European lightweight Motorized Bicycles

[Ludwig II]

Re: European lightweights

Silver or grey don't usually look right to me on a bike, but this has the style and proportions to carry it off.

 

[Ludwig II]

Re: European lightweights

Replica 1930s DKW racer

1929 100cc Jawa Robot (robot comes from the Czech, meaning worker)

Dutch 1919 154cc Snob

1932 CZ Kaktus 76cc

1920 DKW 1hp

 

[Ludwig II]

Re: European lightweights

Onoto, France, 1951 2 speed 50cc

1939 Scott Autocycle, 98cc

And something of unknown date at an English cyclemotor run
EDIT: JES, pictured further on at a different angle. Now you know as much as I do.

1932 onwards Adler, 98cc Fichtel & Sachs, Germany

 

[Ludwig II]

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1923 DKW Diana 125cc

1922 Zundapp Z22 211cc

Flying Monarch, early 1900s, England
http://www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/flying-monarch.htm

1909 Moto Reve 2.5hp, France

1902 Kerry 308cc, England

1922 Sun 1.5hp, England

 

[Ludwig II]

Re: European lightweights

1921 Velocette D2, England

1902 Triumph with 2.25hp Minerva engine, England frame, Belgium engine.

A contentious one. 1904 or 1905, and either a Chater Lea or a Triumph with what experts believe to be a German Fafnir engine

1904 Matchless with De Dion Bouton engine http://www.theimagefile.com/tx.aspx...70a08299dbd5e4af2fa25affdbcef6e17d.1350169044

1904 Aurora 250cc, Isle Of Man

 

[Ludwig II]

Re: European lightweights

EDIT. Riga 11. Listed as Jawa in an Estonian collection.

Riga 13, Latvia

1932 CZ, Kaktus 76?cc, Czechoslovakia

1952 Camille Daudon tandem with Ducati Cucciolo engine

NSU Quick, ladies model

 

[BarnstormCyclewerks]

Re: European lightweights

How do you find these!? great pics.

 

[Ludwig II]

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I'm a nerd.

 

[Ludwig II]

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1957 Mercury Mercette, pushrod 4 stroke 50cc, 2 speeds, neither marked "quick", England.

Wolf poster, 1909, England.

1910ish JES 142cc engine in unknown bicycle, England.

151 Eysink tandem (Holland) with VAP engine (France).

1952 Haza diesel moped (probably using a Lohmann engine?).
Edit: Haza was an East German copy of the Lohman, but 7cc bigger. What a stormer!

 

[Ludwig II]

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Itom friction drive unit, Italy.

Ducati Cucciolo 50cc PULLrod 4 stroke, Italy.

1938-9 Hercules Saxonette hub motor assembly, 60cc, Germany.

Motasacoche article: http://motorwheeling.wordpress.com/1903-motosacoche-iron-auxiliary-bicycle-engine/

BSA Winged Wheel, 1953, England.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sg2012/7586365612/

1954 VAP4, France.

1954 Riva Sport RSI-Monobloc 38cc, France.

 

[Ludwig II]

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1952 Britax Cucciolo, British frame etc, Italian engine

1947 Sun autocycle, England

1914 Wall Autowheel, ready to chase bike, England

1940s boardtracked Francis Barnett Autocycle, England

 

[Ludwig II]

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1901 Wearwell-Stevens, England

1926 Puch 220, Austria

1948-1951, Imme R100, Germany

1905 Fairy (ancestral to Douglas m/cs), England

1904 Humber, England

 

[killercanuck]

Re: European lightweights

Wow, love the look of the Imme R100! Talk about style ahead of its time for a 99cc '48-'51, wild.

 

[Ludwig II]

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Single sided suspension both ends, interchangeable wheels, and guess where the exhaust comes out of?

 

[Ludwig II]

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1953 Zundapp Combinette, 50cc, Germany

1948 DOT truck, England

Another 1948 DOT truck

1956 Rex, 50cc, Germany

1947-1949 Rieju No.1 (Spain), 38cc 2 speed Serwa friction drive (France)

 

[killercanuck]

Re: European lightweights

Single sided suspension both ends, interchangeable wheels, and guess where the exhaust comes out of?

That's wild. Took me a minute looking at a bigger pic to realize the whole engine pivots with the rear swing arm/exhaust too. Now if it only had pedals...

 

[Ludwig II]

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Your next mission, should you choose to accept it, is to work out how the Rieju 2 speeder engine unit worked.

 

[killercanuck]

Re: European lightweights

The Rieju/Serwa's cool too. Google found your other thread, and you already linked the blog about it

Its a cool concept, drive two rollers, and tilt the engine to change which roller is "active". Could work well for tire friction drive too, eh? Instead of driving a spoke mounted "friction ring"... very interesting.

Where rollers meet the rubber:

the "shifting"(tilting) mechanism:

Could start a new generation of 2-speed FD's if it catches on

 

[Ludwig II]

Re: European lightweights

I see it had soupapes en tete. Truly an advanced design.

 

[Ludwig II]

Re: European lightweights

1951 Wing Wheel on 1932 Gazelle bicycle, Holland

1951 Beumer, Holland

1959, Raleigh RM1C, England

No year, Zundapp Tricarro, Germany

1930s Moto Guzzi trike chassis