Heinkel Tourist

The Heinkel Tourist was an upmarket motor scooter made by Heinkel Flugzeugwerke from 1953 to 1965, with more than 100,000 built and sold. It cost more than a Vespa or Lambretta and was heavier, more comfortable and more stable, and in England it was called the Rolls-Royce of scooters. A tubular steel frame carried pressed steel body panels, and the four-stroke single-cylinder engine drove the rear wheel through a chain running in a sealed oil bath inside the swingarm. It was made in five series, the 101 A0, 102 A1, 103 A0, 103 A1 and 103 A2; only the first had the 149 cc engine and a kick starter, and the 102 A1 enlarged the engine to 174 cc. Heinkel's first prototype scooter dated from 1949.