Cock van der Windt has a museum of sports mopeds in the Netherlands and has sent us these photos of a selection of machines from his collection.
Restoration in progress on an Alpino T48 4T four-stroke
Studio photo of the finished Alpino T48 4T four-stroke
Avada Super Sport with headlamp fairing. Avada mopeds came from Alphen a/d Rijn and the name is derived from that of the company's owner: A VAn DAm.
Avaros Ultra Sport. Avaros (or Avros,as a number of earlier nachines were branded), like a number of Dutch marque names, is derived from the founder's name: Ad VAn ROSsum. The company was based in Dordrecht. Like most Avaros machines, the Ultra Sport is powered by a Flandria engine.
Berini M21 Sport. Perhaps the least sporting of Berini's sports-styled mopeds, since it was powered by the single-speed M21 engine.
Ducbock Sandrino four-stroke. Ducbock machines came from the firm of Gé van Bockel in Rotterdam ans were powered by Ducati engines. The name is a contraction of DUCati and van BOCKel.
Restored Ducbock Sandrino four-stroke.
Magneet Cheetah 601 in the museum.
Studio photo of the Magneet Cheetah 601
Superia Fullspeed. Superia was a counterpart to Flandria and, while Flandria machines had their own engines, Superia used proprietary engines: Sachs, Victoria and Pluvier. The Fullspeeed was a Sachs-powered equivalent to the Flandria Record.
Testi Weekend Cross
Yamaha FS1 ... four-stroke
Zündler. This special is constructed from Zündapp and Kreidler parts. As well as being a contraction of ZÜNapp and KreiDLER, Zündler is also German for firebrand.
Zündler on display at Vehikel in Rosmalen.
Published January 2013
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