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{{Infobox motorcycle
|name             =  Puch 250 SGS
|image            = Puch_motorcycle.jpg
|image_size       = 200px
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|aka              = Sears SR 250
|manufacturer     = [[Steyr-Daimler-Puch]]
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|production       = 1953&ndash;1969
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|class            = [[Types of motorcycles#Sport bike|Sport bike]]
|engine           = 248&nbsp;cm<sup>3</sup> (15.1&nbsp;in<sup>3</sup>) [[Split-single|split single]]
|bore_stroke      =  2 x 45&nbsp;millimetres (2 x 1.8&nbsp;in)<br/>{{convert|78|mm|in}}
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|top_speed        = {{convert|110|km/h|mi/h}}
|power            = {{convert|16.5|hp|kW}} @ 5800 rpm
|torque           = {{convert|16.8|lbf.ft|kgf.m}} @ 3300 rpm
|ignition         =
|transmission     = 4-speed, chain drive<br/>kick starter
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|dry_weight       = {{convert|155|kg|lbs}}
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|fuel_capacity    = {{convert|13|L|usgal}}
|oil_capacity     =
|fuel_consumption = {{convert|30.3|km/L|mpgus}}
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The '''[[Puch]] 250 SGS''' ('''S'''chwing-'''G'''abel-'''S'''port) is a [[motorcycle]] that was manufactured by the [[Austria]]n [[Steyr-Daimler-Puch|Steyr Daimler Puch AG]]'s [[Puch]] division in Thondorf near [[Graz]]. The motorcycle is powered by a [[split-single]] two-stroke engine (two pistons sharing a single combustion chamber). It was marketed in the United States by [[Sears]] as the "Allstate 250" or "Twingle", with the model number SR 250, and sold primarily via the [[Sears catalog]].<ref name="emerson">{{cite news|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dvYDAAAAMBAJ&dq=puch+250&pg=PA13|title=Low-buck Roebuck|last=Emerson|first=Norman|date=September 1989|work=American Motorcyclist|accessdate=12 April 2016}}</ref> It was a common "first motorcycle" for many riders.<ref name="cycle">{{cite news|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NKRYLxEd6uAC&dq=puch+250&pg=RA12-PA18|title=First bikes|last=Egan|first=Peter|date=January 2001|work=Cycle World|accessdate=12 April 2016}}</ref>
A total of 38,584 Puch 250 SGS motorcycles were produced between its launch on October 1, 1953, and end of production in 1969, with its final year of sale in 1970.<ref name="Ehn">{{cite book|last=Ehn|first=Friedrich F.|title=Das große Puch-Buch: Die Zweiräder von 1890-1987|date=March 2, 2013|publisher=Weishaupt, H|language=German|isbn=978-3-900310-49-3}}</ref>
== See also ==
* [[Puch]]
* [[Split-single]]
* [[List of motorcycles by type of engine]]
* [[Sears Dreadnought]] (1910s m. bike)
* [[List of motorcycles of the 1950s]]
== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{in lang|de}} [http://www.puchklub.at Puch Klub Grieskirchen]
[[Category:Puch motorcycles|250 SGS]]
[[Category:Motorcycles introduced in 1953]]