Originally Posted by
Mos6502
what is this i don't even
. . .
Picked up today for $100. Imagine a bicycle made in the worst way (out of steel pressings, bolted together) - now imagine it has a motor attached to it (over the front wheel for some reason).
Now imagine it is French.
That is a Velosolex.
I saw a lot of these when we were walking around Paris when I was there in Oct of 08. They had a bunch of old motorcycles and mopeds that are still being used everyday. Looks like yours is a 46cc model and is missing the head light. A nice find for $100,I have two old bicycle motors from the 70's that I need to get going one is a Fox and mounts on the rear and the other is a Tanaka Bike Bug that is designed like their Aqua Bug boat motor and it mounts on the front.I have all the manuals and titles for the motors I have as I got them from the gentleman who sold them new and they were returned because they couldn't climb the West Cape May bridge when pulling a loaded threewheeler Duh!