I was walking out of a salvage yard (pics of that later) on Monday and I see a guy across the street wheeling a bike out to the road and put a sign on it. I recognized it immediately and walked over to check it out. He saw the '70 Yamaha DS-6 on my trailer, checked it out while I was in the junkyard and remembered he meant to bring this out front and sell it. Well I had to have it so I loaded it up and took it home. It's a '66 Puch SGS250. Hooked up a battery charger to it, cleaned out the petcock, added some fresh gas, and it fired up. Took it for a spin around the neighborhood and it seems to run very good. The sticker on the front fender is says Seneca Army Depot 1967.
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The crazy chopper based on one of these Puch 175/250 bikes. This one was a show piece from the '60s that was found in a falling down barn. The engine? Locked up of course, but I have had it moving so there is hope. This one was originally a Scrambler, which is very rare and worth lots of dough in nice condition. I've seen one go for close to $7k. This one is a keeper because it's just so unique.
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Puch. Were they made in Germany or Italy? It's a cool looking bike.
Somewhere here in my computer I have a crappy picture of a really cool barn find motorbike I saw one day. This hate inducing guy found a Vincent Blackshadow and was hauling around in the back of his pickup while running errands all day.BS'er formally known as Rebeldryver
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Originally posted by RebeldryverPuch. Were they made in Germany or Italy?
I have some buddys that have restored several Puchs.Mostly 175 and 125.
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Originally posted by BlazerteamOriginally posted by RebeldryverPuch. Were they made in Germany or Italy?
I have some buddys that have restored several Puchs.Mostly 175 and 125.
The SGS 250 is fairly rare, so it's worth more, sometimes reaching $4000 for a mint example. I paid a few hundred for this one despite it's condition because it wasn't locked up. Now that it's rideable it would probably bring $750-1000 but I'm keeping it.
The engine on these bikes is a 2 stroke known as a split single or "twingle" It has a single combustion chamber, and two pistons on a Y-shaped connecting rod. It is a design that was in use from the '20s up through the '70s.
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Nice score. 8)
That Puch bears a strong similarity to my '65 Ducati 250. Is it possible they shared a designer, or did one company bootleg the others' designs?
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Back in the mid 70s, I used to see some Puch bikes on the mx track and in the woods. Back then, it was Husky, Maico, CZ/Jawa, Bultaco, Ossa, CanAm, Honda, Yam and Kaw. The Huskys had the power and the Maicos handled. The Puch bikes had pretty distinctive cylinder and head fins. Am I imagining things or did Puch had a twin carb MX bike?
Never saw a Puch motorcycle on the road. Plenty of mopeds but never a road bike.
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Originally posted by STINEYThat Puch bears a strong similarity to my '65 Ducati 250. Is it possible they shared a designer, or did one company bootleg the others' designs?
My dad had a couple of those Ducati 250s back when they were not very old.
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