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Language:
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FRENCH
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Author(s):
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Franck MENERET, Jean GOYARD
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Edition:
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ETAI, 20 November 2002
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ISBN:
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2-7268-8569-1
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EAN13:
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9782726885697
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119 pages, 24.5 cm x 22.2 cm x 1.5 cm, 0.705
kg
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CREATED in 1940 by Marcel Mennesson, the VeloSoleX
over the decades left its mark of "the bicycle
which moves by itself" thanks to Solexine pre-mix
fuel. Whether in the city or countryside, the
VeloSoleX left its mark over generations. As the years
went past and thanks to an organized network of dealers,
the VeloSoleX evolved quietly, was exported outside
of France and built in several other countries. The
1950s see a mass of accessories produced making it possible
to have a different VeloSoleX to your neighbour. By
the end of the 1960s the VeloSoleX was available in
several colours and models. Bicycles, cyclomotors
with Cardan drive-shaft transmission and chain-driven versions supplement the
original roller version. Competition in the 1970s cause
a fall in the number of machines produced. But the Model
3800 hasn't yet had its last word and continues under
the direction of Motobecane and later MBK. Today it
is an object of collection or even simply a nostalgic
machine. The word VeloSoleX is synonymous with the idea
of simplicity. It represents an emblematic figure
of France and constitutes accordingly a true cultural
and industrial inheritance.
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Language:
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FRENCH
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Author(s):
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Franck MENERET, Sylvie MENERET
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Edition:
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ETAI, 29 January 2004
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ISBN:
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2-7268-9354-6
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EAN13:
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9782726893548
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Details:
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119 pages, 24.7 cm x 22.5 cm x 1.7 cm, 0.7
kg
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THE transmission of engine energy via a friction
roller wheel is a principle used since 1920, but which
is particularly associated with the VeloSoleX from the
1940s. After having produced engines able to be fitted
to any bicycle, at the front or behind, manufacturers
then produced the cyclomotor with the motor integrated.
This book takes you on a voyage of the cyclomotor
from the beginning of the 20th century to through to
the 1970s via the pinnacle years of the 1950s. In France,
in addition to the large manufacturers Motobecane, Peugeot,
Terrot, Vap or Le Poulain, many smaller manufacturers
launch their own versions, sometimes briefly:
Cyclex, Kid and Baby Star. As well as being economic
in use, the roller engine in its manufacture and simplicity
of installation attracts many foreign manufacturers:
from the extravagant English Cymota through to the JLO
and German diesel Lohmann of 18 cm³
cubic capacity, while passing the American Travis,
the Italian Mosquito, and the Dutch Berini to the rhythm of the roller
of some 60 other models from around the world. Bonne route!
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FRENCH
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Author(s):
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Bernard SALVAT, Dominique PASCAL, Jean
GOYARD
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Edition:
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CHARLES MASSIN, 1 September 1989
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ISBN:
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2-7072-0156-1
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EAN13:
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9782707201560
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Details:
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80 pages, 31.0 cm x 24.0 cm, 0.670 kg
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WITHOUT doubt, the black VeloSoleX is closely associated
with the image of France. Along with the image of the Citroen
2CV, it occupies an exceptional place
in the history of popular motorized transport. With
Camembert cheese, red wine, baguette and beret,
its black silhouette is one of the national institutions
of France. After the Second World War, it was necessary
for France, disorganized and ruined in terms of transport,
to have an economic, easy-to-use and reliable
means of transport. The prototype
studied during the occupation resulted in a VeloSoleX the creators had
hoped for - a means of transport that the French could
ride day
after day. 5,000,000 of the machines were built over
a 40 year period. From the nurse to the country priest
to Patrick Poivre of Arvor, the celebrated
television journalist, everybody was pleased with its robustness and
simplicity despite its lack of performance. In this book, celebrating
the institution of the VeloSoleX,
3 specialists describe its 50 year history from the first
prototype built in the 1940s
to the last French ones sold at a charity auction in
1988. This book
is intended for all who, today, search for the nostalgia of their VeloSoleX years.
