Comments on: 1922 Gnome et Rhone

By: Howard Burrows

Howard Burrows — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 03:34:13 +0000

Raleigh for my money!
Howard.

By: Thomas

Thomas — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 19:29:55 +0000

John,
maybe a little late answer. The bike is a 500ccm Gnome Rhone Type D Grand Sport.

http://ffffound.com/image/897b127f95e1f6f80b98560fa9aea3ca4d9ff4c9?c=7692790

there ar about 10-15 motorcycles of this type know in collector scene France and Germany. I have one Type C with belt drive and one Type D2 with OHV engine.

regards
Thomas

By: Jaroslav Krutský

Jaroslav Krutský — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 23:05:47 +0000

Gnome et Rhone cca. 1922

By: John O R

John O R — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 22:51:38 +0000

Then again, its also similar to a Raleigh???

By: John O R

John O R — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 22:16:57 +0000

Hi,
The bike in the photo has some Chater Lea characteristics from the early 20′s
One being the shallow wedge tank fitted between the frame tubes?
The front fork is also similar to CL
The engine appears to be a sv Blackburne, with outboard drive sprocket
Brooks saddle with the suspension springs hung from the frame is another CL
As usual the photo was of the people and not the bike which makes the puzzle a lot harder
The pillions feet blocking out the rear hub and stand do not help either,
CL used alloy not painted primary and secondary chainguards, so this is another pointer
I would very much like to examine a high resolution copy of this photo to study further
Cheers
John