Year: 1920                         Cylinder capacity: 616 cc

Frame no.: 34905               Engine no.: 28009

Documents: belgian and french road registration

Wanderer was the brand name of Winkelhofer & Jaenicke. Wanderer motor cycles were manufactured in Chemnitz Germany between 1902 and 1929. The Wanderer company also built high-quality bicycles, typewriters, mechanical calculators and cars.

By 1913 the range had expanded considerably and was topped by a 408cc v-twin. Distinguished by their wedge-shaped fuel tanks, these early Wanderer twins were of an advanced specification for their day, boasting bottom-link forks, sprung frames, two-speed hub gears, automatic lubrication and an internal expanding rear drum brake. A 'militarised' version of Wanderer's v-twin was widely used by the German armed forces during WWI, and it was with the civilian version of this model that the company resumed production at the war's end.

Wanderer motorcycles had an excellent reputation; they were sturdily built and their finish was first class. In the early 1920s a new 616cc v-twin appeared boasting unitary construction of the engine/gearbox unit, which was suspended at upper crankcase height from the duplex's frame's lower rails.

This Wanderer v-twin had already been restored a number of years ago to a very high standard. This very unique 616 V-twin consist all original parts and it is in generally excellent working order.