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    Condor motorcycle – Historical Context
    First Condor motorcycle was made to meet Swiss Military order. Victor Donzelot and Edouard Scheffer started manufacturing motorcycles in 1893; they named the company Sheffer Freres. Later the company took large Andes birds Condor in 1990. Most of Condor motorcycle was produced for military use but often they also built civilian Condors. The company used its own Swiss made engines in last sixties while later they used engine produced by Ducati. Condor A350 was produced in 1967 when the company decided to use Ducati 350cc scrambler engines. This entire Condor 350A was military vehicles serving Swiss Military. At first the company decided to import the engine block, later plans were changed and they imported complete engine from Italian Ducati. Though the engine was manufactured in Italy, it received Swiss tweaking. In order to make  [...]
    Posted at January 1st, 2011 in Condor