Maurice Chaise began his career with Rhone (later Gnome et Rhone) where he worked from 1907 to 1921 

One of his engines was a narrow-angle 14° V-four, not dissimilar to the much later Lancia Fulvia. This engine was initially built to power the Majestic, and was eventually produced in capacities varying from 500cc to 750cc. It also powered another of the Delachanal marques, the Dollar.

Chaise engines were used by other motorcycle manufacturers including Automoto, Genial-Lucifer, Koehler-Escoffier, Le Grimpeur, Majestic, New Map, Nover, Prester, Roussey and Soyer, and the factory also produced a variety of horizontally opposed fours for nautical and aviation use.

Production ceased in 1939.

Mon Oct 05 2009
rubycasa<at>hotmail.it
CHAISE ENGINES
SOYER DOLLAR
my friend has a very old motorbike with a Chaise engine but although I have checked in internet I can't seem to find exactly what it is (maybe it's a Soyer or maybe a Dollar) and what it can be worth.I will try and take a photo to attach next time I write. Can you help or give me another address where I can look up this info? where can i get some technical details too please?  thanks very much
italy
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Wed Oct 07 2009
Have now got photos of the engine part of the motorbike but still can't find anything. Can anyone help me?
italy
Chaise_Italy_1.jpg will be posted-0910

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