This remarkably elegant vintage bike is sincerely a chunk of a mongrel: it’s a Rudge Whitworth ‘bitsa’ constructed by way of Jean-Claude Barrois, who also restored the Honda CB450 and Terrot racer we’ve featured earlier than. This motorcycle has had a chequered existence, starting out as a 1928 Soyer—a French logo that produced bikes among 1920 and 1935. Like many French makes of the time, Soyer used a ramification of engines for their bikes, inclusive of japanese, Sturmey Archer and Chaise.
This unique Soyer 07S had a eastern engine however the body become wrecked, so Barrois built his very own frame—and sooner or later replaced the jap motor with the 500cc Rudge unit you notice here. All useless components were removed to make it lighter—consisting of the front brake—and a brand new region-gallon tank has been brought, along with a “suicide knee” gearshift. On the grounds that this picture consultation small fenders had been introduced, and the tires were changed for contemporary high-speed Avons. Jean-Claude is now optimizing the ignition device to gain a higher spark, and next month the motorbike can be packed in a field and could fly to Salt Lake metropolis for the Bonneville velocity Week. The photographs, in case you haven’t already guessed, are from Guerry & Prat—who can constantly be relied upon to supply lovely snap shots of uncommon bikes. They’ve just launched an exhibition in affiliation with Nick Clements (of Mensfile fame) in Toulouse, that allows you to truly be really worth a experience if you’re in Europe. [Get more details of the Rudge build from the Southsiders MC website.]
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