One of Germany’s foremost aircraft manufacturers, Heinkel turned to the production of scooters and ‘bubble cars’ after WW2, one of its most successful two-wheeled ventures being the Tourist scooter. The Tourist was a common sight on German roads during the 1950s, even the police used them, and such was Heinkel’s faith in their product that it offered gold plaques to owners whose machines passed the 100,000 kilometres mark. Unlike its major Italian rivals, which were two-stroke powered, the Tourist used a 150cc overhead-valve four-stroke engine developing 7.2bhp. The original Tourist 101 was superseded by the 175cc models 102 and 103, whose engine was also used in the ‘cabin scooter’ bubble car. With 9.2bhp on tap, the larger Tourists were good for a top speed of around 57mph. This most elegant of German-built scooters was acquired by Professor Ehn in 1972 but because of some minor faults was never ridden. Kept in storage since acquisition, the machine is offered with original owner’s manual and Austrian Einzelgenehmigung.
One of Germany’s foremost aircraft manufacturers, Heinkel turned to the production of scooters and ‘bubble cars’ after WW2, one of its most successful two-wheeled ventures being the Tourist scooter. The Tourist was a common sight on German roads during the 1950s, even the police used them, and such was Heinkel’s faith in their product that it offered gold plaques to owners whose machines passed the 100,000 kilometres mark. Unlike its major Italian rivals, which were two-stroke powered, the Tourist used a 150cc overhead-valve four-stroke engine developing 7.2bhp. The original Tourist 101 was superseded by the 175cc models 102 and 103, whose engine was also used in the ‘cabin scooter’ bubble car. With 9.2bhp on tap, the larger Tourists were good for a top speed of around 57mph. This most elegant of German-built scooters was acquired by Professor Ehn in 1972 but because of some minor faults was never ridden. Kept in storage since acquisition, the machine is offered with original owner’s manual and Austrian Einzelgenehmigung.
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