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Pierton
Gaston Durand, the manufacturer, was a talented racer who registered 44 patents between 1925 and 1953.
Pierton of Paris
Millet Cinq Cyl
Darracq presented an electric carriage at the Salon du Cycle of 1898. He built motorcycles with handlebar-mounted twistgrip throttle control, and was reputedly the first to use pneumatic tyres.
Darracq built Perfecta tricycles, and also the famed five-cylinder Millet.
Alexandre Darracq
The Mother of Invention
"I recommend that you maintain the business connection with Daimler. His invention is entirely trustworthy, and it will have a future, the magnitude of which we cannot begin to imagine today."
Levassor, Panhard and the woman who brought it all together."
Louise Sarazin
Today in Motorcycle History
Terrot Motorcycles of the 1940s
French Motorcycles 1940-1949 - WWII, Occupation and Post-War
