Neander Motorcycles

The Neander name has been used for two unrelated ventures six decades apart. The original Neander motorcycles came from Ernst Neumann-Neander, a painter and graphic artist who turned to vehicle design and founded Neander Motorfahrzeug GmbH in Duren, Germany, in 1926; his novel pressed-steel frames housed engines ranging from small 122cc Villiers two-strokes to 350cc and 500cc Kuchen singles and large J.A.P. and Motosacoche V-twins. The modern Neander is a separate company, Neander Motors GmbH, founded in 2003 by Philipp Hitzbleck, built around an unconventional 1340cc turbocharged diesel parallel-twin engine with two counter-rotating crankshafts designed to cancel out vibration, producing around 100hp and 200Nm of torque - one of the few production attempts at a diesel-powered motorcycle.