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Pony mopeds - Swiss cultural heritage on two wheels

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The mopeds from Feuerthalen with the emblem of the lively little horse have been part of the typical Swiss street scene since the 1960s. Even if the two-wheelers have become somewhat rarer in recent years, Pony mopeds are still being built today, while Puch, Piaggio and other renowned manufacturers have long since ceased production. Let us take a closer look at this somewhat different and unusual manufacturer.

Seat
flag_swissSwitzerland, Feuerthalen
Status
Active
Foundation1961
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Swissness at its best

Swiss knives, Swiss watches and Swiss tools are synonymous worldwide with unique quality, maximum precision and indestructible durability. The last point in particular also applies to the Swiss moped manufacturer Amsler & Co. From 1961 to the present day, mopeds have been built at the company headquarters in Feuerthalen using genuine craftsmanship. A specific calmness and impressive continuity are also reflected in the model range. The mopeds sold under the Pony Motos brand have only been available in two model variants since the start of production: the Pony Cross moped and the Pony GTX moped. These models have been built in almost unchanged form since the start of production. But for all its tranquillity, the moped manufacturer Amsler & Co has a long and rather eventful company history, which tells a lot about iron willpower, Swiss engineering skills and the little guy standing up to the big guy.

Nut M11x1 x 10 SW19 wheel nut galvanized

For: Universal · Puch · Sachs · Pony / Cilo (Beta 521 & 512) · Piaggio · Zündapp Belmondo

10423

Nut M11x1 x 10 SW19 wheel nut galvanized

Material: Steel · Surface: galvanized (blue) · Area of application: Standard · Nut type: Hexagon nut 1D · Thread type: MF11x1 (fine pitch thread) · Drive: External hexagon · Height: 10 mm · Width across flats SW: 19 mm · Strength class: 8

2,85 EUR

swiing® ingenious needle roller bearing 12/15/16.2 "Racing" silver cage
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For: Universal · Puch · Sachs · Pony / Cilo (Beta 521 & 512) · Zündapp Belmondo · Tomos · Bye Bike · Alpa Chopper / Turbo · Cilo · DKW · Fantic · Garelli · Honda · ILO / JLO · Kreidler · Malaguti · MBK · Miele · Monark · Peugeot · Victoria · Yamaha · Zündapp

10450

swiing® ingenious needle roller bearing 12/15/16.2 "Racing" silver cage

Bearing type: Needle roller and cage assembly · Bearing cage: Silver cage · Dimension needle bearing: 12/15 x 16.2 · Ø inside: 12 mm · Ø outside: 15 mm · Manufacturer: swiing® ingenious parts · Width: 16.2 mm · Tomos OEM number: 035548

15,90 EUR

Inox
swiing® revival speedometer disk (instead of speedometer drive) Inox
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For: Puch · Sachs · Pony / Cilo (Beta 521 & 512) · Zündapp Belmondo

10349

swiing® revival speedometer disk (instead of speedometer drive) Inox

Manufacturer: swiing® revival parts · Material: Chrome steel (known as Nirosta®) · Color: Chrome · Ø outside: 47 mm · Ø mounting hole: 12 mm · Ø axle: 12 mm · Total height: 12 mm

6,75 EUR

swiing nozzle set M5 (92 - 110) Dell'Orto SHA, PHBG
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For: Universal · Pony / Cilo (Beta 521 & 512) · Piaggio

10903

swiing nozzle set M5 (92 - 110) Dell'Orto SHA, PHBG

Manufacturer: swiing · Component group Carburetor: Spraying · Material: Brass · Quantity: 10 pcs · Carburetor type: PHBG · Carburetor type: SHA · Carburetor type: SHA (Piaggio) · Nozzle type: Main nozzle · Nozzle thread: M5x0.8 (standard thread) · Nozzle size: 92 · Nozzle size: 94 · Nozzle size: 96 · Nozzle size: 98 · Nozzle size: 100 · Nozzle size: 102 · Nozzle size: 104 · Nozzle size: 106 · Nozzle size: 108 · Nozzle size: 110 · Total length: 8 mm · Drive: Slot

23,90 EUR

swiing nozzle set M5 (70 - 92) Dell'Orto SHA, PHBG
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For: Universal · Pony / Cilo (Beta 521 & 512) · Piaggio

10902

swiing nozzle set M5 (70 - 92) Dell'Orto SHA, PHBG

Manufacturer: swiing · Component group Carburetor: Spraying · Material: Brass · Quantity: 10 pcs · Carburetor type: PHBG · Carburetor type: SHA · Carburetor type: SHA (Piaggio) · Nozzle type: Main nozzle · Nozzle thread: M5x0.8 (standard thread) · Nozzle size: 70 · Nozzle size: 72 · Nozzle size: 75 · Nozzle size: 78 · Nozzle size: 80 · Nozzle size: 82 · Nozzle size: 85 · Nozzle size: 88 · Nozzle size: 90 · Nozzle size: 92 · Total length: 8 mm · Drive: Slot

23,90 EUR

KMC Standard pedal chain
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For: Universal · Puch · Sachs · Pony / Cilo (Beta 521 & 512) · Piaggio · Zündapp Belmondo · Solex · Alpa Chopper / Turbo · Cilo

