Monday, December 12, 2022

Monday Mystery, Konig motor?


 This engine has a lot of the characteristics of the Konig flat 4 used in motorcycle and sidecar arcing in the sixties, but the heads look different, and I'm not sure of the rotary disc and belt drive arrangement?
 Konig pictures here, here and here. The Konig outboard motor and racing story is a whole other rabbit hole. 

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Helmut Fath entwickelte Anfang der 1970er Jahre weiter an einem wassergekühlten Vierzylinder-Zweitakt-Boxermotor, den ab 1975 die Fahrer Siegfried Schauzu mit dem Beifahrer Wolfgang Kalauch einsetzten und damit 1976 die Deutsche Meisterschaft gewannen und in der Weltmeisterschaft Fünfte wurden. In den Jahren 1977 und 1978 verwendete auch der Gespann-Vizeweltmeister Werner Schwärzel den gleichen Motor, der über 126 PS leistete

rats said...

Forgive me if this is a superfluous gratuitous asininity: I haven't read your Further Readings yet.

I believe this engine was developed to power a speedboat, adapted for motorcycle use. Perhaps that is some sort of clue (if it's true).

JP said...

Anonymous is right, this is the Helmuth Fath version. Whole different engine,
and two discs instead of one.

Mister G said...

I was familiar with this Fath project. Hard working guy! https://progress-is-fine.blogspot.com/2020/08/urs-engine.html