TEI #27 - Scooters! - SOLVED

[Tom_I]

PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING CAREFULLY:

In this puzzle each AutoPuzzles member is allowed only one ID attempt per day.

Once you post an ID attempt, you must wait 24 hours from the time stamp on that post until you make your next ID attempt. Multiple guesses within a 24 hour span will result in the second and any subsequent guesses being deleted.

This is to allow members in different time zones to have a fair crack at the puzzle, and ensure that anyone with "specialist knowledge" does not hijack the whole puzzle.

So on to the puzzle. I've never been a big fan of two-wheeled vehicles, but I have a soft spot for scooters. At the age of 16, the first motorised vehicle I ever bought was a semi-derelict Lambretta Li 2, which I restored to working condition.

So here are 18 scooters for you to identify. Make and model will earn you a point, though you make also like to give an approximate year of manufacture. Any further information is always appreciated.

Points will be awarded at the end when the puzzle is solved.

Have fun, and remember - only one ID attempt per day.

[Tom_I]

The correct answers will be posted here:-

Scooter #1 - Dürkopp Diana (hondast)
Scooter #2 - BSA Sunbeam (sixtee5cuda)
Scooter #3 - DKR Defiant (thorax)
Scooter #4 - Iso Diva (hondast)
Scooter #5 - Triumph/TWN (Triumph Werke Nürnberg) Contessa (grobmotorix)
Scooter #6 - Guizzo 150 (Craig Gillingham)
Scooter #7 - Excelsior Monarch Mk II (Wendax)
Scooter #8 - Sun Wasp (thorax)
Scooter #9 - Manurhin Hobby/MR75/Concord (according to country of sale) (Craig Gillingham)
Scooter #10 - Phoenix 150 (thorax)
Scooter #11 - Glas Goggo (hondast)
Scooter #12 - Raleigh Roma (Wendax)
Scooter #13 - NSU Prima (hondast)
Scooter #14 - Puch SR/SRA (Craig Gillingham)
Scooter #15 - Cyclemaster Piatti (Craig Gillingham)
Scooter #16 - Dayton Albatross (thorax)
Scooter #17 - Maico Maicoletta (Craig Gillingham)
Scooter #18 - James 150 (Wendax)

[Otto Puzzell]

 

[Allemano]

Though it's not my favourite subject a very nicely selected puzzle!

[Tom_I]

Experts?

[sixtee5cuda]

#2 is a BSA Sunbeam.  Made between 1959 and 1965, also known as the Triumph Tigress

[Tom_I]

The first correct answer! Well done.

[Craig Gillingham]

#9 is a DKW Hobby

[Tom_I]

You are very close. It does look like a DKW Hobby, but it is a later development, made in a different country under a different name.

#9 is locked for you to find the name. You do not have to wait the 24 hours - you can reply straight away.

[Craig Gillingham]

You are very close. It does look like a DKW Hobby, but it is a later development, made in a different country under a different name.

#9 is locked for you to find the name. You do not have to wait the 24 hours - you can reply straight away.

Could it be a French Manurhin?

[Tom_I]

Yes, that's it.

The DKW had a continuously variable belt drive transmission with a manually operated clutch. The Manurhin development added an automated clutch, making it the first scooter (I think) with a fully automated transmission, very much the norm these days.

[hondast]

13 NSU Prima?

[Tom_I]

Yes, that's right.

[thorax]

# 3 : DKR De Luxe Defiant 200 cc

[Tom_I]

Yes, that's the one!

[thorax]

sorry but I have to wait 24 hr to solve another puzzle?

[Tom_I]

Yes, 24 hours after the time stamp on your reply #13.

[Craig Gillingham]

#14 is a Puch 125SR.

[Tom_I]

To be honest, I am more than a little hazy about the model designations of Puch scooters. There's the SR, and SRA (which I think adds an electric starter), and engines of 125 or 150 cc. And are they all called Alpines, or is that a particular model?

Anyway, you are right, and if anyone has definitive knowledge about the various models, I would be interested to know...

[Craig Gillingham]

There's the SR, and SRA (which I think adds an electric starter), and engines of 125 or 150 cc. And are they all called Alpines, or is that a particular model?

I honestly don't know, I knew it was a Puch, and just guessed it was a 125SR.

[hondast]

11 Glas Goggo Roller?

[Tom_I]

Yes, that's right. A very distinctive scooter.

[thorax]

# 8: Sun Wasp "Scooter de Luxe" 175 cc

[Tom_I]

Correct!

Made by the Sun Cycle & Fitting Company of Birmingham, UK, better known for making pedal cycles.

[Tom_I]

Open to everyone now, but please note, only one ID attempt per 24 hours.