10129

KMC Standard pedal chain

Manufacturer: KMC · Material: Steel · Surface: blank / oiled · Color: gray · Chain type: 410 · Number of chain links: 112 pcs · Chain pitch: 1/2" x 1/8" · Chain lock type: Spring lock · Rolling circumference: 1422 mm

9,05 EUR

ESJOT sprocket 42 teeth 4/5/6 hole Ø 98 mm cranked black
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For: Puch · Sachs · Pony / Cilo (Beta 521 & 512)

16934

ESJOT sprocket 42 teeth 4/5/6 hole Ø 98 mm cranked black

Manufacturer: ESJOT · Material: Steel · Surface: powder-coated · Chain pitch: 1/2" x 3/16" · Chain type: 415H · Number of teeth: 42 pcs · Ø bolt circle: 115 mm · Ø inside: 98 mm · Ø mounting hole: 6.5 mm · Thickness: 4.3 mm · Cranking (offset): 12 mm · Number of fixing points: 4 pcs · Number of fixing points: 5 pcs · Number of fixing points: 6 pcs · Color: black

34,20 EUR

Inox
swiing® revival saddle tube Ø 22 mm with stainless steel stop ring
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For: Universal · Puch · Sachs · Pony / Cilo (Beta 521 & 512)

16945

swiing® revival saddle tube Ø 22 mm with stainless steel stop ring

Manufacturer: swiing® revival parts · Ø Saddle tube holder: 22 mm · Material: Chrome steel (known as Nirosta®) · Surface: perforated · Surface: polished · Ø outside: 22 mm · Total length: 180 mm · Length of holder: 38 mm

22,80 EUR

KMC pedal chain light blue
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For: Universal · Puch · Sachs · Pony / Cilo (Beta 521 & 512) · Piaggio · Zündapp Belmondo · Solex · Alpa Chopper / Turbo · Cilo

16604

KMC pedal chain light blue

Manufacturer: KMC · Material: Steel · Surface: varnished · Color: light blue · Chain type: 410 · Number of chain links: 112 pcs · Chain pitch: 1/2" x 1/8" · Chain lock type: Snap-on closure · Rolling circumference: 1422 mm

21,60 EUR

Not so nice Not so nice
Road Master 2.25 x 17" F-323 4.P.R. Allround
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For: Universal · Puch · Sachs · Pony / Cilo (Beta 521 & 512) · Piaggio · Tomos · Zündapp

16848

Road Master 2.25 x 17" F-323 4.P.R. Allround

Manufacturer: Road Master · Tire width [inch]: 2.25 " · Width [inch]: 2 1/4 · Wheel size [inch]: 17 " · Old designation: 21 x 2.25 · Speed index: B = 50 km/h · Load capacity index: 39 = 136 kg · Profile type: F-323 4.P.R. · Tire type: Allround · Color: black · White wall: No · Tubeless (yes/no): Tubetype TT (requires hose)

34,20 EUR

Black brake lever (automatic)

For: Universal · Puch · Sachs · Pony / Cilo (Beta 521 & 512)

17106

Black brake lever (automatic)

Housing material: Aluminum · Material lever: Sheet metal (steel) · Surface: varnished · Color: black · Color: silver

59,20 EUR

Throttle twist grip black

For: Universal · Puch · Sachs · Pony / Cilo (Beta 521 & 512) · Zündapp Belmondo

17103

Throttle twist grip black

Material: Aluminum · Material: Cast aluminum · Material: Plastic · Housing material: Cast aluminum · Material lever: Aluminum · Surface: powder-coated · Color: black · Color: silver · Ø inside: 22.3 mm · Total length: 129 mm · Brake light switch: No

62,90 EUR

Brake lever silver (automatic)

For: Universal · Puch · Sachs · Pony / Cilo (Beta 521 & 512)

17105

Brake lever silver (automatic)

Housing material: Aluminum · Material lever: Sheet metal (steel) · Surface: varnished · Color: silver

53,70 EUR

GPO pedal axle 24 teeth square | Pony GTX Beta 512, 521 (P1210)
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For: Pony / Cilo (Beta 521 & 512)

16984

GPO pedal axle 24 teeth square | Pony GTX Beta 512, 521 (P1210)

Manufacturer: GPO · Material: Steel · Surface: chrome-plated · Color: Chrome · Number of teeth: 24 pcs · Total length: 306 mm · Wavelength from wreath: 122 mm · Wavelength from wreath: 178 mm · Ø Outer sprocket: 102.3 mm

67,50 EUR

Inox
swiing® revival rear fender Inox | Pony GTX, GTA (P1616)
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For: Sachs · Pony / Cilo (Beta 521 & 512)

17003

swiing® revival rear fender Inox | Pony GTX, GTA (P1616)

Manufacturer: swiing® revival parts · Material: Chrome steel (known as Nirosta®) · Surface: polished · Color: Chrome · Wheel size [inch]: 17 " · Folding the ends: closed folded · Folding the ends: not folded · Shape of the mudguard: partly round · Total length over ends: 615 mm · Scope: 890 mm · Wide mudguard profile: 78 mm · Height of mudguard profile: 36 mm · Total height from support surface to top edge: 268 mm · Mounting type: Nuts & bolts

