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European and Other Bikes / Re: Vintage Motosacoche 1900's
« on: March 26, 2015, 07:13:36 PM »
Hi,
Yes motosacoche means "engine in a suitcase" because the Dufaux Brothers (French guys who lived in Switzerland) decided to built a kind of suitecase with an engine/ tank/ battery and other esential parts but the pulley for the rear wheel too, ready to fix on a common bike. However they built their own frames or buyed to other companies as BSA, Condor, etc. and put their little badge H & A Dufaux.
Since 1908/9 they start to modify the frames: they become longer and the base is rounded to adapt it to the engine.
Mine has one of these frames.

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Autojumble / Re: Shock absorber for vintage Motorcycles
« on: January 24, 2015, 08:07:14 AM »
They are practic. Inside ther are 4 springs: 2 of them works by compression and 2 of them by extension in order to keep the horizontal part always in his original position.

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European and Other Bikes / Re: Terrot Documentation for free
« on: January 23, 2015, 04:06:42 PM »
It's a kind of You, Jean-Luc...
You are a nice guy  ;)

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Autojumble / Re: Shock absorber for vintage Motorcycles
« on: January 23, 2015, 12:00:48 PM »
And more...

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Autojumble / Re: Shock absorber for vintage Motorcycles
« on: January 23, 2015, 11:58:28 AM »
Hi Leon,
I know the Simplex shock-absorving which used to be put on Griffon and Alcyon motorcycles.
Concerning the origin of this fork is a little bit confused. I talk about this with one of the most specialist in Vintage motorcycles made in France, M. Bourdache, because there were two marks which patented the same type of shock-absorbing : L'idéale (in France) and Condor Patent Ferdegabel (in Switzerland). As far as I know, nobody has found the answer to the question : Who did it first?
One thing is sure :  It was successful part because a lot of marks of Motorcycles proposed in their catalogues as an option (in attachment You'll find some pictures of Motorcycles of different marks with it : Moto Rêve, Terrot, Motosacoche, Peugeot...).



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European and Other Bikes / Re: Vintage Motosacoche
« on: January 22, 2015, 05:07:51 PM »
Hello,
This is a picture of the bike at the present, thanks to a lot of friends who has help me to work on it with their parts, their work or their drawings/pictures.
However, they are still some missing parts as the rear brake, pumps, front fork shock-absorbing, taps of the tank, so I am still looking for them.

Regards.

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Autojumble / Shock absorber for vintage Motorcycles
« on: January 22, 2015, 05:01:35 PM »
Hi all,
I have this replica of vintage european motorcycles shock absorbing for sale. It was put on a high number of them since that was an optional part (Motosacoche, Moto-Rêve, Terrot, Albatros, Moser, etc.
If somebody is interested on it, please send me a private message.

Regards.

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European and Other Bikes / Vintage Motosacoche 1900's
« on: July 29, 2011, 05:08:53 PM »
Hello everybody.
I write from France and even when I wasn't born in this country, I'm a great enthusiast of prewar French Motorcycles.

I've just bought a vintage motorcycle model MT made in Switzerland between 1907 and 1910.
Unfortunatelly, A great part of the original pieces are missing or changed, so I am looking for them in order to get the original look. If any of You had one of some of spare parts, please contact to me. I have some of them for swap.

Thanks.

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