The
Puch
Puch () is a manufacturing company located in Graz, Austria. The company was founded in 1899 by the industrialist Johann Puch and produced automobiles, bicycles, mopeds, and motorcycles. It was a subsidiary of the large Steyr-Daimler-Puch conglo ...
250 SGS (Schwing-Gabel-Sport) is a
motorcycle
A motorcycle (motorbike, bike, or trike (if three-wheeled)) is a two or three-wheeled motor vehicle steered by a handlebar. Motorcycle design varies greatly to suit a range of different purposes: long-distance travel, commuting, cruising ...
that was manufactured by the
Austria
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Steyr Daimler Puch AG's
Puch
Puch () is a manufacturing company located in Graz, Austria. The company was founded in 1899 by the industrialist Johann Puch and produced automobiles, bicycles, mopeds, and motorcycles. It was a subsidiary of the large Steyr-Daimler-Puch conglo ...
division in Thondorf near
Graz
Graz (; sl, Gradec) is the capital city of the Austrian state of Styria and second-largest city in Austria after Vienna. As of 1 January 2021, it had a population of 331,562 (294,236 of whom had principal-residence status). In 2018, the popul ...
. The motorcycle is powered by a
split-single
In internal combustion engines, a split-single design is a type of two-stroke where two cylinders share a single combustion chamber.
The first production split-single engine was built in 1918 and the design was used on several motorcycles and ca ...
two-stroke engine (two pistons sharing a single combustion chamber). It was marketed in the United States by
Sears
Sears, Roebuck and Co. ( ), commonly known as Sears, is an American chain of department stores founded in 1892 by Richard Warren Sears and Alvah Curtis Roebuck and reincorporated in 1906 by Richard Sears and Julius Rosenwald, with what began a ...
as the "Allstate 250" or "Twingle", with the model number SR 250, and sold primarily via the
Sears catalog
Sears, Roebuck and Co. ( ), commonly known as Sears, is an American chain of department stores founded in 1892 by Richard Warren Sears and Alvah Curtis Roebuck and reincorporated in 1906 by Richard Sears and Julius Rosenwald, with what began a ...
.
It was a common "first motorcycle" for many riders.
A total of 38,584 Puch 250 SGS motorcycles were produced between its launch on October 1, 1953 and end of production in 1969, with its final year of sale in 1970.
See also
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Puch
Puch () is a manufacturing company located in Graz, Austria. The company was founded in 1899 by the industrialist Johann Puch and produced automobiles, bicycles, mopeds, and motorcycles. It was a subsidiary of the large Steyr-Daimler-Puch conglo ...
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Split-single
In internal combustion engines, a split-single design is a type of two-stroke where two cylinders share a single combustion chamber.
The first production split-single engine was built in 1918 and the design was used on several motorcycles and ca ...
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List of motorcycles by type of engine
List of motorcycles by type of engine is a list of motorcycles by the type of motorcycle engine used by the vehicle, such as by the number of cylinders or configuration.
A transverse engine is an engine mounted in a vehicle so that the engine's c ...
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Sears Dreadnought
Sears Dreadnought was a motorcycle sold by Sears in the 1910s. The motorcycle featured a V-twin made by Spacke. It was sourced from Spacke's cyclecar and had . This engine was also used by Dayton, Eagle, Minneapolis and Crawford. In addition to th ...
(1910s m. bike)
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List of motorcycles of the 1950s
This a listing of motorcycles of the 1950s, including those on sale, introduced, or otherwise relevant in this period.
* AJS 18 (1949-1963)
References
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Puch Klub Grieskirchen
250 SGS
Motorcycles introduced in 1953