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Language:
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FRENCH
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Author(s):
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Bernard SOLER-THEBES
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Edition:
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ETAI, 2 November 2003
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ISBN:
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2-7268-9350-3
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EAN13:
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9782726893500
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Details:
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190 pages, 26.0 cm x 26.0 cm x 2.5 cm, 1.270
kg
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THE story of the Cyclomotor began
in 1943 with
the 50 cm³ engine before
one even considered the idea of adapting
the engine to fit a bicycle, initially for one to pedal less and
then for one not to pedal at all! Among the different
types of motorized
vehicles, no other machine developed more than
the Cyclomotor to meet the travel needs and desires of the
users. This
book contains a vast array of Cyclomotors beginning
with the auxiliary engine through to the Mobylette and VeloSoleX
but also includes the Italian Cyclo-sports during
the Rock 'n' Roll period. Also well-represented, are
the Dutch Cyclo-scooters and the luxurious 50 cm³
German
models, while not forgetting the valiant Tri-cars
or the amusing Mini-cyclos of the 'Hippy' years. The author
recalls:
"Among the rare advantages to have been born
in the middle of the last century, includes the one
of being there to see the birth of the Cyclomotor and to have been
alongside its constant development. At the start
of the 1950s, the first model to capture my attention as
a child was the one my teacher owned and I would not
grow up until I had one. I did
not know then, how much the Cyclomotor was going to
affect my adolescence and later life as an adult to
the point of becoming almost an obsession due to the constant
research required of the machines and parts which need
to be added to the
documentation, seemingly, never ending."
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Language:
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FRENCH
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Author(s):
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Bernard SOLER-THEBES
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Edition:
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ETAI, 1 October 2002
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ISBN:
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2-7268-8589-6
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EAN13:
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9782726885895
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Details:
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192 pages, 26.5 cm x 26.0 cm x 2.0 cm, 1.250
kg
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AFTER winning the attention of 2-wheel collectors, the Cyclo-sport leaves
to conquer the general public appearing
on television, cinema and indeed anywhere old motorcycles are
admired. This is not astonishing when one considers the
recent retro return of the aesthetic values of the 1950s and 1960s. In
the middle of this
changing period, the Cyclo-sport was born from
passion, a contemporary of the electric guitar, the
coiffured hairstyle and later the hair in the wind of
the 'Hippy' years. How many Rock 'n' Roll stars
posed on models such as the Flandria, Benelli or Paloma? While
the scooter
charmed the girls, the Cyclo-sport became the friend
of the boys, who hastened to add accessories and extras
to
improve performance. In Europe, with the Cyclo-sport
claiming the young, the motorcycle manufacturers (Peugeot, MV-Augusta),
keen to satisfy demand, put out more and more machines
including the manufacturers of
bicycles such as Gitane and from the factory of Viberti.
As a result, 394 Cyclo-sport models are presented here,
each one indexed
and with accompanying notes. Among these are some of
the
most beautiful and famous machines but also some of
the most curious
ones, each model illustrated with brochures
of the period to create a nostalgia to touch all generations.
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FRENCH
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Author(s):
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Didier GANNEAU
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Edition:
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ETAI, 19 March 2002
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ISBN:
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2-7268-8592-6
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EAN13:
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9782726885925
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Details:
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143 pages, 26.1 cm x 26.1 cm x 1.8 cm, 1.040
kg
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FOR over a half century a French
factory equipped young people and not so young with
increasingly sophisticated two-wheeled vehicles.
It began under the name of Motobecane which
continues today as MBK as a subsidiary
of a large Japanese manufacturer. This painful change, not
helped by Dassault,
Peugeot and Renault, did not prevent Motobecane
from traversing these 50 years with real technical
euphoria. Indeed, the huge funds that the Mobylette generated
were re-invested by Motobecane without delay. This
book reveals the astonishing
prototypes resulting from this policy. It
also tells the story of the factory, the men and above all, the
prizes won in Grand Prix competitions.
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Language:
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FRENCH
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Author(s):
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Patrick NEGRO
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Edition:
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ETAI, 1 January 2005
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ISBN:
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2-7268-9416-X
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EAN13:
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9782726894163
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Details:
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119 pages, 24.5 cm x 22.5 cm x 1.4 cm, 0.700
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THE small Motobecane and maroon
Motoconfort 125
cm³ D 45 side-valve motorcycle
created just before the Second World War or the Series-Z
125 & 175 cm³ over-head
valve motorcycles created shortly after the war covered
the roads of France for more than 20 years! They are
written into our memory and into the hearts of their
owners. With their handlebars
they took their owners to work and to their holidays. Hardly
sporting but long-lasting despite poor maintenance,
the
"Tobec" did not let them down! Their owners
are
unanimous in remembering them as reliable and economic
machines consuming little fuel. Manufactured
from 1946 to 1964 with easy maintenance, there are still
a
lot in service today and have become a collector's
motorcycle.
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Language:
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FRENCH
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Author(s):
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Patrick NEGRO
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Edition:
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ETAI, 9 September 2004
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ISBN:
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2-7268-9387-2
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EAN13:
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9782726893876
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Details:
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191 pages, 26.0 cm x 26.0 cm x 2.1
cm, 1.260
kg
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FRANCE sees more than 1000
models of motorcycles born on its pioneering grounds. In
1869, Perreaux builds the first motorcycle in the world.
