Martin F. Schlögl's virtual oldtimer-museum
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Puch
Formerly the biggest Austrian motorbike-factory (Steyr-Daimler-Puch), founded 1899.The motorbike-section was purchased by the Italian Piaggio-Concern in 1987.
125SR - 125RL - 175SV - 250SG - Puch 500S
Puch 125SR
"Schwinge-Roller" ("swing-scooter") |
fabrication: 1959 displacement: 121 cm3 one-cylinder two-stroke performance: 5 HP (3,6 kW) at 5100 rpm max. speed: 75 km/h weight: 122 kg transmission: 3 speeds, left-hand twist grip |
| Restored 1990, but still (or again?) some rust. |  |
Puch 125RL
"Roller-Luxus" ("scooter-luxury")The 125R and the better equipped 125RL were the predecessors of the 125SR, just the same technical data.
I just have an unrestoreable wreck of it. No photos, sorry.
Puch 175SV
"Schwingarm-Vollnabenbremsen" ("swinging arm-full hub brakes") |
fabrication: 1956
displacement: 172 cm3
one-cylinder double-piston two-stroke
performance: 10 HP (7,3 kW) at 5800 rpm
max. speed: 95 km/h
weight: 119 kg
transmission: 4 speeds
The pictures were taken before and after restoring in 1995. |
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Puch 250SG
"Schwinggabel" ("swinging fork") |
fabrication: 1955
displacement: 248 cm3
one-cylinder double-piston two-stroke
performance: 13,8 HP (10,1 kW) at 5400 rpm
max. speed: 105 km/h
weight: 154 kg
transmission: 4 speeds
Restored by my father in 1998. |
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Duna OK2 sidecar
"Duna" ist the hungarian name for "Danube", Europe's second-longest river |
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| Duna sidecars were originally designed for hungarian Pannonia bikes. built from 1955 to 1975 not restored yet, but a lot of fun to drive it. |
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Puch 500S
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fabrication: 1972
displacement: 493 cm3
two-cylinder four-stroke
performance: 19.8 HP (14.5 kW) at 4600 rpm
max. speed: 105 km/h
weight: 520 kg
transmission: 4 speeds + Rev, not synchronized |
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the body licensed from Fiat, Puch developed it's own engine for the 500. Restoration started by my brother in 1999, but sold unfinished in 2002. |
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Puch's two-stroke double-piston engines
In 1923, after the first World War and the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian empire, the Italian engineer Giovanni Marcellino designed a two-stroke-engine with uniflow-scavenged split-single-cylinder and double-piston. An important feature is the leading exhaust- and the trailing inlet-piston, resulting in an asymmetric port timing.
The picture shows the older double-piston engine with a fixed fork-rod and a longitudinal bearing in the inlet piston, build from 1923 ("Puch LM") to 1949 ("Puch 125").
The later models, from 1949 ("Puch 125TS") up to 1970 ("Puch 250SG"), had a connecting rod hinged on the back of the other.
| Links to Puch: |
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| Puch Homepage |
| Puch Motorrad Stammtisch Grieskirchen |
| Amicale Puch (french site) |
| Puch parts |
| Links to Duna sidecars: |
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| OK Team Classic |
| Duna at ostmotorad.de |