History Jean Hufkens initially worked at Gillet, but soon went bicycle sales in Hasselt. In 1927 he himself. When the company began to grow, his brothers, and Achille Henri Hubert, Gaston to join him. Jean and Achille reason matches with saroléa and Gillet Engines. The brothers Hufkens were soon dealer of Gillet Motorcycles. In 1931 the brothers started to produce self-motorcycles.

In fact, this is the first time that the company badge-engineering. That would be in the years happen often. The first Royal Nords were bicycles with a 100cc auxiliary motor and light 125cc motorcycles. All of Gillet and virtually indistinguishable. In 1933 followed a 175cc version.

In 1935 changed the company name NV Brothers Hufkens, but Hubert and Henri left the firm. After the Second World War, and in 1951 presented the production by Royal Nord motorised tandems and mopeds. In 1952, there were 125 and 150cc models-blocks from Gillet, Kim and ILO, in 1953 also a Kim of 175 cc. The Kim Taifun 400 was from 1954 as "Royal Nord 400" sold.

This machine was almost nice of ugliness, equipped with an excessive amount of sheet-metal work and huge fenders. However, most customers found him ugly of ugliness and the machine turned out to be virtually unsaleable. In 1955, the Kim 250 as Royal Nord. That looked a lot easier and the sale was therefore better. Mopeds Royal Nord-mopeds in the late 1950s, when the motorcycle sales already collapsed, founded Royal Nord is mainly focused on the production of mopeds.

We had by that one could look for a smooth design better to Italy and the mopeds seemed strongly on that of Itom. Royal Nord gave really smooth sports mopeds with the well-known 180°-fenders, but also "Use mopeds" with leggings to protect the driver against the weather.

They had their own 50cc motor blocks. The mopeds sold so well that even plants in the Belgian Congo (now Kinshasa) and Elisabeth City in Leopold City (now Lubumbashi) were set up. In addition, the now ailing Belgian brands FN and Gillet now Royal Nord-mopeds in license. 1960 was a bad year for Royal Nord.

Jean Hufkens crashed in a car accident, and in addition, the Belgian Congo independent, which result in a large part of the market fell. We tried with the production of lawn mowers keep their heads above water. The arrival of Honda moped on the Belgian market was a second hit. I sold Royal Nord - also in The Netherlands - more mopeds than one could produce, and that despite a relatively high price.

A major reason for the purchase was that a Royal Nord harder than the kreidlers of the Germans in large numbers in the week end from the Ruhr Area to the Eindhoven region. The importer for The Netherlands, as far as i know, the "Hump" raaymakers on the Provenciale Road in More Veldhoven. In 1967, the moped production, but the Royal Nord-bicycle trade in Hasselt. The shop was run by the brothers Freddy and Marc Hufkens.

One could still buy bicycles and mopeds, however not more of the brand Royal Nord. At the end of 2011 stopped the brothers with the affair, which would then be demolished.