Brief History of the Marque: Lion Rapide
Built by Steveninck & Sons of Aalst in Flanders, who also made bicycles
and (possibly) later made Salira motorcycles.
Some models were equipped with JLO engines.
Wed Oct 31 2007
mit.scorpio<at>skynet.be
lion rapide 98cc 1949
je vous envoi la photos de ma lion rapide , moteur villiers MK1F 98cc
belgique
Fri Dec 29 2006
alicia.belaire
tele2.be
demande de renseignement lion-rapide 1954 (jlo 250cc)
bonjour ,je possède une lion-rapide de1954 équipée
d un moteur jlo de 250cc de cylindre la moto est complète
et je désirerais la restaurée j aimerais trouver
une photo de l emblème lion-rapide ainsi que des adresse pour
refaire le chrome du pot d échappement et du guidon ,merci
de bien vouloir m aider bien a vous DELLA TORRE OLIVIER
huy (belgique)
Rough Translation: I have a 1954 Lion-Rapide with a
250cc JLO engine which I wish to restore. I'd like to find a photo of the
Lion-Rapide emblem and an address for someone who will rechrome the handlebars
[and something else]. Many thanks.
Tue May 09 2006
drpoczik.szilveszterchello.hu
LION RAPIDE engine without skeleton
Dear Friends!
I have an old friend who is dealing with collection and reconstruction
of old motorcycles. Now he has got an engine block and supposes it must
be the block of a LION RAPIDE or LION ROUGE produced in Belgium in period
around 1930 but he is not sure. Attached: some photos of the engine. Could
you please help us to identify the engine and the skeleton that belonged
to the engine originally? The next question is if such a skeleton without
engine could be bought anywhere or there is any other way to unify the
engine with the proper skeleton.
Best regards,
Szilveszter Póczik
Budapest, Hungary
Wed Sep 28 2005
johny.lambrechtspandora.be
Lion Rapide
Dear, I send you a picture of a 1950 Lion Rapide with 200 cc
Villier engine for completing your collection
Mon Aug 22 2005
RM2chello.be
Lion Rapide2
Belgian Motorcycle Factory : Steveninck & Sons ( Aalst in
Belgium )
"Lion Rapide" : from 1936 - until 1953
Assembled machines with 98cc to 247cc Villiers and Ilo 2 stroke
engines
and also some machines with the 347cc FN engine.
If you have a query about Lion Rapide Motorcycles, or wish to share
your knowledge of these classic Belgian machines, please contact
us!
