EML Sidecars
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The EML Sidecars company, short EML, is a Dutch
Sidecarcross
and Quad
frame manufacturer, having won numerous worldchampionships
in this sport.
EML stands for Einmalig, meaning unique.
, completely new frames for motorcycles that originally were not very well suited to be combined with a sidecar. Winkelhuis later sold his company to conentrate on W-Tec and his Quad production but presented a somewhat revolutionary sidecarcross in 2001. He was however unable to pursue this project because of illness and died in May 2007.
EML suffered also a bankruptcy in 1993, but managed to resume activities after a brief suspension of all activities.
The motocross part of the company is now owned by Alex Brusselers and Jan op t Hoog, who, in cooperation with EML-W-Tec, aim to return the name to sidecarcross success once more. In the 2009
season however, no team in the sidecarcross world championship used an EML frame.
EML-W-Tec nowadays produces road bikes, sidecars and trikes.
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
Sidecarcross
Sidecarcross
Sidecar-cross racing, also known as sidecar motocross, is very similar to regular, solo motocross but with a different type of motorcycle chassis, and with a team of two people riding together instead of one, a driver and a passenger. While not confirmed most articles seem to show Sidecarcross...
and Quad
All-terrain vehicle
An all-terrain vehicle , also known as a quad, quad bike, three wheeler, or four wheeler, is defined by the American National Standards Institute as a vehicle that travels on low pressure tires, with a seat that is straddled by the operator, along with handlebars for steering control...
frame manufacturer, having won numerous worldchampionships
Sidecarcross world championship
The Sidecar Motocross World Championship is an annual event, organised by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme , held since 1980. Previous to that, a European competition was held from 1971 onwards....
in this sport.
EML stands for Einmalig, meaning unique.
History
The company was formed by Hennie Winkelhuis in 1972. He built, in his factory in NeedeNeede
Neede is a former municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands.On 1 January 2005 the municipality of Neede merged with the municipalities of Eibergen, Borculo and Ruurlo into the municipality of Berkelland.- Population centres :...
, completely new frames for motorcycles that originally were not very well suited to be combined with a sidecar. Winkelhuis later sold his company to conentrate on W-Tec and his Quad production but presented a somewhat revolutionary sidecarcross in 2001. He was however unable to pursue this project because of illness and died in May 2007.
EML suffered also a bankruptcy in 1993, but managed to resume activities after a brief suspension of all activities.
The motocross part of the company is now owned by Alex Brusselers and Jan op t Hoog, who, in cooperation with EML-W-Tec, aim to return the name to sidecarcross success once more. In the 2009
2009 Sidecarcross world championship
The 2009 FIM Sidecarcross world championship, the 30th edition of the competition, started on 29 March and finished after thirteen race weekends on 13 September 2009....
season however, no team in the sidecarcross world championship used an EML frame.
EML-W-Tec nowadays produces road bikes, sidecars and trikes.
Sidecarcross world championships
EML's most successful time was in the 1980s and early 1990s, when a number of teams won world championships with their products:- Emil Bollhalder / Roland Bollhalder - YamahaYamaha Motor Company, is a Japanese motorized vehicle-producing company. Yamaha Motor is part of Yamaha Corporation and its headquarter is located in Iwata, Shizuoka. Along with expanding Yamaha Corporation into the world's biggest piano maker, then Yamaha CEO Genichi Kawakami took Yamaha into the field of motorized...
-EML - 1979, 1982–83 - Hansi Bächtold / Fritz Fuß - EML/Jumbo-EML - 1984-87
- Benny Janssen / Tiny Janssen - HondaHondais a Japanese public multinational corporation primarily known as a manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles.Honda has been the world's largest motorcycle manufacturer since 1959, as well as the world's largest manufacturer of internal combustion engines measured by volume, producing more than...
-EML - 1990 - Eimbert TimmermansEimbert TimmermansEimbert Timmermans is a retired Dutch sidecarcross rider and double World Champion.He has also won the Dutch national sidecarcross championship four times, in 1986, 1989, 1990 and 1992...
/ Eric VerhagenEric VerhagenEric Verhagen is a retired Dutch sidecarcross passenger and double World Champion.He has also won the Dutch national sidecarcross championship four times, in 1986, 1989, 1990 and 1992...
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-EML - 1991-92 - Kristers SergisKristers SergisKristers Serģis is a retired Latvian sidecarcross rider and five times World Champion.Kristers Serģis came to the sidecarcross sport through his father, himself a rider in the days of the Soviet Union. He made it possible for his son to take up the sport after Latvian independence in 1990...
/ Artis RasmanisArtis RasmanisArtis Rasmanis is a retired Latvian sidecarcross passenger and five times World Champion.Rasmanis was part of the most successful partnership in sidecarcross world championship history, winning five titles with his driver Kristers Serģis. He retired from international sidecar competition after...
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-EML - 1997