French motorcycles gain worldwide reputation with their reliability.
Terrot, Gnome &
Rhone, Motobecane, Rene Gillet, Peugeot, Jonghi,
Koehler-Escoffier, Magnat-Debon, Ratier, Monet-Goyon,
Werner and many others still ride the roads of
the world and are exported to Japan too. They
excel in racing - breaking and establishing hundreds of world
records some of which are still held. Riders like Robert
Sexe and George Monneret, legendary figures in the world
of motorcycling were distinguished by their machines.
Filled with several hundred illustrations
of the time, the majority of which are new, this book
recalls the
history of the models of the first period
of the history of the French motorcycle right up to
the 1960s.
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Language:
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FRENCH
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Author(s):
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Bernard SALVAT
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Edition:
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EPA, 9 September 1998
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ISBN:
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2-8512-0438-6
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EAN13:
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9782851204387
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Details:
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238 pages, 26.0 cm x 25.9 cm x 2.2 cm, 1.350
kg
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WHEN speaking about motorcycles, Japan is often
thought about.
When speaking about yesterday's motorcycles, England
is very often thought about. But, if it is true that
most motorcycles in the world are Japanese since
the 1970s and that it was English from the 1930s to
1950s, it is wise not to forget
that with a curious reverse chauvinism it had a French
birth shortly before the start of the 20th century that
lasted until the First World War. Neither should it
be forgotten
that France remained in the 1920s, the 1930s and even
the 1950s, a major motorcycling country which built,
alas seldom in great quantity, very refined machines
with elaborate designs and outstanding performances; classics
of the highest standards. This book describes the
100 years of French motorcycling,
pointing out legendary names such as Terrot or Koehler-Escoffier
and others which have passed into posterity like Griffon, Dax, Jonghi or Majestic.
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FRENCH
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Author(s):
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GLENAT
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Edition:
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ATLAS, 25 May 2005
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ISBN:
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2-7234-5213-1
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EAN13:
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9782723452137
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Details:
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234 pages, 29.5 cm x 23.0 cm x 2.7 cm, 1.535
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THE first motor bike was
considered to be the one produced
by Hildebrand in 1892 but even from 1855, there were
various attempts to motorize the bicycle. In 1885, the German Gottlieb Daimler mounts
an engine on a wooden bicycle and the British
Edward Butler builds a metal prototype of a motor bike.
In 1896, the French Werner brothers of Russian origin, build a Cyclomotor again
equipped with pedals.
They christen their model "motorcycle"; the French motor bike was born.
French manufacturers, benefiting from technological
advances, particularly those made by Dion and Bouton with
their one-cylinder model, were especially productive
at the end of 19th century and many traders began to build motor bikes.
Hundreds
of manufacturers such as Buchet, Clement, Aster, Alcyon,
Peugeot or Rene-Gillet were born and the dusty roads
of France become populated with motor bikes or tricycles.
The French motor bike had arrived at a level greater
than that of simple mechanical curiosity
and in 1900 the Werner brothers crossed the boundary
by producing 1000 motor bikes. It
is was not until a few years before the First
World War that the motor bike acquired its final form
identified by power transmission
by chain. The new vehicle improves as the years go by
and from the 1930s, it becomes a popular and widely
available machine. The engine becomes more powerful
in terms of cubic capacity and improves technically,
first with front fork suspension and then rear suspension. With
many illustrations, this book recalls the complete history of the
French motor bike from its early beginnings to the golden
age of the post-war period.
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Language:
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FRENCH
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Author(s):
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Bernard SOLER-THEBES, Jean GOYARD
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Edition:
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ETAI, 19 April 2005
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ISBN:
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2-7268-9424-0
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EAN13:
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9782726894248
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Details:
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192 pages, 350 photos, 26.0 cm x 26.0 cm, 1.250
kg
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WITHOUT feeling self-conscious because of its small
wheels, the Scooter enters in 1950 to follow the larger
tyres of its elder motorcycle. With its engine
under enclosures and the headlight on the handlebars,
it gives a wink to the girls. "A small car
with two wheels" say the manufacturers as the Scooter
joins the young couples who lean on the sides of the 2CV
and the 4CV to take them camping by the Riviera, while
the more adventurous travel around the world on overloaded
Scooters. Born at the same time as the Scooter, the
Cyclomotor slips into the background but occasionally
donning an apron, suspension and a comfortable saddle
it becomes the Cyclo-scooter. Not hesitating to pose
alongside real Scooters, the Cyclo-scooter with its
modest budget and lack of administrative overheads becomes
very successful. Discover here the story of Scooters
and Cyclo-scooters, synonymous with youth, freedom
and pleasure with this book of 192 pages, 350 photographs
and some 300 models from all continents of the world.
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