Monet and Goyon

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Monet and Goyon
legal form Établissements
founding 1917
resolution 1957
Seat Mâcon , France
Branch Automotive industry

Motorbike from 1927

Monet et Goyon was a French manufacturer of motorcycles and automobiles .

Company history

Monet et Goyon was one of the leading motorcycle brands in France from 1917 and was based at 57 rue de Pavillon, later at 44 rue Rambuteau in Mâcon . The company closed in 1957.

Motorcycle production

There were two-stroke engines with displacements ranging from 172 to 346  cc of the British company Villiers Ltd , partly manufactured under license, incorporated into their own motorcycles. Four-stroke models could also be offered by using Swiss MAG engines with 348 and 498 cc. In the second half of the 1920s, Koehler Escoffier came to Monet et Goyon. The two brands were retained. After 1945 until 1957 mainly two-stroke engines with 100 to 250 cm³ displacement were produced.

Numerous victories on Monet et Goyon motorcycles drove a. a. the racing drivers Sourdot, Hommaire, Goussorgues, Debaisieux with both two- and four-stroke models from 172 to 500 cc.

Automobile production

In addition to motorcycles, three- and four-wheeled vehicles were also produced.

Monet et Goyon buggy from 1921

Buggy (1917-1923)

This was a tricycle with the single wheel in the front. The engine was mounted above the front wheel. The engines came from Anzani and MAG

Velocimane (1920-1924)

This was a single front wheel tricycle, but rear engine and rear wheel drive, and was offered as a single seater.

Monet et Goyon Automouche from 1925

Automouche (1920-1949)

Like the Velocimane, this was a tricycle with a single front wheel, rear engine, and rear wheel drive. Initially only produced as a single-seater, it was followed by two-seaters in which the people sat back to back in 1923 and two-seaters in which the seats were arranged one behind the other in 1925.

Cyclecarette prototype (1921)

The first four-wheeled vehicle remained a prototype. The engine was installed as a mid- engine. The vehicle offered space for two people side by side.

Cyclecarette (1922-1923)

In the production version, the Cyclecarette only had three wheels. The single wheel was in the back. The engine was mounted in front of the rear wheel. Single-seaters, single-seaters with a front loading box, single-seaters with a front emergency seat and two-seaters with two seats next to each other, then also with a little more body, were offered.

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Monet et Goyon VM from 1925
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Monet et Goyon VM 2


VM (1924-1927)

This was the only four-wheeled vehicle that went into series production. The types VM and VM2 were manufactured. The engine was mounted in the front and drove the rear wheels via a chain. Single-cylinder engines from Villiers and Anzani were installed. There were two seats next to each other. Only the rear wheels were braked. The vehicle weighed 180 kg.

Tri-Monet (1930-1941)

Basically, the rear of the vehicle was a motorbike with an engine, and the front was a sidecar placed low between the two front wheels.

literature

  • Erwin Tragatsch: All motorcycles from 1894 to today . Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart 1989, ISBN 3-87943-410-7 .
  • George Nicholas Georgano : Cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours. Courtille, Paris 1975. (French).

Web links

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