2023 El Camino Vintage Motorcycle Show & Swap Meet
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And I think my fav was this French Terrot. Don't remember the displacement but all kinds of neat features and design.
Single cylinder twin piper two-stroke. Looks like a comp release on the head. Three speed shifter next to the tank. Carb comes out the side of the cylinder. Generator stuffed back where the carb usually sits.
Your hands are going to be busy between the front and rear brake levers, clutch and comp release. I didn't get them in the shot but the pipes end in those tall, narrow squished mufflers like a Velocette fish tail exhaust.
Anyone here familiar with these bikes? The owner said no problem getting parts out of Europe.
Single cylinder twin piper two-stroke. Looks like a comp release on the head. Three speed shifter next to the tank. Carb comes out the side of the cylinder. Generator stuffed back where the carb usually sits.
Your hands are going to be busy between the front and rear brake levers, clutch and comp release. I didn't get them in the shot but the pipes end in those tall, narrow squished mufflers like a Velocette fish tail exhaust.
Anyone here familiar with these bikes? The owner said no problem getting parts out of Europe.
Well, if you mean that empty sprocket, that's actually the right side foot peg it's attached to. If you look carefully you can see a similar left side foot peg thru the frame, but without a sprocket attached. I couldn't figure out what that sprocket was for. There's nothing attached to it, there's nothing at the rear wheel it could go to, nor any connection to the motor. However, it does allow you to rotate / swing it up about 3-4 inches and then back down to the fixed foot peg position ... but it's not connected to anything. You can see the actual kick starter in front of the right side case.
I asked the owner and he didn't know either. I was really tempted to get it but for the moment just out of room in the garage. Hopefully he's there next year and I can fire it up and test ride it at the show. He had a trailer full of other 'Euro' bikes ... that of course, now I'm wishing I had taken a lot more pictures of everything.
Oh geeze...I see the Kickstart up front now.
I didn't even notice it when I was looking at the carb.
I didn't even notice it when I was looking at the carb.
I bet it'd be like hopping on a British bike, after riding Japanese bikes...a couple of laps around the neighborhood and you'd be all set.
Now as far as conditioned automatic responses in time of emergency...that's another thing !
Tell me...for some reason I thought I had seen left hand throttle on old Indian bikes, but am not sure ?
Now as far as conditioned automatic responses in time of emergency...that's another thing !
Tell me...for some reason I thought I had seen left hand throttle on old Indian bikes, but am not sure ?
Some more pics.
The 'Show' area. You always see some Hodakas. Iconic bike for many of us. I had a 90 and then a 100 way back when.
That is one clean beautiful Indian.
Gotta have a couple Rickman Metisse bikes at every show.
A more straight-on side shot of the Terrot.
The same Terrot seller had a trailer full of goodies including a BSA Bantam (two stroke) and a Francis & Barnett.
The 'Show' area. You always see some Hodakas. Iconic bike for many of us. I had a 90 and then a 100 way back when.
That is one clean beautiful Indian.
Gotta have a couple Rickman Metisse bikes at every show.
A more straight-on side shot of the Terrot.
The same Terrot seller had a trailer full of goodies including a BSA Bantam (two stroke) and a Francis & Barnett.
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