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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.

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flag_swissSwitzerland, Feuerthalen
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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.

swiing® revival stud bolts M6x38 inlet/outlet galvanized (10.9 strength)
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For: Universal · Puch · Pony / Cilo (Beta 521 & 512) · Zündapp Belmondo

16316

swiing® revival stud bolts M6x38 inlet/outlet galvanized (10.9 strength)

Manufacturer: swiing® revival parts · Material: Steel · Surface: galvanized (blue) · Diameter: 5.9 mm · Thread type: M6x1 (standard thread) · Total length: 38 mm · Thread length: 11 mm · Thread length: 19 mm · Strength class: 10.9

CHF 2.00

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Fortune 2.25 x 16" tires F-874 2.P.R. Allround
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For: Universal · Puch · Sachs · Pony / Cilo (Beta 521 & 512) · Piaggio · Tomos · Alpa Chopper / Turbo · Cilo

11952

Fortune 2.25 x 16" tires F-874 2.P.R. Allround

Manufacturer: Fortune · Tire width [inch]: 2.25 " · Width [inch]: 2 1/4 · Wheel size [inch]: 16 " · Old designation: 20 x 2.25 · Speed index: N = 140 km/h · Load capacity index: 26 = 95 kg · Profile type: F-874 2.P.R. · Tire type: Allround · Color: black · White wall: No · Tubeless (yes/no): Tubetype TT (requires hose)

CHF 24.50

Blower fan seal motor | Beta 521, 512 (A8022, A8784)
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For: Pony / Cilo (Beta 521 & 512)

18592

Blower fan seal motor | Beta 521, 512 (A8022, A8784)

Manufacturer: Pony · Material: Sealing paper · Number of components: 1 pcs · Number of fixing points: 4 pcs

CHF 4.90

Cylinder base gasket, engine Beta 521 & 512 (A8097)
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For: Pony / Cilo (Beta 521 & 512)

18593

Cylinder base gasket, engine Beta 521 & 512 (A8097)

Manufacturer: Pony · Place of use: Cylinder base · Thickness: 0.5 mm

CHF 2.40

Cylinder head gasket | Beta 521, 512 (A8098)
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For: Pony / Cilo (Beta 521 & 512)

18594

Cylinder head gasket | Beta 521, 512 (A8098)

Manufacturer: Pony · Place of use: Cylinder head · Reinforced: Yes

CHF 6.50

GUIA ignition lock MERIT angular (replica)
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For: Puch · Sachs · Pony / Cilo (Beta 521 & 512) · Zündapp Belmondo

18040

GUIA ignition lock MERIT angular (replica)

Manufacturer: GUIA · Ø mounting hole: 20.3 mm

CHF 29.90

swiing® revival spring washer pedal axle 0.6 mm
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For: Universal · Puch · Sachs · Pony / Cilo (Beta 521 & 512) · Piaggio · Zündapp Belmondo · Alpa Chopper / Turbo · Cilo

11862

swiing® revival spring washer pedal axle 0.6 mm

Spring design: Special spring · Material thickness: 0.6 mm · Ø inside: 17 mm · Ø outside: 29 mm · Manufacturer: swiing® revival parts · Total length: 1.7 mm · Material: Spring steel · Surface: galvanized (blue)

CHF 3.90

Magura handle italic 24 mm
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For: Universal · Puch · Sachs · Pony / Cilo (Beta 521 & 512) · Zündapp Belmondo · Cilo

10698

Magura handle italic 24 mm

Manufacturer: Magura · Material: Rubber · Color: black · Ø inside: 24 mm · Ø outside: 33 mm · Ø outside: 50 mm · Total length: 115 mm

CHF 14.90

Cavalletto principale | Pony / KTM GTX 503
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For: Sachs · Pony / Cilo (Beta 521 & 512)

