Monet-Goyon. 147cc. no. engine: 5283

Monet-Goyon

Monet-Goyon (MG) is a motorcycle brand French based on April 2, 1917 by Joseph Monet (engineer) and Adrien Goyon (rich heir) of Macon , in Saône-et-Loire .

History

• 1916:
  • Joseph Monet (Engineer) and Adrien Goyon (heir of a family of Macon) combine to make fly without a motor, in order to make the mobility of the many victims maimed of the war of 14-18.

• April 02, 1917 :
  • the firm Macon Monet and Goyon is created and specializes in vehicles of the sick, wounded and maimed: the tricycle.

• 1919:
  • In the first motor 117 cc, mounted in a "wheel of unity", manufactured under license british "Autowheel" or "Auto-wheel", it is adaptable to all bikes.
  • Thereafter, it is mounted in the "Automouche", a tricycle, and then used in the "Vélauto".

"Automouche"

• 1922
  • Monet and Goyon obtained the license for the manufacture of a two-stroke 270 cc engine Villiers to replace the 117 cc in Vélauto the Automouche as well as the motorcycles are more traditional.

• 1924
  • Monet and Goyon a sports model, the "ZS" engine Villiers 175 cc dual exhaust.

• 1925
  • The latter receives Villiers Special said Brooklands TT equipped with pots "bean".
  • This bike will bring numerous titles:
    • Speed France Champion (1924, 25, 26, 27)
    • Grand Prix of France (1927, 28, 29)
    • Grand Prize of the FMU (1924, 25, 27, 29)
    • Victories in the Mont Ventoux (1924, 25, 28, 29)
    • 20 world records in 1924, 25 and 29.
  • First four-stroke engines MAG built under license. These are 350 cm ³ semi-collapsed.

• 1926
  • Joseph Monet died of tuberculosis . His brother, Marcel succeeded him.

• 1927
  • New engines of 350 cc and 500 cc four-stroke brand MAG.

• 1929:
  • Disappearance of motorcycles of the belt.
  • Addition of a 250cc semi-knocked out.

• 1930:
  • The company bought the brand Koehler-Escoffier, created in 1912.

• 1931
  • Creation of a side to 350 cc.

• 1932:
  • Bikes start of auxiliary motor (BMA) of the new law in force back. Monet-Goyon creates a performance engine 98 ^cm3.

• 1935
  • Manufacture of Monet-Goyon for the French army in 350 cc and 500 cc.

• 1937
  • Appearance of a rear suspension, as "Champion of France" in the 350 cc and 500 cc.

• 1938
  • Marcel Monet is turned off in turn.

• 09 1939:
  • The Second World War broke out, the company offers sidecars for the army.

• 1940:
  • Adrien Goyon, then 82 years of age, gave way as general director of the company Monet-Goyon.

• 1946:
  • The death of the technical director Raymond Guiguet
  • Adrien Goyon (CEO 88 years old) does not have a principal technical goods to your side.
  • The production is reduced to 100cc 2-stroke, 250 cc and 350 cc 4-stroke in that they added a telescopic fork.
  • The catalogue of the brand is considered somewhat old-fashioned.

• 1950:
  • Financial situation of the company improved briefly with the arrival of the engine of 125cc 2-stroke Villiers.

• 1953:
  • In January, Adrien Goyon dies at 93 years old.
  • Villiers S2G engine of 98 cm3 (2 speeds) allows the company to continue.
  • This success gives a respite to the enterprise, and allows the engineering work of the new 125cc engine.

• 1958:
  • The signing of a contract with the company to make Motostandard sierpes lawn mowers and small motor boat that still carry the name of Monet-Goyon.

• 1959:
• The closure of the factory of Monet and Goyon.

Production

There are several types of motorcycles have been produced with the following displacements :

• 100cc single exhaust:
  • MG10 1932 ....
  • M10, M11, M10D, M11D .... 1933-35
  • M10T, M11T, M10TD, M11TD, M11S 1936 ....
  • D1, D2,.... 1937-39
  • D2L 1940 ....
  • D3 .... 1939, 1940 and 1942
  • M10SP, M11SP .... 1936-38
  • M101 1939 ....
  • M112, M113, 1939, and 1940 ....

• 100cc double exhaust:
  • S1 .... 1936-39
  • S2 .... 1937-39
  • S3 1937 and 1938 ....
  • S2L 1940 ....
  • S3L 1939 ....
  • PS3 .... 1938
  • S3G S3GL .... 1939, 1940 and 1942
  • S3GD, S3GDS 1949 and 1953 ....

• 112 cm3:
  • Moped light:
    • S2GD 1954 ....
    • S2GL 1955 ....
  • Starlet:
    • S2GDC 1954 and 1955 ....
    • S2L 1955 ....
    • S2S 1955 and 1956 ....
    • 310, 320, 330 .... 1957
  • Dolina:
    • 350 .... 1957
    • Dolina 1958 ....
  • Beaver:
    • Y1, Y2 .... 1956 1957
    • Y3 1957 ....
    • Beaver 1958 ....

2 small modern-day models, probably a 125 S6VU

• 125cc:
  • S6V .... 1949-54
  • S6VU, S6VL 1953 and 1954 ....
  • S6VS 1955 and 1956 ....
  • 400 (S6VS) .... 1957
  • S6VG, S6VG4 1954 ....
  • S6V4 1955 ....
  • S6V40 1955 and 1956 ....
  • S6VR 1958 and 1959 ....

Probably a 147 ZG 1927

• 147 cm3:
  • 2HP 1923 ....
  • Z .... 1924-1928
  • Z Sport 1924-27 ....
  • ZD .... 1924-1931
  • ZOC MG15B, ZA2B 1932 ....
  • P .... 1926-1930
  • ZC 1927 and 1928 ....
  • ZA, ZCT 1929 and 1930 ....
  • MG15, ZA2 1931 ....
  • C15, D15 .... 1933

• 175 cm3:
  • Type 1924 Grand Prix ....
  • ZS2 .... 1925 à1927
  • ZS3 1925 and 1926 ....
  • ZT T 1928 ....
  • SAC in 1937 ....
  • TT 1929 and 1930 ....
  • MG17 1931 and 1932 ....
  • MG17B 1932 ....
  • C17D, D17d, C17, D17 .... 1933
  • M18, M18L, M18D2, D17L .... 1934-36
  • M18D3 .... 1934-37
  • M18T .... 1937-39
  • S17 .... 1936-40

• 250cc:
  • L .... 1934
  • L3, LS3, LS3S 1935 and 1936 ....
  • AL3, AL3S .... 1937-42
  • R4 1947 ....

• 350 cm3:
  • Side:
    • L4 .... 1934 1936
    • L4P 1936 ....
    • AL4 1937 ....
    • PL4 1937 .... 1942
    • L4L 1938 .... 1942
    • PS47 .... 1947
  • Fallen
    • LS4'.... 1934-36
    • LS4S 1935 and 1936 ....
    • LS4C 1936 ....
    • ALS4 1937 ....
    • PLS4 .... 1937-42
    • LS4L .... 1938-42

• 500cc:
  • L5, LS5 1935 and 1936 ....
  • L5P, LS5P, LS5S 1936 ....
  • PL5, PLS5 1937 and 1938 ....
  • AL5, ALS5 1937 ....
  • L5L, LS5L .... 1938-40
  • AL5, ALS5 1939 ....