Brief History of the Marque: Arbinet
72 rue Berbisey
DIJON (Côte-d'Or)
Some sources give manufacture dates of 1924 & 1927 to 1934, but
we have an image purporting to be of a 1910 model. A correspondent states
that correct date is probably 1913, and that early models used sidevalve
Zurcher engines. Tragatsch states that they built their own two-stroke
engines of 98cc, 173cc, 198cc, 347cc and 497cc.
Quite extensive model information available at JLB-Créations
Fri Nov 25 2005
thefrenchowl
btinternet
Arbinet Freres
Patrick again!
The engine in those Arbinet was a Zurcher one, made by Alcyon,
also French. Earliest date i can vouch for that 250cc side valve engine
is 1912. I did visit the site where they were 1st built, a little village
between Beaune and Dijon and was told at the time (mid 70's) that they
started motorcycle manufacturing in 1913. They moved to Dijon itself after
WW1
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