And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
The gear shift is on the right hand side, . . . so I am guessing it is (1960's) British, . . . ?
ReplyDeleteTerrot, a French brand. Long gone.
ReplyDeleteFrance's Terrot built the engine (1946 500cc RGAS) but the rest of the bike is a one-off creation by Rémy Vivien in the Alsace.
ReplyDeleteYou can read about it at: https://pipeburn.com/trials-tribulations-remy-viviens-1946-terrot-rgas/
A sales brochure where you can see a bit more about the engine is at: http://terrot.club.pyreneen.free.fr/basse_resol/catalogues/c87/htm-0001.htm
Some fantastically fun Terrot pictures at: http://terrot.club.pyreneen.free.fr/sf1/galerie/galerie.htm
Thanks for the great links - especially the terrot.club.pyrenee collection.
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