Aiglon (motorcycle brand)

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Aiglon is a former French motorcycle brand . According to one source, bicycles and even automobiles were also initially made.

A reference to the automobile brand Aiglon (only 1905) of the Alliance Automobiles of the entrepreneur B. Baud in Paris has not been proven.

Company history

The company was founded in 1900 by M. Debarelle in Argenteuil ( Département Val-d'Oise ) and was renamed Ateliers Aiglon as early as 1902 . At first, bicycles also seem to have emerged. In the early 1920s, the company moved to a new building in Courbevoie ( Hauts-de-Seine department ) and was taken over in 1922 by SA France Moto Cycles (FMC) in Mandeure ( Doubs department ), which in turn was a subsidiary of Peugeot .

The first models were given engine blocks by the engineer Amstoutz and shortly thereafter built-in engines by Minerva . Engines from Mirus , Zuercher , AMC , FMC and Peugeot followed later .

Aiglon 2 CV (approx. 250 cm³ two-stroke engine) from 1920

In the 1920s, motorcycles emerged with two-stroke engines from 98 to 250 cc and above controlled cylinder - four-stroke engines up to 350 cc.

Even after the takeover by FMC, the well-established brand name was retained, but the following Aiglon models, with the exception of the emblems, corresponded to parallel models of the Peugeot brand group. After 1936 the program consisted of two and four-stroke engines with 100, 175 and 250 cm³ displacement as well as 350 and 500 four-stroke engines. The latter were available with either ohv or sv valve control .

Aiglon stopped manufacturing from 1938, but an overhead motorcycle with 500 cc was introduced as early as 1945. In 1948 two-wheelers with 100, 125 and 150 cm³ followed, optionally with ohv or sv engines and with three or four-speed transmissions as before.

The last Aiglon motorcycles received AMC single-cylinder four-stroke engines with a displacement of 125 and 175 cm³ or the in-house 250 cm³ FMC two-cylinder two-stroke engine.

The mark was discontinued in 1953 or 1954, depending on the source.

Aiglon means "young eagle".

Other Peugeot motorcycle brands

The Société Anonyme France Motorcycles temporarily produced the following motorcycles:

literature

  • Erwin Tragatsch : All motorcycles 1894-1981: A type history. 2500 stamps from 30 countries' Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 3-87943-410-7
  • Erwin Tragatsch: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Motorcycles', Secaucus 1985. ISBN 0890098689
  • S. Ewald / G. Murrer: Encyclopedia of the motorcycle, brands - models - technology, Bechtermünz Verlag 1999, ISBN 3-8289-5364-6
  • Hugo Wilson: Das Lexikon vom Motorrad, Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart, 1st edition, 2000, ISBN 3-613-01719-9 , page 277

Web links

Commons : Aiglon Motorcycles  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c Hugo Wilson, Das Lexikon vom Motorrad , Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart, 1st edition, 2000, ISBN 3-613-01719-9 , page 277
  2. ↑ emwfeller.de: Aiglon half burner around 1905 (bicycle)
  3. ↑ gtue-oldtimerservice.de: AMC built-in motors
  4. ↑ a b gtue-oldtimerservice.de: Aiglon
  5. ↑ yesterdays.nl: Aiglon 1920 250cc