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Title: What bike is this
Post by: Worty on 06.01. 2024 17:34
Anyone identify this bike from 'All the light we cannot see'.

First impressions were a Velo, then Norton, could be a 'hybrid'?

https://www.advrider.com/f/threads/all-the-bikes-we-cannot-id.1683293/
Title: Re: What bike is this
Post by: Greybeard on 06.01. 2024 21:40
Ariel?
Title: Re: What bike is this
Post by: Joolstacho on 06.01. 2024 23:52
Nothing on that is remotely Velo. That gearbox is an early BSA heavyweight one isn't it?
French Mongrel? Les Metis?
Title: Re: What bike is this
Post by: Worty on 07.01. 2024 11:49
Quote from: Joolstacho on 06.01. 2024 23:52
Nothing on that is remotely Velo. That gearbox is an early BSA heavyweight one isn't it?
French Mongrel? Les Metis?

Does say 'Newman' on the tank, could be Martinsyde-Newman, but I think they were V twins.

Think you could be right in saying it's a bit of a mongrel.
Title: Re: What bike is this
Post by: Rex on 07.01. 2024 12:24
It's a French New Map, a make in it's own right.
Title: Re: What bike is this
Post by: Worty on 07.01. 2024 12:32
Quote from: Rex on 07.01. 2024 12:24
It's a French New Map, a make in it's own right.

The prize goes to you Rex - spot on.  Read it as Newman.  Time period is correct too.  Well done mate! *respect* *respect*