Orionette
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| Industry | Automotive and motorcycle industry |
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| Fate | defunct |
| Founded | 1921 |
| Defunct | 1925 |
| Headquarters | Industriehof Oranienstraße 6, Berlin, Germany |
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Key people
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Engelbert Zaschka (Chief Engineer) |
| Products | motorcycles, bicycle auxiliary engines |
Orionette is a historic German motorcycle brand.
The Orionette AG für Motorfahrzeuge (also: Orion AG für Motorfahrzeuge) was a German motorcycle manufacturer. The company was founded in 1921. The company's headquarters was the Industriehof Oranienstraße 6 in Berlin-Kreuzberg. There was also the serial production of the Orionette. It was one of the most important companies in the automotive and motorcycle industry in Berlin.[1]
The company built a range of 129cc, 137cc, 148cc and 346cc two-stroke machines with mainly unitdesign engines and two or three-speed gearboxes. The design department, headed by Engelbert Zaschka, also produced some interesting unorthodox designs. Unfortunately the very desmodromic lay-out of this interesting two-stroke engine still remains secret. It is called system Zaschka.[2]
At last later sales declined and in 1925 the company went bankrupt and closed.
References
External links
- Orionette
- ORIONETTE, MOTORETTE - GTÜ - Oldtimerservice (German)
- The Long History of Reverse-Cylinder Engine Designs - motocrossactionmag.com
