Magnat Debon 1916 397cc 1 cyl ohv 2602 - Yesterdays
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V.O.F. Yesterdays - www.yesterdays.nl - offi[email protected] - +31 495 54 60 54 | Page: 1 MAGNAT DEBON 1916 397CC 1 CYL OHV 2602 SOLD Magnat Debon ca. 1916 3 ¼ HP 398 cc OHV frame # 10116 engine # 2459 In the year 1900 Joseph Magnat and Louis Debon founded a firm in Grenoble that started to produce bicycles. In 1902 the first motorcycle was produced, equipped with a De Dion Bouton engine. Soon they started to use their own engines and in the years before the first world war the firm prospered: the machines had many novel features such a telescopic front suspension and some models had overhead valves. Both founders died at the end of the war and in the early twenties the company got into financial problems.
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MAGNAT DEBON 1916 397CC 1 CYL OHV 2602SOLD
Magnat Debon ca. 1916 3 ¼ HP 398 cc OHV frame # 10116 engine # 2459
In the year 1900 Joseph Magnat and Louis Debon founded a firm in Grenoble that started to producebicycles.In 1902 the first motorcycle was produced, equipped with a De Dion Bouton engine.Soon they started to use their own engines and in the years before the first world war the firm prospered:the machines had many novel features such a telescopic front suspension and some models had overheadvalves.Both founders died at the end of the war and in the early twenties the company got into financialproblems.
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In 1922 the firm was taken over by the Terrot company.In 1913 the company abandoned the side valve models for a number of years and concentrated on twoOHV machines.The 3 ¼ HP model had bore x stroke of 75 x 90 mm and a displacement of 398 cc, its more powerfulbrother measured 80 x99 mm and displaced 498 cc.This 498 cc single was replaced in 1914 by a V-twin. Our 3 ¼ HP is equipped with a reliable Boschmagneto and the company’s own aluminium carburettor.This charming French barn find bike is unrestored and would make a very interesting restoration project.
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