“We help maintain heritage”

The start of the 18ᵉ edition of France to old motorcycles was given this Sunday, August 17, 2025, in Flixecourt, in the Somme. Nearly 50 pilots take part in adventure. On the program: 19 stages, 4,500 kilometers, for three weeks.

Their convoy does not go unnoticed. Fifty bikers, perched on their old motorcycles, left the Somme this Sunday. Objective: to make a loop and pass through different regions, from Normandy, via Charente-Maritime and Occitania, to Burgundy-Franche-Comté.

“During our visit, people intend to pass an old motorcycle, a second, a third … In the end, they come out and make us signs, thumbs up“, Says Didier Clober who participated for the second time in this mobilization, with his 1938 motorcycle.”We help maintain the heritage in state“He believes.

It is the pleasure of crossing the roads with a vintage vehicle, of seeing life differently.

Claire Bruneteau, amateur pilot

Before the big departure, bikers and enthusiasts of old motorcycles gathered yesterday, Saturday August 16, 2025, for a competition of elegance.

In turn, everyone was able to present their model. “”It is a motorcycle, a 350 side, which dates from 1931. It belongs to my brother who completely put it back in working order“, Details Claire Bruneteau, amateur pilot.

The old frames that can be capricious, bikers will not be alone in this adventure. “”We are fortunate to have five assistance vehicles including a workshop vehicle, which allows you to repair, weld, try to overcome all possible breakdowns“Explains Pierre Bruneteau, president of the group of lovers of old Picardy (Gavap).

However, all participants hope to return to the starting point in Flixecourt, on September 6.

With amber Croset / FTV