Puch 250 SGS
250 SGS
The Puch 250 SGS (Schwing-Gabel-Sport) was a motorcycle manufactured by the Austrian Steyr Daimler Puch AG in Thondorf near Graz.
The motorcycle was powered by a split-single two-stroke engine (two pistons sharing a single combustion chamber). It was marketed in the US by Sears as the "Allstate 250" or "Twingle".
A total of 38,584 Puch 250 SGS motorcycles were produced between its launch on October 1, 1953 and the ending of manufacture in 1970.
Technical data
| Puch 250 SGS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Engine | aircooled two-stroke one-cylinder double piston | ||
| Cylinder capacity | 248 cm³ (15.1 in³) | ||
| Bore | 2 x 45 millimetres (2 x 1.8 in) | ||
| Stroke | 78 millimetres (3.1 in) | ||
| Performance | 16.5 horsepower (12.3 kW) @ 5800 rpm | ||
| Torque | 16.8 pound force-feet (2.32 kgf·m) @ 3300 rpm | ||
| High speed | 110 kilometres per hour (68 mph) | ||
| Fuel consumption | 30.3 kilometres per litre (71 mpg-US) | ||
| Fuel capacity | 13 litres (3.4 US gal) | ||
| Weight wet | 155 kilograms (342 lb) | ||
| permissible total weight | 342 kilograms (754 lb) | ||
See also
References
- Friedrich F. Ehn: Das große Puch-Buch. Weishaupt, Graz 1993, ISBN 3-900310-49-1 in German only
External links
- (German) Puch Klub Grieskirchen
- (German) RBO
- (German) Puch Wieser