, Monark entered 8 bikes in the 1954 ISDT and went home with eight gold medals. The company actually used the same half-liter Albin single originally developed for the military, stuffed it in a motocross bike, tuned it, and had Sten Lundin ride it to a 1959 500cc World Motocross Championship title. Monark was also fairly successful in the off-road racing scene for a period as well. After the war, the M/42 remained in service into the 1960s.įollowing the war, the Varberg-based outfit became the biggest motorcycle company in Sweden. For around two months starting in August of ’42, Sweden’s Army Administration carried out what it reportedly called the “Tvkers TT”, which consisted of abusing the bike in all sorts of ways such as keeping it pinned at its maximum speed for an hour at a time. Supposedly another 100 or so examples were built after the war using spare parts too.īefore becoming Swedish Defense’s first “standard issue” motorcycle, the M/42 was rigorously tested. The vast majority of the units produced (about 3,000) featured an OHV setup, though around 300 (15hp) side-valve versions were built which also reportedly used hardtail frames. The M/42 supposedly featured two fuel-cells a larger normal unit and a smaller tank for higher-octane fuel for cold-starting the bike. Powering the bike was a 20hp, four-stroke, 495cc single-cylinder engine married to a three-speed gearbox, both built by Albin. The front suspension consisted of a parallelogram-style unit with coil springs while out back there was a plunger-style setup. It had a hybrid stamped steel/tubular chassis based on that of Husky’s 112TV. What resulted was the 1942 Monark-Albin M/42. In 1935, the Swedish Army asked Husqvarna to build them a rugged, all-terrain military moto, but Husqvarna was already so bogged down with other contracts at the time that it was forced to decline, leading to Monark getting the assignment. Despite being a neutral country in the Second World War, Sweden couldn’t help but notice Germany’s onslaught into other European nations, and wanted to be prepared if and when an attack occurred. However when WW2 broke out, Monark was called upon by the government to start building military motorcycles. Monark went on making bikes through the 1930s, refining its existing models and introducing a few news ones along the way, including a moped powered by a 98cc ILO mill. In 1927 the business began selling models - 250cc and 600cc side-valves and overhead valves - under the Monark name after the firm’s parent company became Monark Crescentbolagen, or MCB. From 1913 to 1926, the bikes were branded as as Esse Motorcycles, the majority of which used Blackburne engines. Post Sale Update: This Albin-Monark sold for $9,990 after 1 bid on eBay in Langebruck, Germany.įounded by industrialist Birger Svensson in 1908, Monark was a Swedish company that produced bicycles, mopeds, and starting in 1913, lightweight motorcycles.
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