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| Founded by Danish-born Joerge Rasmussen, DKW was known for their expertise with [[two-stroke]]s. DKW began building bikes in 1920 and by 1928 had become the world's largest manufacturer with a production of over 100,000 machines. In 1932 DKW merged with Audi, Horsch and Wanderer to form Auto Union, giving the four-circle logo still used by Audi. Numerous racing successes included Ewald Kluge's 1938 Junior TT win on a supercharged 250cc split single. Following the Second World War, the Zschoppau based firm was taken over by [[MZ]], and moved all its facilities to Ingoldstadt, West Germany. In 1957 the firm joined the Victoria and express companies in the Zweirad Union, but in 1966 this was bought by [[two stroke]] engine manufacturer Fichtel & [[Sachs]], who dropped the DKW name.
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| ==Post WWII==
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| DKW's pre-war [[DKW RT125|RT125]] two-stroke was awarded to various Allied manufacturers as war reparations. BSA produced it as the [[BSA Bantam|Bantam]], the Russians made their own version and for Harley-Davidson it became the Model S, or [[Harley-Davidson Hummer|Hummer]], and Yamaha integrated into their first bike ever; the [[Yamaha YA-1]].
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| [[Image:1936-DKW-Sport-250.jpg|left|thumb|250px|1936 DKW Sport 250]]
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| [[Image:1936-DKW-Sport-500.jpg|left|thumb|250px|1936 DKW Sport 500]]
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| [[Image:1937-DKW-SS250.jpg|left|thumb|250px|1937 DKW SS250]]
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| [[Image:1956-DKW-IFA-BK350.jpg|left|thumb|250px|1956 DKW IFA BK350]]
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| ==Models==
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| *[[DKW RT125]]
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| *[[DKW RT175]]
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| [[Category:German motorcycles]]
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