Oldtimer gallery. Motorcycles. Ardie.

Oldtimer gallery. Motorcycles. Ardie. (only pre-1945 here)
1919-1943, 1946-1947, 1950-1958, Ardie Werk G.m.b.H., Nürnberg, Fürther Strasse, 83, Germany.

The name Ardie originates from first letters of the name of the factory founder - Arno Dietrich.

1932-1945 production:

Ardie RBZ100/3, Ardie 98cc 2-stroke, 2,2hp, 1938-1940, 47k photo

Ardie RBZ100 (Windspiel), Sachs 98cc, 2,2hp, 1937-1938

Ardie RBZ104, RBZ105, Sachs 98cc, 2,2hp, 1934-1936, 17k photo (1936)

Ardie MF125, Ardie 121cc 2-stroke, 3,5hp, 1937-1940, 5k old poster (285RM)

Ardie RBZ125 (Tropf), Ardie 121cc 2-stroke, 3,5hp, 1937-1938

Ardie VF125, Ardie 123cc 2-stroke, 5hp, 1940-1943, 61k b/w WW2 photo of Gestapo in Russia

Ardie S125 Junior, Ardie 123cc 2-stroke, 4,4hp, 1938-1940, 99k b/w and 6k b/w (425RM, 1 X 1938)

Ardie Prinz, Bark 173cc 2-stroke, 6hp, 1932-1933

Ardie RBZ204, RZ204, Bark 192cc 2-stroke, 6,5hp, 1934-1936

Ardie Junior, Triumph 196cc 2-stroke, 6hp, 1931-1933

Ardie RZ200 (Peter), Ardie 197cc 2-stroke, 7hp, 1937-1940, 52k and 10k (530RM, 1 X 1938)

Ardie RBZ200 (Wanderfalk), Ardie 197cc 2-stroke, 7hp, 1937-1938, 45k b/w photo

Ardie RBZ205/206, RZ205/206, Ardie 197cc 2-stroke, 7hp, 1934-1936

Ardie ZL30 Silberfuchs, JAP 197cc SV, 5hp, 1930-1933, 21k b/w photo, 43k photo (from Mrksic Sava, Dallgow near Bearlin)

Ardie RBK200 (Feuerreiter), Bark 199cc OHV, 9hp, 1936-1938, 106k b/w photo

Ardie RBK205, Bark 199cc OHV, 9hp, 1935-1936

Ardie Silberfuchs, JAP 199cc OHV, 9hp, 1931-1932

Ardie Silberfuchs, JAP 245cc OHV, 9hp, 1932

Ardie RBZ250 (Major), Ardie 246cc 2-stroke, 9,5hp, 1938-1940 (695RM, 1 X 1938)

Ardie RBK250, Bark 248cc OHV, 12hp, 1935

Ardie ZL300 Silberfuchs, JAP 298cc SV, 6,5hp, 1930-1933

Ardie RBU350 (Waldläufer), Ardie 343cc SV, 10hp, 1937-1938, 101k b/w photo

Ardie RBU356, Ardie 343cc SV, 10hp, 1936-1937

Ardie RBK354, Bark 346cc OHV, 16hp, 1934-1936, 88k old photo of RBK (354, 205 or 250) (München)

Ardie Jubiläumsmodell (since 1931 - TM500 Tourer), JAP 490cc SV, 14hp, 1929-1934

Ardie SS 31 Silberpfeil, JAP 490cc OHV, 18hp, 1931-1933

Ardie RBK505 (Bergfreund), Küchen 497cc OHV, 20hp, 1935-1938, 99k photo

Ardie RBU505 (Kamerad), Küchen 499cc SV, 14hp, 1935-1937, 98k b/w photo

Ardie RBU503, Bark 499cc SV, 15hp, 1933-1934

Ardie RBK503 (Meran), Bark 499cc OHV, 22hp, 1933-1934

Ardie DBK503, Bark 499cc OHV, 22hp, 1933-1934

Ardie Spezial, Rudge 499cc OHV, 4-valve, 18hp, 1931-1932

Ardie Ulster, Rudge 499cc OHV, 4-valve, 22hp, 1931-1932

Ardie SS 32, Bark 499cc OHV, 22hp, 1932

Ardie RBU605, Küchen 588cc SV, 16hp, 1935-1937.

Ardie RBU603 (Wien), Bark 588cc SV, 17hp, 1933-1934

Pre-1932 models:

Ardie TM500 Touren, JAP 490cc SV, 9hp, 1929-1930, 44k 1936 and 25k old b/w photos

Ardie 500cc, JAP 490cc SV, 10hp, 1928, 88k b/w old photo (Oberfranken)

Ardie 500cc, 1926-1927, 14k b/w photo (1926)

Ardie 750cc, JAP 2-cylinder 746cc SV, 18,2hp, 1927-1930, 17k b/w old photo

Ardie Rekord 1000cc, JAP 2-cylinder 995cc OHV, 47hp, 1928-1930, 21k b/w old photo

Photos and data are from:
"Svet Motoru" magazine, Czechoslovakia,
"Internationale Motorrad Typenschau" by Dr. Ing. Gerhard Seidel, 1944,
Vladimir Kolotovkin (Moscow, Club RKKA, VARS),
Motorrad Markt magazine, Germany,
Tilman Werner's book "Von Ardie bis Zündapp", Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart, 1993,
eBay Deutschland,
Mobile.de,
ARDIE - Die Motorradmarke aus Nürnberg.
What else in the net:
ARDIE - Die Motorradmarke aus Nürnberg (in German).

Thanks to Martin Schenker (this is link to his superb site), Berlin, and
Evgenii Pevzner, Moscow motorcycle historian.

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