Etoile Posted November 11, 2011 Share Posted November 11, 2011 Velosolex wanted - preferably complete, Charente area.Thank you, Gerard Saunders Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre ZFP Posted November 11, 2011 Share Posted November 11, 2011 Have you tried Le Bon Coin?Lots for sale in your region, all prices and conditionshttp://www.leboncoin.fr/annonces/offres/poitou_charentes/?f=a&th=1&q=solex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Etoile Posted November 11, 2011 Author Share Posted November 11, 2011 There are indeed many, once one learns to search for SOLEX rather than VELOSOLEX. For some reason they all seem to be at the other end of the country! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunday Driver Posted November 11, 2011 Share Posted November 11, 2011 Pierre's link only displays ads from Poitou-Charentes so how do they all seem to be at the other end of the country?If you refine the search by selecting Motos as the category, you'll suppress all the odds and ends and end up with 58 ads for the bikes themselves. If you then modify the search to just Charente, then you'll get a dozen bikes local to you.....[;-)]http://www.leboncoin.fr/motos/offres/poitou_charentes/charente/?f=a&th=1&q=solex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Etoile Posted November 11, 2011 Author Share Posted November 11, 2011 All the bikes that are not a lot of money seem to be in other parts of France, at the present time. Of course I can narrow it to this area but people ask a lot of money for things on that site, then they appear again and again because they do not sell. The last Velosolex I bought was through Angloinfo, 60 Euros for a runner. I am prepared to pay a bit more than that though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sid Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 I've seen them at vide-greniers and brocantes around here, usually around 100€ and wondered about getting one myself, but then decided that I'd probably spend 3 or 4 times that amount doing it up! As if I haven't got enough to do already! [:D]They used to be so common, but now I can't remember the last time I saw one on the road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Etoile Posted November 12, 2011 Author Share Posted November 12, 2011 It is a shame that they are so rare now. They are ideal cheap transport, and the small effort of registration must surely be well worth it. On the matter of restoration, I bought two from a scrap yard last month and one of them turned out to be a 45 from 1949! I thought a lot of parts would need replacing but I have got the wheels looking good now against the odds. I also bought a 1700 last week on Angloinfo which is rideable. I sneaked out under cover of heavy rain with no number plate and a plastic hood for a helmet. Pedalled home though - she needs a service!My plan is to do my part for these great little machines by buying them 'as is' and restorating them to sell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAiffricaine Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 [quote user="sid"] ... now I can't remember the last time I saw one on the road.[/quote]The last one I saw on the road was my grandfather's. One of my cousins did use it for a time after Grandfather died but when I last saw it, it was all forlone in the garage whilst the house was waiting to be sold. I remember being on holiday at my Grandparents and going to the market in the nearby town-about 4kms, being given a little cushion to sit at the back on the solex and being told 'Tiens bon, y a 2 sous de bonbons au bout de la route!' (Hold on tight, there's 2p worth of sweets at the end of the road) All in the days of : no child seat, no seat belt, no helmet [:D] My Grandmother was following on her bicycle way back ... well [:$] one happens to know one's priority [:D]No one thought of this solex as a piece of great value other than the value of very many happy memories we had as children. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert the InfoGipsy Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 We used to own one back in the 70's, when they were everywhere. It still amazes me how quickly they vanished. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave&Olive Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 Hi ok Friend has one for sale here http://poitoucharentes.angloinfo.com/forum/topic.asp?topic_id=92760 Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Etoile Posted November 12, 2011 Author Share Posted November 12, 2011 Thanks for that but it appears to have sold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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