It mentions riding from Paris to Nice.
I got Google to translate from the French:
1928, March 9, Levallois, weighing of motorcycles from Paris-Nice, Dalest on B.S.A. 350 cmc, the hero of the day (we are not nearly 92 years old ...) in 1928 on a trendy motorcycle (!) We control the machine thanks to a whole bunch of controls, on the handlebars, on the right, we has the front brake lever, the two levers of the carburetor (the opening of the valve and the air adjustment, the rotating handle is far from being adopted everywhere and especially by all ... the motorcyclist of the time is already conservator) on the handlebars, on the left, we have the clutch lever (often coupled with a pedal on the left) the valve lifter (or decompressor) and the advance adjustment lever. With the feet we brake to the right and we disengage to the left and with all that we change the gears with the lever on the right of the reservoir by releasing the handlebars either with the left hand by disengaging the left foot while maintaining the throttle with the right hand , either with the right hand by disengaging with the left hand ... there are also exotic (or poetic) standards with the Indian or Henderson but let's move on ... we can also add a lever for the horn, a blow pump -fist to send a good squirt of oil in addition to the pump that can also be adjusted while driving.
There the guy leaves to go from Paris to Nice, and we know plenty of them who will never do it, even with their queens of the Gelände and the Strasse, it is not a question of a walk, but of the competition. roughly. For those who have not understood, a few things are missing on the handlebars and in the sleeve of Dalest. I let you imagine ... in addition its brèle is not nothing, a tumbled machine much less docile than an M20, in any case me, suddenly, I put things into perspective and despite my little injuries, things are going well, thank you.