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Motorcycle manufacturers in production
Austria
Belarus
Canada
China
- Chang Jiang Motorworks
- Shandong (distributed as Pioneer in the US)
Czech Republic
France
Germany
India
Italy
- Aprilia (includes the Moto-Guzzi and Laverda brands)
- Benelli
- Beta
- Bimota
- Cagiva
- Husqvarna (Cagiva owned - formerly Swedish)
- Ducati
- Gilera (owned by Piaggio along with Vespa)
- Laverda
- Malaguti
- Moto Guzzi
- Moto Morini
- MV Agusta
- Piaggio
- Sumco
- TM
- Vertemati
- VOR
Japan
Korea
Malaysia
Portugal
Russia
Slovenia
Spain
Taiwan
Singapore
United Kingdom
United States
- American Eagle
- American Ironhorse
- Bourget Bike Works
- Big Bear
- Big Dog
- Boss Hoss
- Buell (Now a subsidiary company of Harley-Davidson)
- Confederate Motorcycles
- Desperado
- Fischer Fischer Website
- Harley-Davidson
- Hellbound Steel
- Ironworks
- KPX
- MTT
- Norton 4(formerly United Kingdom)
- Pantera
- PCW
- Red Horse
- Rokon
- Ridley
- Rucker
- Saxon
- Star Motorcycles
- Steed
- Swift
- Titan
- United Motors
- Vengeance
- Victory
- Vincent
- Viper
- Wild West
- Xtreme
- Xtreme Rydz
Motorcycle manufacturers no longer in production
- Ace — USA (1920-1927)
- AJS — UK (1909-
- Alta — Greece (1962-1972)
- Ambassador — UK
- AMC — UK
- Ariel — UK (1902-
- Armstrong — UK
- Batavus — (1904-1976)
- Beardmore Precision — (1921-1924) UK
- Bombardier Can-Am — Canada
- Bridgestone — Japan
- Britten Motorcycles — New Zealand
- Brough³— UK (1908-1926)
- Brough Superior³ — UK (1919-1940)
- BSA — UK (1905-
- Bultaco — Spain
- Calthorpe — UK
- Capriolo — Italy
- Clarendon — UK
- Cogsley Farnesworth— Australia
- Cleveland — USA (1902-1927)
- Cooper — Mexico
- C — USSR
- Cotton — UK
- Crocker — USA (1936-1940)
- Cushman — USA (1930-
- CWS — Poland
- DKW (Das Kleine Wunder) — DDR (1919-
- D.O.T. — UK
- Douglas — UK
- Emblem USA (1909-1925)
- EMC — UK (1946-1977)
- Enfield — UK
- ESO — Czech Republic / Czechoslovakia
- Excelsior (Bourgoin) — France (1910-1912)
- Excelsior (Brandenburg) — Germany (1901-1906 / 1927-1939)
- Excelsior (Chicago) — USA (1907-1931)
- Excelsior (Wolverhampton) — UK (1896-1965)
- Excelsior (Mnchen) — Germany (1923-1924)
- Excelsior-Henderson — USA (1993 / 1998-2001)
- Flottweg — Germany (1921-
- Gagiva — Italy
- Gitane — France
- Greeves — UK
- Fantic Motor — Italy
- FN — (Fabrique National) Belgium
- Francis-Barnet — UK
- Fuji — Japan
- H — UK
- Henderson — USA (1911-1931)
- Hercules — Germany (1904-1966)
- Hesketh — UK (1982-
- Hodaka — Japan
- Hosk — Japan
- Husqvarna — Sweden
- HRD² — UK
- IFA — DDR
- Indian — USA (1907-
- ISOMOTO — Italy
- Iver Johnson — USA (1907-1916)
- James — UK
- Jawa CZ — Czech Republic / Czechoslovakia
- Laurin & Klement — Austria (1905-
- Lefas — Greece (1982-2005)
- Lilac — Japan (1948-1969)
- Maico — West Germany
- Maratos — Greece (1920s)
- Marsh — USA (1899-1913)
- Ma — Japan
- Matchless — UK (1899-
- MEBEA — Greece (1960-1975)
- Mego — Greece (1962-1992)
- Megola — Germany
- Merkel — USA (1902-1915)
- MGC — France (1927-1932)
- Mobylette — France
- Mondial — Italy
- Monark — Sweden
- Morbidelli — Italy
- Morini — Italy
- Motor Hispania — Spain
- Munch — Germany (1966-1980)
- MuZ — Germany
- MV Agusta — Italy
- MZ — DDR
- New Hudson — UK
- Nimbus — Denmark (1920-1957)
- Norman — UK
- Norton — UK (1902-
- Nougier — France
- NSU — Germany
- OEC Commander — UK
- OSSA — Spain
- Palmelli — UK
- Panther — UK
- Pierce — USA (1909-1913)
- Pope — USA (1911-1918)
- Puch — Austria
- Reading Standard — USA (1903-1922)
- Rickman — UK
- Rikuo — Japan
- Rokon — USA
- Royal Enfield — UK - sub division continues in India
- Rudge-Whitworth — UK
- Sanglas — Spain
- Scott — UK
- Sears — USA (1912-1916) (1953-1963)
- SFM — Poland
- Simplex (Louisiana) — USA (1935-1960)
- Simson — DDR
- Sprite — UK
- Spryt — UK
- Sunbeam — UK
- SWM — Italy
- Tecnomoto — Italy
- Thor — USA (1907-1917)
- Tomos — Yugoslavia and the Netherlands
- Triumph¹ — UK (1902-
- Velocette — UK (1904-1968)
- Villiers — UK
- Vincent HRD² — UK (1928-
- Vincent (motorcycle)² — UK
- Waratah — Australia
- Werner — (1901-
- WFM — Poland
- Whizzer — USA (1930-1962)
- Wooler — UK (1911-1954)
- Yale (motorcycles) — USA
- Yankee — USA
- Zündapp Germany
Footnotes
1. The Triumph brand has had two distinct eras, one as Triumph Engineering Company, then under BSA at Meriden and the recent one as Triumph Motorcycles at Hinckley, with ten-years between the two.
2. See VincentMotors. In 1928, Phil Vincent bought HRD and changed the name to Vincent HRD. In 1949, Vincent HRD was renamed Vincent. Production of Vincent stopped in 1955. In 1994, Bernard Li acquired the rights to the Vincent trademark, and in 1996 formed Vincent Motors, USA. Vincent Motors, USA, made 5 prototype motorcycles in 2002.
3. Pronounced "Bruff".
4. See Norton Website. The Norton company closed in the UK in 1976. The company reopens in 1995 in Portland, Oregon USA manufacturing replacement parts and eventually new Norton models.
See also
List of scooter manufacturers
External links
- Cyber Motorcycle: an extensive listing of European motorcycle manufacturers
- Explore Luxury Motorbikes A catalogue of the websites of many luxury brand motorcycles
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