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Kreidler was a German manufacturer ofbicycles,mopeds andmotorcycles.
Kreidler was originally based inKornwestheim, betweenLudwigsburg andStuttgart. It was founded in 1903 as "Kreidlers Metall- und Drahtwerke" (Kreidlers metal and wire factory) by Anton Kreidler and started to build motorcycles in 1951. In 1959 one third of all German motorcycles were Kreidler. In the 1970s Kreidler had very great success in motorsport. Especially in the Netherlands the riders Jan de Vries andHenk van Kessel were successful.
Kreidler went out of business in 1982 and the rights to the trade mark were sold to the businessman Rudolf Scheidt who had Italian manufacturerGarelli Motorcycles make mopeds under the Kreidler name until 1988. The rights to the Kreidler brand were subsequently acquired by bicycle manufacturerProphete. Today the brand is used by Prophete's subsidiaryCycle Union GmbH based inOldenburg, Germany, where bikes are built and distributed to dealers mainly throughout Europe.[1]
Kreidler was active inGrand Prix motorcycle with great success in the 1970s and 1980s, scoring eight world champion titles in50 cc class:
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