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Scooters and mopeds.

Pic: a Zündapp Bella R-154 scooter.
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BMW C1-Motorroller (Superscooter).
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BMW C1 Executive scooter.
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Not sold in the US, unfortunately.
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Cezeta scooter.
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A 1960 ?ezet-502/00. Powered by a single cylinder two-stroke engine of 172 cc giving 9.5 hp and a top speed of 90 km/h. Total weight is 148 kg.
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A Cezeta scooter trike.
A Czech design from the 1950s to the 1960s.
Derided as being ugly as mortal sin, but some people loved it.
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Cezeta 505 three-wheeled vehicle, another swinging design from the Czech Republic.
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Another Cezeta 505 three-wheel
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Not as stylish as this Moto Guzzi Triking Cyclecar.
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All over in Japan. I never did look up what they were. Thanks for the ID.
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thx for posting these, saw one of those few days ago and was wondering what it was, looks beautiful
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You saw a Triking Cyclecar? Those are as rare as hen's teeth.
Triking are the UK based manufacturers of the 3-wheeled Triking Cyclecar. They are located in Marlingford, Norfolk.

Trikings are inspired by the 1930's Morgan 3 wheelers, and are essentially a modernised version of these. They are also in practice a cross between a sports car and a microcar.

Former Lotus employee Tony Divey built the first Triking in the late 1970s in response to being unable to acquire a Morgan.

The original Triking featured a steel spaceframe with an alloy panels and glass-fibre bonnet, and was powered by a Moto Guzzi V-twin motorcycle engine. This proved popular and production eventuated. In 1990 Divey redesigned the Cyclecar with a new tubular front end and a one piece glass-fibre "body".

An employee of Divey's, Alan Layzell, built his own supercharged Triking, giving prodigious performance.

Telegraph writer, Andrew English, commented of the Triking driving experience: "The intimacy is both profound, delightful and, for the claustrophobic, disturbing. Everything is so contiguous with the driver; you could have sex at a greater distance than this." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triking
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No trike thread would be complete without mention of the Messerschmitt Kabinenroller.

After World War II, the company was not allowed to produce aircraft. One alternative the company came up with was the three wheeled motorcycle/bubble car or Kabinenroller (cabin scooter) KR175 / KR200, which was designed by an aircraft engineer Fritz Fend.

The Messerschmitt Kabinenroller evolved from designs by engineer Fritz Fend, who had worked for Willy Messerschmitt's aircraft factory during World War II. They were built at that factory during a period when the victorious Allies proscribed any German airplane manufacture. The tiny cars kept Messerschmitt alive.

The cars were actually made by Fend's own company in the Messerschmitt works at Regensburg and Willy Messerschmitt had very little to do with the vehicles other than ruling that they carried his name. Production of the KR200 ceased in 1964.

Pic: Messerschmitt Kabinenroller in front of the Yacht club, Geneva, Switzerland.
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A 1957 Messerschmitt Kabinenroller KR 200 in Heidelberg.
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Yes, the same guys that made fighter planes in WW2, made those funny scooter buggies.

Pic: Messerschmitt Bf 109E4 Serial Number 3579 built by Arado Flugzeugwerke G.m.b.H Werk Warnemunde in 1939.
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They also made some unusual stuff, before the cabin scooter.
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It got around.

Pic: a Messerschmitt Bf 109 E-3 (Me 109) fighter aircraft as used by the Swiss Air Force, 1939-1948.
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Messerschmitt introduced the KR175 in 1954 which was subsequently replaced by a bigger engine KR200 in 1955. Here's its original specifications (in German).
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BMW Isetta 300 - Sliding Window 4 wheel LHD version.
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BMW Isetta 300 in Havana, Cuba.
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1957 BMW Isetta (300) with its characteristic single front-opening door in the open position.
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BMW 600, a small car based on the Isetta, made from 1957 to 1959.
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BMW Isetta, British registered LHD 3 wheel.
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BMW Isetta 250 3-wheel microcar.
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BMW Isetta 300 from 1959.
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More of the BMW Isetta 300 4-wheel microcar.
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Velam Isetta, a French production of the Italian ISO Isetta.
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FMR Mokuli Typ130 utility moped.
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Fram Clipper moped.
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A (German?) NSU-Quickly, bestselling moped of its time (1953), 980,000 sold.
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And a Riga moped.
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BUMP This thread is awesome.
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bump skooterz lol
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mopeds are like fat chicks. they're fun to ride, but you don't tell your friends about them.
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wat. They are awesome. I'd be proud to ride one
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Glad to see someone appreciated this thread.

