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Thanks Leon
My bike was registered Morbihan LORIENT towards the end of the 1931 beginning of 1932 this would have been a later registration not the first
There was two pairs of holes in the front mud guard (different size number plates new one issued each registration)
I have contacted the vehicle departmental archives of Morbihan for more information. This archive was set up in in 1932 and only runs between 1928 - 1950
not sure about any vehicles on the road from before this date (wonder if older vehicle's where all just registered as 1927 which would account for the other Atainia
being registered 1927)

my throttle lever is by Bowden France the seat is missing it's brass name plate

The DD front end looks very similar (closest I've seen)

Have seen a lot of similar front forks but none exactly the same

https://www.carandclassic.com/car/C1625072#&gid=1&pid=11

https://www.mediastorehouse.com/national-motor-museum/motorcycles/1914-royal-enfield-5764597.html

I am trying to contact the owner of the other Atania. Reading his old posts he definitely knows his French bikes so trying to find out if he found any more info.
my bike had a decompression cable but not sure if they where ever used on 4 strokes (I didn't think so)
Couple of photos for my forks can just make out SAG
It's hard to think that there is still makes of bikes out there that no one has heard of be fantastic to get this back to original
My carb slide has a number "2" on it but nothing else

Hi Cardan  I have managed to get hold of the old photos from the 2007 post and have attached,  a different model Atania would you say it was before or after mine (looks before to me)
I have also attached a photo of mine

Thank you Leon. it sounds very much like this was the forum. I did not buy this bike direct but was told buy the person who did
that he had a chat with the grandson of the estate owner who remembers the bike in one piece and was sure he could remember seeing the lost engine
and tank somewhere about. It is a shame the photos attached to that original post where not available, but I have contacted the web host to see if they still are.
Not sure if the "No" in the reg details referrers to frame number or registration number  if so they are both different. Most certainly possible that the badge is all Atania made
but haven't seen any identical bikes by other makes, there is a lot similar from 1918-1923 so recon its not far off 1920/21 date wise. Going by 33d6 very useful information the gearbox
appears to be around 1921 (if I worked it out right)
Yes the rivets on the name tag are steel and rusted and looking at the nearside stud it looks to be at a bit of a tangent, which could indicate that it was put on with the front folks
already in place and not able to hammer square on (could be just how it corroded though) been wading through French news paper archives and might get lucky).
I will check out the carb.
Interesting that Barbet applied for registration in March 21 (bike being built before) but registering the company some 7 months later (maybe tax related)
That's a great bit of research thank you.
I have given the bike a light restoration just stabilising surface rust and treating rebuilt the clutch and front suspension just have the handle bars and levers to do will post a pic

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