Lohner 1950-1958
Lohner scooters had 98 and 123cc Rotax-Sachs and 198cc ILO engines.
Richard Lohner and Ing. Kauba designed their first scooter in 1949, which appeared as the L98 in 1950. By this time Kauba had left to join Kosty. The L98 was followed in 1953 by the L200 and L200S, the latter capable of just over 60 km/h. Sidecars were available, and there was a model which had the sidecar integral - that is, fixed to the body of the scooter.
1954 saw the arrival of the L125, which was to become their most famous and popular model, and in 1958 the L150 appeared, sporting a 4-speed gearbox and good for 85 km/h.
Sissy
The ILO-engined "Sissy" Mopedroller (moped-scooter) appeared in 1957 with a dual seat, dual shock absorbers and leading link forks. This was followed by the Sissy 60 (Sissy II), Sissy 61 (Sissy III), and he last of the Sissy models the Sissy S (Sissy IV), which appeared in 1963. The rather odd looking fuel tank fitted to many machines is actually a removable luggage compartment. The actual fuel tank is directly below the seat.
Lohner-Werke History
The company was founded in 1821 by Heinrich Lohner, the same year his son Jacob was born. Jacob Lohner became a world-renowned carriage manufacturer, specializing in luxury and ambulance carriages.
By 1868 "Jacob Lohner & Comp" was producing 300 to 500 wagons per annum, and in 1876 Lohner was the official supplier to the royal courts of Sweden, Norway, Romania and the Austrian Empire. Business boomed, and by 1873 the firm had produced 10,000 vehicles and was the horse-drawn carriage factory in the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy.
Jacob's son Ludwig Lohner (1858–1925) took over management. In 1892,
In 1897 Lohner began building petroleum-powered motor vehicles and later electric cars were mass-produced. Developed with the young engineer Ferdinand Porsche, the Lohner-Porsche was the sensation of the 1900 World's Fair in Paris.
In 1909 Ludwig Lohner turned his attention to aircraft manufacturing, becoming a leading figure in this field in Austria-Hungary. This ended following the Armistice in 1918.
Ludwig Lohner died in 1925.
The company built trams from 1926 for the next several years before closing down in 1934. After the Anschluss it started up again, and tram construction continued into the 1990s.
In 1959 they merged with the Rotax engine company to form Lohner-Rotax.
In January 1970 Bombardier of Canada acquired Lohnerwerke along with all the Rotax shares held by the Lohner family. Lohner-Rotax was renamed Bombardier-Rotax GmbH.
In 2010 Andreas Lohner re-established Lohnerwerke for the purpose of manufacturing two-wheeled vehicles. The catalogue included a scooter, and an E-bike was announced in late 2014, the Lohner Stroler. The venture failed and the company was liquidated in July 2022.
Notes. 1. It is not clear why the Lohner-Porsche logo featured an Isle of Man symbol.
Sources: Tragatsch, motomobil.at, mvca.at, de.wikipedia.org, et al.
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2017
ilias.karagiorgos at gmail.com
Restoration Lohner sissy
Hello from Greece! I found my grandfather's old scooter , which is a lohner sissy. I don't know the age and the year of the model. I can send you a photo of this scooter and you can help me if I can restorate. I want to ask if I can find used or new parts of this scooter or a book from his history. Please contact me for more details in my e-mail. Thank you..
Ilias karagiorgos
Athens Greece
Wed Jul 29 2009
alsenor at ggholidaydot com
my old Lohner 125
Lohner 125
you asked for it
Oregon, USA
.........
Well, I lived in Vienna when I had the Lohner.
BTW, I just looked at the HMW page (I had a HMW Supersport before the Lohner), and noticed my
very first Moped wasn't listed as a user of the Halleiner motor. It was a small bicycle builder in
my district of the city, by the name of Delta Gnom, who built a very sporty looking moped with HMW
motors. I had one in silver, with a tiny standard fairing on it, and a swing fork in front.
A.W.
Sun Sep 14 2008
Fri Sep 29 2006
vasmos at otenet.gr
looking for manufacturers colors
lohner sissy 2 mod:1960
I find this bike in a dump but somebody paint with a brush. you please
can send me a color photo. i wand see the colors i thing is two. thang you!!
Greece
Fri Jan 27 2006
peter.waschka at hotkey.net.au
Austrian Motorcycles
There was a company in Vienna, Lohner, who made scooters 125ccm
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