Brief History of the Marque: Heinkel
Heinkel was one of the great aircraft designers, responsible for some
of the best German fighters of WWII. In 1949 he designed his first scooter
but production did not begin until 1954 when the Tourist appeared, an advanced
design with electric start, 4-speed gearbox and 12 volt electrics. In 1956
he began building the Kabine, a two-seater three wheeled bubble car inspired
by the Italian ISO. The machine used the mechanicals of the Tourist with
a fully enclosed cabin and weight less than 250kg.
Heinkel made three versions of the four stroke 175cc single cylinder
scooter and named them A0, A1 and A2. The story goes that the four-stroke
engine was designed during the Second World War and was meant to propel
little tractors on airfields to supply bomberer planes with their load.
For a brief period Heinkel also produced a 150cc single two-stroke scooter.
This one never became as popular as the Tourist and is therefore very rare
today. Heinkel also started production of a 50cc moped. For the day
this was a very revolutionary two-wheeler because the frame was made out
of cast aluminium. Like the scooters it was rather expensive so it did
not become a commercial success.
Thanks to A.J. de Vries for the Heinkel Perle information
Wed Mar 11 2009
Odea.kevin
gmail.com
Heinkel tourist 103 A2 key
Heinkel tourist 103 A2
i bought a heinkel tourist 103 a2 a few years and i have started to
repair it now. the problem is that i have lost the key. i have moved houses
at least 4 times since i bought it. so the key could be anywhere. i was
wondering if anyone had any ideas?
cheers
ireland
Mon Oct 15 2007
muzzgbb.net.au
Heinkel Scooter
1953 Heinkel
I am thinking about selling my 1953 heinkel scooter complete but disassembled
I live in country NSW Australia does anyone know of any Australian buyers,
dealers etc?
Australia
Sun Oct 14 2007
heinkelnortenetcabo.pt
Heinkel Scooters
Look up www.heinkelnorte.pt.vu
They have a lot of useful information, manuals, fotos, etc.
Porto
Mon Sep 17 2007
al1957talktalk.net
heinkel tourist scooter
a2
desperatley looking for parts particularly front and rear lights indicators
and seat
yorkshire england
Fri Jul 13 2007
kwjacksonkwjackson.karoo.co.uk
Spare Parts Required
1958 Heinkel Tourist
Does anyone have a contact number in england for spare parts in particular
a new exhaust system
East Yorkshire
Thu Dec 21 2006
gp150and200
msn
eng and frame number where.
1962 heinkel
let me kknow where are the eng and frame number located in heinkel
tourist.
india
Sun Sep 24 2006
Ole.haavikteekay
Heinkel Tourist Scooter
1962
I had one Heinkel Tourist Scooter 1962, unfortunately I sold it, but
like to bay one back, can anybody help
Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2005
subject: Heinkel Tourist scooter
Email: bsmith564 at aol
message: Here in UK I owned a 1959 Tourist. Bought it in 1963 and rode
it for 3 years. Beautiful machine, completely reliable, pulled better two
up and with a petrol consumption of over 100 miles to the gallon. Wish
I still owned it. Recently returned to scootering after a break of 37 years
and now own a Honda 125 scooter. Never realised how quick off the mark
these twist and go scooters are.
February 18th 2005
SCHUCO HEINKEL ROLLER "TOURIST" 103 A 2 BEIWAGEN 06540 at Ebay.de
January 9, 2003
You wanted to know about them. A 1961 is located in Georgia,
USA and is for sale at a cycle shop phone (770)447-6945. They may
have some history. -- Henry -- Lengefeld6 at
aol
October 5, 2002
La firma Heinkel es alemana y construía ciclomotores y escuters
con motores propios de 150cc en una antigua factoría de aviación.
La gama consistía en escuters de 2T de 123cc de 4T de 175cc.
Extraído de la Enciclopedia De La Motocicleta. Saludos.
-- JAVIER -- javilan at wanadoo.es
June 25, 2002
Hi...a friend of mine has an old Heinkel motorcycle of 1949 still running.
Do you know where I can find any information??
Thanks in advance -- ptakis at hotmail
January 13, 2002
The bike you have pics of is a Touring scooter top speed about 65 mph
very good machine . Wish they still were in production. Rode many miles
on one. Good luck -- RKoch6713 at aol
May 27, 2001
CAN YOU HELP ME?
I need to know heinkel factory email and pieces shop to restory my
scooter henkel 103 A2.
thank you. -- José Manuel dos Santos Mendes
-- jose.santos.mendes at clix.pt
June 24, 2000
Hi,
I surfed the Internet and found you were looking for information about
Heinkel-scooters.
What do you want to know?? I am a member of Heinkelklub "De Kwakel"
in the Netherlands. Our club had a great homepage with all the info you
need! The address is: http://www.wigo62.freeler.nl/ [404]
I hope you find there the information you've hoped for. I myself am
the proud owner of a Heinkel Tourist 102 A-1 1955.
Bye! -- Carole Dreef -- carhar at wxs.nl
I noticed that your page did not have any Heinkel info. Here's
a few pics I found. -- Mark -- searsallstate
at yahoo
If you have a query about Heinkel scooters, or wish to share information
or images of these classic German machines, please contact
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