On The Pegs January 2018 - Volume 3 - Issue 1 | Page 33

On The Pegs
Vol. 3 Issue 1 - January 2018
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BERNIE SCHREIBER’S TWO-WHEEL
DRIVE SWM
Think Rokon and
Christini were the
only motorcycles to
come up with a two-
wheel drive design?
Here’s 1979 FIM World
Trials Champ Bernie
Schreiber sitting on a
prototype 1982 SWM
converted to two-
wheel drive.
According to Bernie,
the bike never made
it into production
because it didn’t pass
FIM rules, which calls
for a rear-wheel drive
system only.
As far as how it
handled, Bernie says
it was “very strange”.
PHOTO COURTESY SCHREIBER