The 18th edition of “La France à Motos Anciennes” will stop in Carcassonne on August 25

Carcassonne will vibrate to the sound of the cylinders of another time on Monday. Therefore, August 25. However, For the third time, the city will be a stage in the Tour de la France with old motorcycles (FMA). Moreover, Organized by the group of lovers of old Picardy (Gavap-Moto). Furthermore, this great mechanical adventure brings together around sixty enthusiasts from all over France and neighboring countries. Their objective: browse more than 4. 500 km across France, on the handlebars before 1954, from August 16 to September 6, on 18th edition “la france à motorcycles whose date of 1st registration is before December 31, 1954.

In Carcassonne. it is the local club of 5A (Audoise association of lovers of ancient cars) which will welcome bikers in Prado, at the city, with an exhibition of two-wheelers from 6 p.m. The opportunity to admire real mechanical treasures. “These are pre-war machines. it’s a real rolling museum”underlines Régis Périch, president of the club Audois: “It attracts people because these are beautiful pieces.” Among the expected participants. left from Brengues, in the Lot, before rallying Oust, Ariège, on August 26, the names of some of the two-wheelers expected in Carcassonne this Monday, August 25, are indeed dreaming. Or in any case will rekindle the nostalgia for lovers of beautiful mechanics of the past: an Ariel Square Four from 1953. a Sarolea 600 T6 from 1948, an Indian Chief 1 200 from 1938, or 18th edition “la france à even a LS4L monet-goyon from 1934 and a Harley 1,200 Knucklehead of 1940 are among the list of engaged bolids. Other names of prestigious motorcycle manufacturers are also displayed in the credits of this FMA 2025: Motobécane. Terrot, BMW, Guzzi, Bianchi or even productions of the German firm NSU Motorenwerke AG and the Birmingham Small Arms Company Limited (BSA) will thus be part. A variety allowed by subtlety of the regulation according to which “There cannot be more than 3 identical vehicles (brand. type, displacement, production period)”.

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This meeting is not trivial for the members of the club who also organize a reception to welcome the participants of the Tour as it should be. “This is the third time that we have received them in Carcassonne. These are friends with whom we do rally”says Régis Périch. “They stop 18th edition “la france à in each dynamic city around old vehicles.” Through this tour organized every two or three years, a whole section of mechanical history is restarted, carried by enthusiasts. Two-wheelers who know how to take the time. as stipulated in the FMA regulation: “This event, which excludes any form of competition or speed, based on performance, is intended to prove that a motorcycle as old as it may be a long distance in all reliability.”

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