JLBweb - Les Archives de la Motos
Many models listed for French and other marques and has been a very fruitful source of information.
archives-moto.jlbweb.fr (offline November 2023)
Club Ydral
An excellent site with detailed information on all marques with Ydral engines fitted.
Club Ydral
Cycle Memory | Mémoire du Cycle
Considerable information on engines, marques & models. Scans of period magazines and catalogues. Major resource.
Cycle Memory
Chez Alice
Excellent resource with a wealth of period catalogues in PDF format.
encoreplus
Les Vieilles Chaînes Villefranchoises
Numerous marques with history and photos. They also have a substantial collection of books on French motorcycles available to members.
vieilleschainesvillefranchoises
François-Marie Dumas
His site presents nearly two thousand photographs he has made over several decades, accompanied by a comprehensive history of the machines presented.
Moto Collection
Le Site de La Moto Française
Has unique information along with much about Bourdache.
motocyclettes.free.fr
Cyclomoteurs et motos fabriqués dans la Loire
Numerous references for French motos. More information: Motos dans la Loire
httpcyclomotosloire.e-monsite.com
Petochon.fr
Covers a host of French 175cc machines often in considerable detail, and has original catalogues:
petochon.fr
Histoire de la Moto, 1900-2000
Contains a wealth of information about motorcycles and internal combustion engines.
Moto-Histo.com
hazebrouck-autrefois.com
Lucer, Ydral and others.
hazebrouck-autrefois.com
lestricars.es.tl
Extensive articles on tricars from the 1900s by Dr. Hendrik Svenson-Evers and Dr. Dominique Svenson of Granada, Spain.
The Moped Army
Great source for information on French mopeds.
The Moped Army
Gérard Martin
Gerard is an active researcher and spends much time in the forums, particularly on the FB group Motorcycles 1867-1930.
Didier Mahistre
M. Mahistre has written tomes on all manner of motorcycle history.
Didier Mahistre
lesmotocyclettes-free.fr
This site has been offline for some time. It contained numerous snippets of information and correspondence about some quite obscure French marques.cyclovap.fr
Wonderful resource for mopeds equipped with VAP engines.
Sidecars
SidecarPassion.comForums
lva-moto.fr
A wealth of information on vintage and classic French motos.
lva-moto.fr
Motoancienne
Forum de moto ancienne achats vente de moto ou voiture ancienne
motoancienne.forumactif.org
Marque Specific
Alcyon
Enthusiast's site - Publicités, affiches, prospectus...
cama.alcyon.free.fr
Autobiroue
autobiroue.over-blog.com
Automoto
Automoto A9
Austral
motocyclettesaustral.es.tl
Dollar
amicaledollar.free.fr
Gnome et Rhone
ajl-creations.com
Older site with information on Gnome et Rhone
ajl-creations.com/gnome-rhone
gnomerhone.pagesperso-orange.fr
amicalegnomerhone.net
motoscatalogue.com
Monet-Goyon
Les Monet-Goyon & Koehler-Escoffier sur le Net - large quantity of documentation on two important French marques.
monet-goyon.net
Motobecane
Le Motobécane Club de France
Squidloads of stuff about Motobecane and Motoconfort.
Motobécane Club de France
Motobec.fr
Has a great deal of information about Motobecane and Motoconfort.
motobec-fr
Patrick Barrabès
Patrick has authored books on Motobecane
An archive of his site on the marque may be found at generationtobec.fr
Soyer
soyer-motor.nl
Terrot Club Pyreneen
Great resource. Catalogues, parts fische, adverts for 50cc 100cc 125cc 175cc 250cc 269cc 350cc 500cc 680cc 750-800cc...
terrot.club.pyreneen.free.fr
Terrot Club France
Around 500 catalogues and technical documents available to members. Also forum, bibliography, model ID by serial number...
terrot.france.free.fr
Terrot Parts
Very nicely presented page from a Terrot specialist.
terrotspareparts.wordpress.com
Arbracam
Dijon marques - Terrot, Peugeot, Magnat Debon and more.
arbracam.org
Ultima
Detailed history on the marque along with its relationship with Deronziere, Manufrance, E. Billion, Rupta and others. Many photographs and documents.
ultimalyon.jpcor.fr
Velosolex
Velosolex America (velosolexamerica.com 404)
Publications
L'Industrie des Cycles et Automobiles, Saint Etiennes. Several decades in high resolution.
musee-art-industrie.saint-etienne.fr
Bibliothèque nationale de France (BNF)
gallica.bnf.fr
Archive of French magazine index 1974-2012
Club du Motocyclettiste.
motocyclettiste.fr
Gloubik Science - Automobile
sciences.gloubik.info
Translations
Linguee
Dictionnaire français-anglais French-English | English-French
linguee.fr/francais-anglais/
French translations (word only, not phrase)
by Oxford University
en.bab.la/dictionary
actuacity.com
Search on manufacturer, town etc. Provides background data on all manner of French people and places. Great resource.
actuacity.com
