The famous pre-war Sokol 600. Its creator was inspired by British unicycles of the BSA brand. Photo: IKC/NAC
Sokół 1000, symbol polskiego, przedwojennego przemysłu był mieszanką rozwiązań amerykańskich. Fot. IKC/NAC
After the war, the engineering plans for the German DKW RT125 motorbikes were used in the production of almost all Polish unicycles. Photo: 1948: SHL ready for the road. Photo: PAP
Motorbikes model SHL M02 leave the factory on Minska Street in Warsaw for a test drive in the spring of 1948. Photo: PAP
An SHL M11 from 1961 as an exhibit at the NOT Museum of Technology and Industry in Warsaw. Photo: PAP/Tomasz Gzell
1974 WSK motorbikes starring at the national exhibition in Essen. Photo: PAP/Jakub Grelowski
WSK M06 B3 Bąk, WSK M21W2 Dudek, WSK M06 B3 Lelek, WSK M06 B3 Gil, WSK M21W2 Kobuz motorbikes produced by Wytwórnia Sprzętu Komunikacyjnego PZL-Świdnik (WSK PZL-Świdnik), on the car park at Polmozbyt. Photo: PAP/Jan Hausbrandt
"Junak M10" from the Szczecin Motorcycle Factory, produced in 1961, parked in Warsaw's Museum of Technology. Photo: PAP/Andrzej Rybczyński
'Junak' in a rally version. Photo: PAP/Anatol Weczer
Osa (Wasp) was selling in India. This one drove on the streets of Warsaw in the 1950s. Photo: PAP/CAF-ARCHIVE
Polish scooter WFM Osa (left) and Soviet motorbike IŻ-49 (right) on the Poniatowski Bridge in Warsaw, early 1960s. Photo by Zbyszko Siemaszko/ Photographic archive by Zbyszek Siemaszko /NAC
WFM Osa M52 scooter on Marszałkowska street in Warsaw in the 1970s. Photo: PAP/Afa Pixx/Irena Komar
In Communist Poland, 300,000 motorcycles were produced annually