12117

Main stand | Pony / KTM GTX 503

Manufacturer: Made in Switzerland · Material: Steel · Surface: chrome-plated · Color: Chrome · Stand base - center mount (A): 217 mm · Total width of stand base (B): 230 mm · Wide receptacle (C): 62.5 mm · Ø Receptacle (D): 8.1 mm · Spring nipple distance - center pivot axis (E): 95 mm · Wide upright foot (F): 30 mm · Total height: 245 mm

CHF 98.90

Leva del freno destra in lamiera Magura look

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

15395

Brake lever right sheet metal Magura look

Material: Steel · Color: silver · Total length: 135 mm · Thickness: 12 mm · Thickness: 15 mm · Height: 45 mm

CHF 14.90

Fortune 2.00 x 17" tires F-874 2.P.R. Allround
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For: Universal · Puch · Sachs · Pony / Cilo (Beta 521 & 512) · Piaggio · Zündapp

12121

Fortune 2.00 x 17" tires F-874 2.P.R. Allround

Manufacturer: Fortune · Tire width [inch]: 2 " · Width [inch]: 2 · Wheel size [inch]: 17 " · Old designation: 21 x 2 · Load capacity index: 25 = 92.5 kg · Profile type: F-874 2.P.R. · Tire type: Allround · Color: black · White wall: No · Tubeless (yes/no): Tubetype TT (requires hose)

CHF 24.50

Camera d'aria Fortune / Merrick 2.50 x 16
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For: Universal · Puch · Sachs · Pony / Cilo (Beta 521 & 512) · Piaggio · Tomos · Alpa Chopper / Turbo · Cilo

17789

Fortune / Merrick 2.50 x 16" inner tube

Manufacturer: Fortune · Tire width [inch]: 2.5 " · Tire width [mm]: 63.5 - 63.5 · Width [inch]: 2 1/2 · Tire height [%]: 100 · Wheel size [inch]: 16 " · Valve type: TR4 Auto valve · Old designation: 20 x 2.5

CHF 9.90

GPO Grips Automatic Magura-Look gray
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For: Universal · Puch · Sachs · Pony / Cilo (Beta 521 & 512)

11511

GPO Grips Automatic Magura-Look gray

Manufacturer: GPO · Material: Rubber · Color: gray · Ø inside: 22 mm · Ø inside: 24 mm · Total length: 106 mm

CHF 9.90

swiing® revival 80° carburetor pipe bend M6x0.75
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For: Universal · Puch · Sachs · Pony / Cilo (Beta 521 & 512) · Zündapp Belmondo · Kreidler

18205

swiing® revival 80° carburetor pipe bend M6x0.75

Manufacturer: BING · Manufacturer: swiing® revival parts · Component group Carburetor: Adjusting screws, float, etc. · Material: Brass · Surface: nickel-plated · Angle: 80 ° · Ø outside: 6 mm · Thread type: MF6x0.75 (fine pitch thread) · Internal thread: MF5x0.75 (fine pitch thread) · Total length: 41.5 mm · Total length: 50 mm · Height: 35 mm · Width across flats nut: 7 mm · Width across flats nut: 8 mm

CHF 6.90

Transval speedometer cable 62 cm
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For: Universal · Puch · Sachs · Pony / Cilo (Beta 521 & 512) · Zündapp Belmondo

18310

Transval speedometer cable 62 cm

Manufacturer: Transval · Color: black · 4-edge speedometer cable: 2.6 mm · Total length: 645 mm · Outer shell length: 620 mm · Thread type: MF10x1 (fine pitch thread)

CHF 13.90

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Leva freno Magura con molla di ritorno sinistra Inox
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For: Universal · Puch · Sachs · Pony / Cilo (Beta 521 & 512)

16047

Magura return spring brake lever left Inox

Spring design: Torsion spring · Ø wire: 1.1 mm · Ø inside: 11.6 mm · Ø outside: 13.8 mm · Manufacturer: Magura · Total length: 33 mm · Leg length: 4 mm · Length spring hook: 17 mm · Material: Chrome steel (known as Nirosta®) · Surface: blank

CHF 6.50

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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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