Lion Rapide Motorcycles

Made in Belgium
from 1936 to 1953

A Brief History of the Marque

Built by Steveninck & Sons of Aalst in Flanders, who also made bicycles and built Salira motorcycles. Some models were equipped with JLO engines.

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Wed Oct 31 2007
mit.scorpio at skynet.be
lion rapide 98cc 1949
je vous envoi la photos de ma lion rapide , moteur villiers MK1F 98cc
belgique

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Fri Dec 29 2006
alicia.belaire at tele2.be
demande de renseignement lion-rapide 1954 (jlo 250cc)
bonjour ,je possède une lion-rapide de1954 équipée d un moteur jlo de 250cc de cylindre la moto est complète et je désirerais la restaurée j aimerais trouver une photo de l emblème lion-rapide ainsi que des adresse pour refaire le chrome du pot d échappement et du guidon ,merci de bien vouloir m aider bien a vous DELLA TORRE OLIVIER
huy (belgique)

Rough Translation: I have a 1954 Lion-Rapide with a 250cc JLO engine which I wish to restore. I'd like to find a photo of the Lion-Rapide emblem and an address for someone who will rechrome the handlebars [and something else]. Many thanks.

Lion Rapide 1954 Tank

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Tue May 09 2006
drpoczik.szilveszter at chello.hu
LION RAPIDE engine without skeleton

Dear Friends!

I have an old friend who is dealing with collection and reconstruction of old motorcycles. Now he has got an engine block and supposes it must be the block of a LION RAPIDE or LION ROUGE produced in Belgium in period around 1930 but he is not sure. Attached: some photos of the engine. Could you please help us to identify the engine and the skeleton that belonged to the engine originally? The next question is if such a skeleton without engine could be bought anywhere or there is any other way to unify the engine with the proper skeleton.

Best regards,

Szilveszter Póczik
Budapest, Hungary

Lion Rapide Engine

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Wed Sep 28 2005
johny.lambrechts at pandora.be
Lion Rapide
Dear, I send you a picture of a 1950 Lion Rapide with 200 cc Villier engine for completing your collection
 

Lion Rapide 1950 Villiers

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Mon Aug 22 2005
RM2 at chello.be
Lion Rapide2

Belgian Motorcycle Factory : Steveninck & Sons ( Aalst in Belgium )

"Lion Rapide" : from 1936 - until 1953 
Assembled machines with 98cc to 247cc Villiers and Ilo 2 stroke engines 
and also some machines with the 347cc FN engine.

Lion Rapide with FN engine, RHS

Lion Rapide with FN engine

Lion Rapide with JLO 250cc engine, 1953

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