Cars and bikes I’ve come across in my travels

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I was in the South of France last week and saw a tiny boxy car that sounded like it had a Briggs & Stratton engine with a tiny bore exhaust- looked like a sixth form project but was obviously mass produced, couldn’t get a picture of it in time. My son tells me it is a car for people returning to driving after being banned for drunk driving! I think the car I saw was1712082725582.jpeg
 
Exmoor beast said:
I was in the South of France last week and saw a tiny boxy car that sounded like it had a Briggs & Stratton engine with a tiny bore exhaust- looked like a sixth form project but was obviously mass produced, couldn’t get a picture of it in time. My son tells me it is a car for people returning to driving after being banned for drunk driving! I think the car I saw wasView attachment 89165
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Axiam car. Yes, for those who can not otherwise have a full license for a number of reasons. Not allowed on motorways etc. Can also be driven by under age drivers in Spain but I forget the specifics on that one.
 
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Yet another of these tough little Simson bikes. Spotted closed to the Dutch German border yesterday.
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Very much a Cold War C90- Classic German scooter, bigger wheels, foot change and low headlight. My favourite is the Heinkel “ a motorcycle dressed as a scooter” which just about sums it up. East Germany must have been hazy with two stroke with these and Trabants putting about!
 
Exmoor beast said:
Very much a Cold War C90- Classic German scooter, bigger wheels, foot change and low headlight. My favourite is the Heinkel “ a motorcycle dressed as a scooter” which just about sums it up. East Germany must have been hazy with two stroke with these and Trabants putting about!
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Your post leaves the impression the Heinkel scooter was an east german product. Not so.. Heinkel scooters were built in Stuttgart from 1953-64, next door to Mercedes, and later, to Porsche. Heinkels were driven by a quite simple but rugged (almost bullet-proof!) 4-stroke, 2-strokes were offered from 1962.

Heinkels were very advanced for the period, equipped with electric starting, indicators and 12 volt electrics from 1955. But still very much a scooter. I spent quite some time dabbling with them, a friend is the founder of the Heinkel Club of Germany.

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Exmoor beast said:
I was in the South of France last week and saw a tiny boxy car that sounded like it had a Briggs & Stratton engine with a tiny bore exhaust- looked like a sixth form project but was obviously mass produced, couldn’t get a picture of it in time. My son tells me it is a car for people returning to driving after being banned for drunk driving! I think the car I saw wasView attachment 89165
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It's a small car that can be driven without a license. Single cylinder diesel, limited to 45 km/h.
They cost a fortune, around €15 000.
Nowadays, the rage is the small Citroën electric, particularly fashionable with college kids.

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sfcpiet said:
Your post leaves the impression the Heinkel scooter was an east german product. Not so.. Heinkel scooters were built in Stuttgart from 1953-64, next door to Mercedes, and later, to Porsche. Heinkels were driven by a quite simple but rugged (almost bullet-proof!) 4-stroke, 2-strokes were offered from 1962.

Heinkels were very advanced for the period, equipped with electric starting, indicators and 12 volt electrics from 1955. But still very much a scooter. I spent quite some time dabbling with them, a friend is the founder of the Heinkel Club of Germany.

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Didn’t mean to give you that impression as German scooters are a passion of mine. This is my KTM/ Hercules withe the characteristic 12” wheels, low headlamp and foot change. Heinkels were a luxury touring scooter that set the benchmark, like the Maicoletta very much dressed up motorcycles. I had a Maico Taifun at one time as well.
 

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KTM is Austrian. If you want a 2 stroke scooter without the weird Vespa handling, Zündapp Bella is the choice!
 
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