Simson Schwalbe

Greentopia · 2022-06-26 18:35:49

Hi, just wondering if anyone has one of these great DDR build mopeds? been looking for one for a while but seems like there are very very few in Ireland... not surprisingly I guess. My partner (DDR born) has a gorgeous green one still in great running order in Germany and they're highly sought after there.

26-06-2022 07:35PM

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Hi, just wondering if anyone has one of these great DDR build mopeds? been looking for one for a while but seems like there are very very few in Ireland... not surprisingly I guess. My partner (DDR born) has a gorgeous green one still in great running order in Germany and they're highly sought after there.

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#2 26-06-2022 08:26PM

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No idea but a friend of mine was working in Leipzig in 1995, I paid him a visit that summer (flew - I'd just got my bike provisional a few months before) and didn't see any Jap bikes, or even MZs, but there were loads of Simson mopeds, 50cc. /anecdote
Wikipedia tells me the Schwalbe was a 1960s four-stroke, probably quite rare these days even in the former DDR. All of the Simsons I saw in 1995 were 50cc two-strokes.

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#3 05-07-2022 10:46PM

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I had a 90s Simpson when I lived in Munich. Lovely little scooter. Always fancied a Schwalbe but they were mad money even 10 years ago.

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