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PostPosted: Mon Sep 10, 2012 8:36 am 
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meeting of two H2s coming from Paris and the 350 Motobécane or Motoconfort coming from east of France somewhere in the north of France on a highway petrol station
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friday afternoon around 7 pm english time
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69 H1 from Rick which will be best of the show and S1/H1 special from Monkeyboy
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saturday ride out
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saturday ride out refueling
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saturday ride out the 2 french H2s
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Damian 666 four H1 built by Roger R. have riden it on saturaday crazy torquey and powerful bike: love it
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saturday H2 line
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350 Motoconfort triple two stroke 1974 from my friend Denis, one owner from new and now 144.400 kilometres with 3 sets of pistons rings (original chromed barrels ) and two crankshafts.
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1970 H1
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fueling in UK sunday morning, 78 years old first owner from new!!!!!!
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on boarding on the shuttle on sunday near Dover from left hand pc Gérard, Denis and Chantal (Motoconfort 350 owners) we were all already at Spa and at Dijon track for the 40 th anniversary but Denis and Chantal were on their H2B
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 10, 2012 9:49 am 
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Great pics, looks like a great meet! (as usual)

In the second pic, looks like leather jacket guy is going for a boob grab.......lol

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PostPosted: Mon Sep 10, 2012 9:55 am 
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(He's going to grab Bob?)

That Vincent Black Shadow owner could be the only one left who bought his new. It's amazing you happened to meet him.

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PostPosted: Mon Sep 10, 2012 11:18 am 
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Jim, we just stopped for fueling and have not seen there was already a bike for fueling, was one the Vincent!!!!


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PostPosted: Mon Sep 10, 2012 3:49 pm 
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Wow - he must have been about 20 to 22 years old when he bought that Vincent then :o He must have been from pretty rich stock then because they were EXPENSIVE bikes and to have got it new at that young age would have been special. My father would have been 90 this year (if he were still alive) and went through great difficulty to buy one new back then too. He and my mother both worked (unusual for women then, just after the war as the demobbed soldiers were taking most jobs) and lived in a caravan to be able to afford it. And in fact they couldn't really afford it and had to sell it after one year :thumbdown:


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PostPosted: Tue Sep 11, 2012 3:33 am 
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Agree Hal was and still is a very expensive bike.still some stickers from Le bol d'or of the 70s 80s 90s on this bike and the owner said he also owns a Yamaha XJ 650 four.


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PostPosted: Tue Sep 11, 2012 3:36 am 
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The two videos when I rode on saturday Damian 666 four H1:

http://s1121.photobucket.com/albums/l51 ... 012090.mp4

http://s1121.photobucket.com/albums/l51 ... 012092.mp4

genius builder who is the owner Roger R :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:

sadly impossible to have a title for such special in my country
:crazy: :shifty:


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PostPosted: Wed Sep 12, 2012 9:51 am 
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Thanks JP for posting, nice to see familiar faces + bikes... lucky you, our summer is already over. That Motobecane (or Motoconfort?) is a very unique triple, never seen in my life.


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PostPosted: Thu Sep 13, 2012 3:08 am 
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Motobecane or Motoconfort , same factory in fact but two brands so they could have two dealers in each town, mostly built mopeds and was the biggest factory in the world on the earlies 60s for two wheels with engine but only with mopeds!!!
They built only 750 of those 350 triples on 73 74 but the bike was a bad seller cause it was over priced, at this time it cost more than £100 than a S2 or a GT 380 and £150 more than Yam RD 350 so what do the youngers as me at this time, they bought a japanese bike.


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PostPosted: Sun Oct 14, 2012 3:22 pm 
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Great pictures JP, it makes me wish I had been there. I must get home for another UK Triples Rally soon!


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