A Brief History of the Marque
The firm was established as a bicycle manufacturer in 1923 by Steveninck & Sons of Aalst in Flanders. From 1936 to 1940 and then from 1946 to 1953 they built the Lion Rapide.
Pre-war models were equipped with JLO engines. Post-war they fitted Villiers two-strokes, a JLO twin was added to the range in 1950, and in 1951 they built models with FN M-13 350cc four-stroke engines.
The company was restructured in 1953 and became Salira. The firm's more expensive models continued to be sold as Lion Rapide until 1955. Engine construction continued until 1957.
mit.scorpio at skynet.be
lion rapide 98cc 1949
je vous envoi la photos de ma lion rapide , moteur villiers MK1F 98cc
I send you the photos of my Lion Rapide, Villiers MK1F 98cc engine
Belgique
Fri Dec 29 2006
alicia.belaire at tele2.be
demande de renseignement lion-rapide 1954 (jlo 250cc)
bonjour ,je poss...de une lion-rapide de 1954 equipe
d un moteur jlo de 250cc de cylindre la moto est complete
et je desirerais la restaure j aimerais trouver
une photo de l embleme lion-rapide ainsi que des adresse pour
refaire le chrome du pot d echappement et du guidon ,merci
de bien vouloir m aider bien a vous DELLA TORRE OLIVIER
huy (belgique)
Rough Translation: I have a 1954 Lion-Rapide
with a 250cc JLO engine which I wish to restore. I'd like to find a photo
of the Lion-Rapide emblem and an address for someone who will rechrome
the handlebars [and something else]. Many thanks.
Tue May 09 2006
drpoczik.szilveszter at chello.hu
LION RAPIDE engine without skeleton
Dear Friends!
I have an old friend who is dealing with collection and reconstruction of old motorcycles. Now he has got an engine block and supposes it must be the block of a LION RAPIDE or LION ROUGE produced in Belgium in period around 1930 but he is not sure. Attached: some photos of the engine. Could you please help us to identify the engine and the skeleton that belonged to the engine originally? The next question is if such a skeleton without engine could be bought anywhere or there is any other way to unify the engine with the proper skeleton.
Best regards,
Szilveszter Póczik
Budapest, Hungary
Wed Sep 28 2005
johny.lambrechts at pandora.be
Lion Rapide
Dear, I send you a picture of a 1950 Lion Rapide with 200 cc
Villier engine for completing your collection
Mon Aug 22 2005
RM2 at chello.be
Lion Rapide2
Belgian Motorcycle Factory : Steveninck & Sons ( Aalst in Belgium )
"Lion Rapide" : from 1936 - until 1953
Assembled machines with 98cc to 247cc Villiers and Ilo 2 stroke
engines and also some machines with the 347cc FN engine.
If you have a query or information about Lion Rapide motorcycles please contact us