57,10 EUR

Continental 2.75 x 16" tube
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For: Universal · Puch · Sachs · Pony / Cilo (Beta 521 & 512) · Piaggio · Tomos · Alpa Chopper / Turbo · Cilo

17028

Continental 2.75 x 16" tube

Manufacturer: Continental · Tire width [inch]: 2.75 " · Tire width [mm]: 69.85 - 69.85 · Width [inch]: 2 3/4 · Tire height [%]: 100 · Wheel size [inch]: 16 " · Valve type: TR6 car valve · Old designation: 20 x 2.75

18,20 EUR

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Wayward company foundation

The former company founder Carl Theodor Amsler was born in 1825 as the son of a doctor in the Swiss town of Schinznach. After finishing school, the young Carl Theodor emigrated to America and founded his first company there, which manufactured optical and mathematical instruments. His company is successful and expands, and it seems as if Carl Theodor Amsler is experiencing the proverbial American Dream. But fate had a different plan in store for him and struck mercilessly. His factory in Philadelphia is completely destroyed in a devastating fire, Carl Theodor Amsler loses almost his entire fortune trying to rebuild it and returns to his old home almost penniless. But even though his first factory was destroyed in the flames, his entrepreneurial spirit and proverbial Swiss tenacity remained unbroken.

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New start and entry into the bicycle business

In 1865, he embarked on a new endeavour and founded a factory for fire extinguishers on the site of today's moped forge in Feuerthalen. Business was good again. Amsler & Co therefore begins to look for new business areas and expands its product range. As a result, Amsler was already travelling on two wheels by 1890, when the company entered the bicycle component business. Around 1900, the first contact was made with a German entrepreneur whose name is certainly recognised by every moped enthusiast: Ernst Sachs. The connection between Sachs and Amsler & Co, which began here, lasted for many years. It was not for nothing that the Pony-Cross mopeds and Pony-GTX mopeds were fitted with Sachs 503 engines at the factory in the 1960s. But more on that later. The company negotiated skilfully in 1903 and secured exclusive distribution for the ‘Torpedo freewheel hub’, a Sachs patent, for Switzerland. This rear wheel hub was a real bestseller and a veritable goldmine for the company from Feuerthalen. As a result of this first co-operation with Sachs, Amsler focused exclusively on the production and sale of bicycle components. However, business success did not always favour the company in the difficult 1930s and 1940s. In the period up to the end of the Second World War, Swiss bicycle manufacturers also had to overcome hard times. However, it is clear from the company's history that consistency, perseverance and tenacity were part of the DNA of the later moped manufacturer. This is how the company survived even these economically difficult decades.

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Mopeds are finally being built

From the 1950s onwards, the manufacturer returned to calmer waters and prospered. When the moped was about to start its triumphal march on Swiss roads, the future moped manufacturer reacted with lightning speed. In 1961, as soon as the motorbike class was officially approved in Swiss road traffic law, Feuerthalen was also at the starting line with pony mopeds. This early launch of the Pony mopeds proved to be a decisive advantage over the tough and actually overpowering competition from foreign moped manufacturers such as Piaggio, Puch and Tomos. The Swiss market was highly competitive during the onset of the moped boom in the 1960s, but as the Pony mopeds were there right from the start, a regular clientele quickly formed. The Pony-Cross and Pony-GTX mopeds, which were somewhat more simply equipped than the competitor models, also won over customers with their robustness and favourable price.

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What's under the Pony saddle?

The technical specifications of the two models have only changed marginally over the years; even the first Pony mopeds were powered by a fan-cooled single-cylinder two-stroke engine with 49 cm3 and an output of 1.2 hp or 0.88 kW. Initially, Sachs engines were used for Pony mopeds. Since the end of small engine production in Schweinfurt, the mopeds have been fitted as standard with an engine from the Italian company Betamotor. Then, as now, a Dell'Orto SHA 13.11 carburettor provided the ignitable mixture. Both models have identical engines and differ technically only in a few minor details such as the chain sprocket or tyres. Although the small but powerful steeds are no longer quite as affordable as they were when they were launched in 1961, they are still just as robust, frugal and endearing.

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The Ponys are still there!

Although a small moped manufacturer like Amsler could not and cannot completely do without suppliers from abroad when building its mopeds, Amsler mopeds still stand for the proverbial Swiss quality. To this day, no cheap parts from the Far East are used. As already mentioned, the 503 engine of the mopeds came from Sachs in Schweinfurt and numerous add-on parts and speedometers came from the Austrian vehicle manufacturer KTM. For a while, the Cross and GTX motorbikes were even completely assembled in the KTM factories in Austria. However, the assembly of the two-wheelers now takes place entirely in Feuerthalen again and many of the former co-operation partners are long gone or have given up the moped division. Only in Feuerthalen are mopeds still assembled. The supposedly small Swiss moped manufacturer obviously has the staying power and is keeping a wonderful piece of Swiss history alive.

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