My French teacher Madam Leandre used this wonderful bike in Pondicherry when she working in Alliance Francais. Bye gone those wonderful days.❤

I had a 1700 as my daily drive when an apprentice, and I loved the simplicity of it!

I bought (same price as a 4 speed bike) mine- brand new in Paris in 1966, rode it to Spain, petrol problems with Spanish fuel, walked it from Barcelona - up to Perpignan (where I could find a shop to fix it), along the Med to Genoa, then north to Turin and then I had to walk it up to the tunnel at Mt. Blanc*, bribed the guard to let me ride it through the tunnel, into Switzerland, Lichinstin(misp.) into Austria - Vienna then north up to Graz where it finally died. I left in a parking lot in Graz and took the train south tio Venice, Greece etc. It was am anmazing machine - I was carrying far too much lugage and so I usualy wound up walking up the moutains, but hell on wheels comng down. * French guards must have heard that I was coming through and were madly waving to get me to stop - yeh sure!

I remember Raleigh. Made. One. Of. These. Rollers. On front. Tire. !!!

I remember seeing a 1973 Solex bike sweepstake offer on a Kellogg's breakfast serial TV commercial and associated cerial boxes too. I believe 73 or 74 was the final year of Solex bike production. I was 9 at the time.

I remember seeing these in France when I was a kid on holiday in the 1960s - I really wanted one.

I’ll say it again, I love your car!

amazing. good work dude!!!

Большое вам спасибо) Вы отличный специалист 👍😉

Boy they sure have come a long way in building bicycles since the 60's.

In Japan, the car manufacturer Daihatsu imported and sold Solex in the 1970s. Also, in parts of Europe, the motorcycle manufacturer Yamaha sold and supplied parts in the 1980s. I got a used Daihatsu Solex in Japan, bought parts from Yamaha in the Netherlands, restored it, and rode it. It was slower than an old lady's bicycle. (^｡^;) It has been sleeping in my garage since then and I haven't ridden it since. I thought about restoring it again for the first time in 40 years. Thank you for a great video!

Parabéns belíssimo trabalho abraços.

Loved your video, have restored three of these 1700's over the past 10 years , just a few comments if I may, as someone has already mentioned the main bearing is crimped in, if you don't do this it has a tendency to move out of housing, you will know when this happens as the big end will rub against end cover! Also that motor at some stage has had a new big end fitted as it has a needle roller bearing, original was plane bronze bushing, possibly was replaced with later piston and barrel as well , if so you are in luck as late set up produced a bit more power!! Also none of my 1700's had a coaster rear brake set up all worked on caliper rim brakes front and rear, however could be different I guess from where bike came from, good luck with fuel pump and the throttle valve assembly, cheers.

Ahh. That sweet sound of success! Amazing job so far!🎉

I really like that bike and so far it's looking good I enjoyed your video so I gave it a Thumbs Up

Phenomenal amount of work. Really enjoyed the whole engine tear down and reassembling. Hope we get to see you taking it for a spin in the next part 😉👍

That's going to run like a winner! I'm halfway through reviving a 1962 Moby AV88. Race?🏁

Great job on bringing this bike back from the dead. Now you have the only Zombie Bike in the world!! Fine job sir and thank you for sharing.

I subbed to see part two of this restoration. ☺

Those hands have done a lot of hard yakka over the years, good effort on this little engine…

*Epic pull down Richard. Would have made a great part 1 and 2 video. Great restoration and interesting piece. Can't say I have seen one of those before. I would have put some oil around those rings though when you put the head back on. Love to see it in action*

Excellent work as always 💖💖

Афигеть. На то время вертилятор, центробежное сцепление, золотник вместо лепестка, свет...

They're a fun ride.

Excellent job 👍👍👍

Судя по тому, что прокладки не ставятся, он не будет запускаться 😊

Vous voilà heureux propriétaire d'un vélo Solex . Mon premier tour en vélo avec moteur était un solex celui de mon père c'était début des années 1980. J'ai donné à un collectionneur des bidons de Solexine. Here you are happy owner of a Solex bike . My first lap in bike with engine was a solex that of my father it was early 1980s. I gave a collector cans of Solexine.

Finally ! An honest restoration with appropriate tools ( not some clown with pliers, hammer and screwdriver being used as a cold chisel !) My mate had one of these in the 60's; very temperamental until I replaced the condensed for him. ( I had a lot of experience rebuilding Villiers motors ) Brings back memories ! Excellent videoing and editing ! What did the Harley Riders think of it ?

My 83 year old great great grandma had one in france .

My mates dad had one back in the 60s, i couldn't stop it and crashed into a wall. Though my motorcycle career i always remember that crash and rode more cautiously. It hurt..

They didn't have any spiders back then

you can rotate the bore to remove piston 22:57

I am born 1960 and would like to purchase this Solex

Those are some very crow like crowbars.

Le Solex. La 2cv des Vélomoteurs Toute une Époque. Existe aujourd'hui en version électrique. Le Solex , est toujours fabriqué . Mais plus en France. En Asie , je crois !?.

Restaurada bicicleta elétrica 🚲😉

too many mistakes. sad, it should have been good.

Bravo

Bom vídeo! nas antes de fazer a desmontagem eu faria uma lavagem com água, desengraxante e detergente para tirar a sujeira pesada.

I remember seeing so many beautiful ladies in Paris in the 1970's riding petrol bikes!!

Never ever cut any screws of a Solex. ALL are specially formed and u have to use ONLY ORIGINALS to get it stabile !!!! It s ur life on the saddle !!!!

А что же кольца не поменял.

spiders all said : you stickin' around ? hell no, i'm out see ya.

How did you refit the big crankshaft bearing which you forced out of it crimped seat? Why did you not replace this crucial € 5.- part? This motor will not last.

Will this work? Next video? When???

Reminds me of the ex mrs

Ulez?

Most french ideas can be considered cheap and nasty... No exceptions with this thing... It'll be interesting to see how it handles whilst riding it... 😐🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧😐

Yes, I had one of these bikes before.. Now I see the important.. Why they made it a girl's bike?. In if they made it a boy's bike.. Which a lot of young men use these motor bikes.. Make an it a girl's bike.. You never know when that change set rotates the back wheels.. Might break when you're going up a Hill up 45°.. Had a really Closecall with a big dumpster. was a big one.

Mbah kung pernah punya

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When i was 14, my teacher in Vietnam has this god awful bike. It was like you wouldn't want to touch this. Nobody wants it. Nobody would buy it. It was the WORST bike in the world. 99.9% people ride Hondas or suzuki or yamaha. But my teacher he was an OG, his hairs was perfect, a 100mph wind wouldn't mess it. One day, he shows up at my house. Turn out, he's a friend of my dad.

gk jelas

I had one of those when I was a kid in the 1980’s! Somebody gave it to me, so I fixed it up and rode it around my suburb for a long time. Then I got pulled over by the cops who threatened to tow it and give me a ticket, so I quit riding it.