Voskhod motorcycle

Voshod 3M

Voskhod (Восхо́д) is the name of several types of motorcycles produced at the Degtyarev plant in the Russian town of Kovrov since 1965.

All Voskhod motorcycles had a displacement of 175 cm³.

Between 1973 and 1979 Voskhod was one of the makes marketed by SATRA in the United Kingdom as Cossack motorcycles. ^[1]

The Voskhod was introduced in 1957. For many this was a luxury model of the Minsk (125cc) K-55. 'Voskhod' can be translated to 'Sunrise' in Russian. In 1964 the Voskhod was even made in a racing version. This is also the motorcycle that Dmitri Dvorkijn (Dimka) rides in the book written by Ken Follett "The Edge of Eternity - The Century Trilogy 3". He rides it when he is saving his sister Tanja in 1961. This is early on in the book. The Voskhod is presented here as a motorcycle for the privileged.

Sources

↑ "Cossack Motorcycles". RussianMotorcycles. Archived from the original on May 25, 2007. Retrieved 2006-12-18.

Major and notable Russian motorcycle marques

IMZ-Ural Izhmash ZiD

2. ZID-Voskhod from www.autosoviet.altervista.org

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