Subsequently, the company developed several new smaller models, discontinued the development of four-stroke engines and only produced two-stroke models.

It brought Saab to San Francisco before that Swedish carmaker was ready to support an official dealership by acquiring two-stroke models in Denver.

During the 1950s, 1960s and the better part of the 1970s, the company manufactured motorcycles with two-stroke engines only, the biggest two-stroke model being the water-cooled triple-cylinder GT750.

The two-stroke models used German JLO engines.

That is important if the machine will be stored in a heated area or if the engine is a two-stroke model.

Initial production was of a 98 cc two-stroke model that was confiscated from the German firm Wanderer as reparations.

The engine in the original two-stroke model is sourced from Yamaha.

A range of relatively successful two-stroke models were produced throughout the 1960s, notably the DMW Dolomite.

The 250 cc four-stroke model was discontinued in 1964, the 175 cc two-stroke model in 1965.

The company revised production in 2007 and now selling two-stroke and four-stroke models.