Pic: Krupp-Motorroller, von Friedrich Krupp (Essen), 1919 bis 1922 produziert, Dies war der erste Motorroller in Deutschland. Technische Daten: Viertakt-Einzylinder-Verbrennungsmotor, 191 cm³ Hubraum, 1,3 kW (1,75 PS) Leistung, 35 km/h bauartbedingte max. Höchstgeschwindigkeit, 59,5 kg Leergewicht). Exponat im Deutschen Museum Verkehrszentrum, Halle III (Inv.-Nr. 68783)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scooter_(motorcycle)

I wonder if this is the same Krupp that made all those heavy munitions for Germany during WW 1 & 2. A long time ago, I read an interesting book, The Arms of Krupp. Recommended, but don't recall anything about scooter production.
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Another of the Krupp-Motorroller.
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Here's a (British?) two-fisted paratrooper scooter from WW2.
Don't laugh. These things were light enough to be dropped in mass with paratroopers to allow them speedy (sorta) travel down roads, behind enemy lines.
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nice thread guys, and sweet ride there. there's some old scooters putting around the countryside here in the Czech Republic, will have to start getting some pics to share.
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The ultimate battle scooter is the old Italian Vespa 150 ACMATAP developed for the French paras in 1957, mounting a US M20 75mm anti-tank recoilless rifle. The French license-built this Italian Vespa and named it the AMCA Troupes Aeról Portées Mle. 56.

I would pay money to see someone tool around with this and fire her 75mm recoilless rifle at a tank.
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You still see the old and unusual ?ezet scooters in the Czech Republic?

Pic: Triumph Tina Scooter.
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still see LOTS of old autos / scooters on the roads here. I live in Prague, so it's not too common around where I live - but take a trip 50 Km outside of the center and you'll see all kinds of old oddities :-) The median income over here is less than 1,000 USD per month so they tend to run things until they fall completely apart (and then some).
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Here's a Cushman Husky.
They made scooters for the US Army during WW2.
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Great, hope to see some pictures, soon.

Pic: more of the Cushman Husky scooter.
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Fuji Touring 150 scooter.
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Glas Goggo Roller scooter with sidecar.
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Or maybe this is another war scooter with a torpedo.
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Heinkel Motorroller.
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Heinkel Tourist, Typ 103 A0, Baujahr 1956.
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Heinkel Tourist 175, Bj. 1956.
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Honda Cub C70 scooter.

They sold a few cub scooters, back in the 60s & 70s.
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Honda TRAIL110 CT110 Hunter Cub scooter.
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Honda SuperCub Japanese Postal Version scooter.
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Honda Wave 125 S scooter (underbone) 2007 model, made in Thailand.
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Honda Hobbit scooter.

Really good gas mileage (90 or 100 miles per gallon)
Agonizingly slow (25 or 30 mph).
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Troll-1 1964 Stadtroller.
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Innocenti Lambretta 125 C del 1951 scooter.
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Innocenti Lambretta 125 D del 1952 scooter.
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Simson Schwalbe (KR 51/2) scooter.
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Suzuki GEMMA (2007 Tokyo Motor Show concept model) scooter.
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Suzuki Burgman 400 scooter.
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Vespa VBA 1959 scooter.

Took this long to get to the Vespa.
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Vespa Primavera, with a 125cc engine.
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Vespa scooter with a Cozy sidecar.

I think I'm done, now.
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saw one of these at a car museum in Las Vegas - was in the back of one of the casinos on the strip... and it was for sale (as were all the cars on display)... don't recall the price but it was sky high...
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lets talk something here. how is fuel economy on these machines when you are at near highest speeds that they are capable of ex (45-55) maybe more mph? Its kinda like my fathers corvette gets better mileage on the highway than my s2000. something about the revs being lower and not working as hard ehhh. I dunno. Any thoughts? thanks.