Orionette

Orionette AG für Motorfahrzeuge
Industry Automotive and motorcycle industry
Fate defunct
Founded 1921
Defunct 1925
Headquarters Industriehof Oranienstraße 6, Berlin, Germany
Key people
 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 129 cc (7.9 cu in), 137 cc (8.4 cu in), 148 cc (9.0 cu in) and 346 cc (21.1 cu in) 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

  1. ↑ Kurt Doogs (Berlin 1928). "Die Berliner Maschinen-Industrie und ihre Produktionsbedingungen seit ihrer Entstehung". Diss. TH. Check date values in: |date= (help);
  2. ↑ "Orionette". Motorrad Heft 10/1971 and Tragatsch, E. : The Ill. Encyclopedia of motorcycles. October 1971.
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