Orionette

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]

Orionette AG für Motorfahrzeuge
IndustryAutomotive and motorcycle industry
Fatedefunct
Founded1921
Defunct1925
HeadquartersIndustriehof Oranienstraße 6,
Berlin
,
Germany
Key people
Engelbert Zaschka (Chief Engineer)
Productsmotorcycles, bicycle auxiliary engines

Orionette is a historic German motorcycle brand.

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. Doogs, Kurt (1928). Die Berliner maschinen-industrie und ihre produktionsbedingungen seit ihrer entstehung (in German). Julius Springer.
  2. "Orionette". Motorrad Heft 10/1971 and Tragatsch, E. : The Ill. Encyclopedia of motorcycles. October 1971.
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