Description
Terrot's first motorcycle was the 125 Type EP, which debuted in 1946. It had an overhead valve engine, a four-speed gearbox and a rigid frame with a girder front fork. This was followed by the FTE and ETPC types, with a hydraulically damped telescopic fork, and the ETD, which was supplied with a dynamo and battery/ coil ignition. In 1953 an 'economy' version - the ETM - was introduced, with flywheel magneto ignition and an undamped front fork. The last of this series, the ETDS and ETM4S, were characterised by a swingarm rear suspension, both of which came onto the market in mid-1954.
This motorcycle is a Terrot ETM 125 from 1955, the engine is a real barn find.
Engine has good compression, needs to be started up a bit.
And you call such a nice French old-timer motorcycle; brocante, vintage, classic, dans son jus or simply VERY NICE?
This Terrot is currently not registered with a license plate, it will be delivered with an invoice for registration.
History Terrot:
Although Charles Terrot's company had been involved in the manufacture of knitting machines since 1887, they started developing motorised vehicles around the turn of the century. The first motorcycles were created around 1904 and 22 years later the company was the largest motorcycle manufacturer in France. Perhaps the fact that they initially avoided expensive in-house developments helped their success. They usually bought built-in engines, which they produced under licence. Thanks to further development, they eventually became their own engines.
Until the twenties, small single-cylinder engines, usually from Zedel, with a sniffer valve and a cylinder capacity of between 137 and 427 cc, predominated. In addition, V-Twins from Motosachoche were offered up to 1000 cc, as well as 175 cc and 240 cc two-stroke models. From 1923, the first JAP single-cylinder side valve engine was added to the delivery program, followed fairly quickly by a 500 cc version. The three-speed gearboxes coupled to it initially came from Burman, later from Sturmey-Archer. The 350 cc machine did particularly well. Based on this model, their own unit engines with side valves were also developed: the H/ HSS. The overhead valve engines for racing, such as the HSSL 350, still had separate gearboxes. The Supersport models were called HCP (350 cc), LCP (175 cc) and OCP (250 cc) respectively. From 1934, a foot-operated four-speed gearbox was part of the standard equipment. After the Second World War, the 350 and 500 cc machines from before the war were initially simply continued. In addition, a light motorcycle with a 125 cc overhead valve engine was introduced. In 1960, after several failed attempts with 100 and 125 cc scooters, as well as a 175 cc overhead valve, Terrot ended motorcycle production. This motorcycle is a Terrot ETM 125 from 1955, the engine is a real barn find.
Engine has good compression, needs to be started up a bit.
And you call such a nice French old-timer motorcycle; brocante, vintage, classic, dans son jus or simply VERY NICE?
This Terrot is currently not registered with a license plate, it will be delivered with an invoice for registration.
