Messerschmitt "Kabinenroller" KR 200 in the test
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Summary
In the summer of 1955, Motor Rundschau tested the improved Messerschmitt KR 200 cabin scooter with the 200 cc Sachs engine. Dipl. Ing. Helmut Hütten was satisfied and only criticized minor points. He was particularly pleased with the ability to easily keep up with other traffic or even be able to overtake. The economy also impressed him. As a compromise between a scooter and a vehicle, the Messerschmitt hit the mark very well. The different vehicle concepts were also compared in the test, and here too the cabin scooter performed well.
This article contains the following chapters
- Thoughts on the "cabin scooter"
- Riding characteristics
- Rating
- Measurement results
Estimated reading time: 7min
Preview (beginning of the article)
The name "cabin scooter", in contrast to "scooter-mobile", is protected, so it cannot easily become a collective term; naturally, the "scooter-mobile" only became possible after scooters became popular; this simple definition also gives an indication of the deeper cause of the development. Compared to the classic motorcycle, the scooter offers additional dirt protection"downwards", for which, in conjunction with the free step-through and the pretty, now already fashionable lines, a wide circle of interests sacrifices a number of typical motorcycle advantages. The scooter with its bodywork brought with it a series of technical problems that were more or less foreign to motorcycle construction, e.g. the need for smaller wheels, new frame shapes or forced cooling by fans ... and constructive tasks whose origins were more psychological than technical, such as the electric starter, which first appeared in the "Lambretta car scooter"...
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