Vintage French Bikes

[sjgando]

Hi All
I recently found two vintage motorcycles from what I believe are French in an old shed. I paid $500 for both of them and was wondering if anyone could give me some information on them and if there was anywhere to download manuals for them. I would like to partially restore them, the motor for one of them is in a box. I have attached photos

thanks!

[Rex]

Break out the tea and biscuits....this should be interesting!

[R]

The Manual says to put a tyre on the front wheel, and go for a test ride.  ??

You should probably know that the subjects of cheap french motorcycles have been discussed here,
numerous times, recently. Mostly the knowledge of such bikes is to be found in France, so a working
knowledge of the French language would seem to be rather essential. Parlez-vous français ?

[33d6]

Well the Motobloc has an entry in Sheldons EMU. It has all the info needed so no drama there.
I haven’t a clue what the top machine is but am confident it is no more vintage than the Motobloc. Can’t see it requiring anything more than a enquiry to the NACC ( National Auto Cycle Club) No big drama anywhere.

[Terrotmt1]

Look good fun, esp the girder fork second one.

Hard to find parts anywhere. I found parts in several moped (a UK name for such bikes) specialists.

Here is my working 1952 BIMA by Peugeot, there were several iterations of this model and a lot of 'badge-engineering' in France too!

[mini-me]

Best option for you is to join the Buzzing club, which is devoted to this stuff and quite a good resource.

Or you could buy a boat and use them as anchors.

Thank you for at least not saying you would restore them " to their former glory"  m'cos there wasn't any.

the one without an engine is an early Mobylette, , AV3 I think, there is Aplins in Bristol best source of spares for all things Mobylette.

Thoman is an obscure maker of cycle motors, obscure for a reason.