A Brief History of the Marque
Established 1909 in Nantes as a bicycle company.
Built motorcycles from 1922 to 1953
M. Aublay
1bis rue de Clamart
BILLANCOURT (Seine)
Previously at 1 rue d'Issy Billancourt, and also at 21 Chausee de la Madeleine Nantes.
Prior to WWII the firm built heavy touring machines powered by Staub engines and lighter motorcycles with Moussard two-strokes. In the 1950s they produced mopeds in Nantes.
Models include:
BMA 98cc 1920s
C7 Pyrénées 250cc 1930 to 1931
G Touriste 350cc 1930 to 1932
G Sport 350cc 1930 to 1932
HB 500cc 1932
Cyclomoteurs of the 50s include:
Stella bicycles were acclaimed, and Louison Bobet won Le Tour on a Stella in 1953.
There were several other Stella motorcycles including a German machine built in the late 1950s, an Italian Stella by Max Turkenheimer, another built in Treviso, and an American Stella. See Stella Marques
Note 1. A post on a German forum refers to Stella Veneta as an Italian import. It appears to be from the 1980s.
Sources: JLB Creations, cyclememory.org
Dec 8th 2022
gerbenmaasdijk at gmail dot com
Hello,
Can you tell more about this Italian beauty ?
All I know is that it is manufactured in the late 50's
And Jim Cooper has contributed to this design as I am told by former owner
It has Radaelli parts mounted to it,and a 2 speed handshifted Sachs engine!
Regards Gerben Maasdijk
Sun Jun 01 2014
harleyman3 at wanadoo.fr
Spare parts
Stella 1925?
Hi, I've almost finished the restoration of a Stella motocycle, do you know anything about these bikes? I need a nut for the head stock, it looks like 26.5mm(??) and a kick start return spring for the Staub gearbox, any ideas. The bike belongs to a local moonshine producer who bought it in 1928.
Bordeaux Fr
Tue Nov 16 2010
braunipit<at>aoldot com
Stella Veneta
1980 Mini Kito
Hello, can't find any informations about my Stella Veneta with a 49ccm Motori Morini Franco engine. Does anybody has any informations and tech details about it?
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