Originally Posted by Salamandrine

IIRC the transition took several years and it's hard to put a point on it, but offhand I'd say the corner was around '84 or '85, more or less. As noted, cassettes were around for some time before they really took off.

What Motobecane is it? I vaguely remember one model that came with 600 arabesque. Could have come with a cassette.