The origin of the e-bike from the 1969s?! | Full Restoration of the motorized bicycle VeloSolex 3800 

I also have one today, in 72 I was 14 years old (legal age for drive this one) and in France they were everywhere, especially in the countryside where bus transport was rarer than in Paris, the technical problem which made me riding a Motobécane moped (chain transmission) rather than a Solex means that in the rain or on a wet road, the drive roller slips and you have to use the pedals to move forward! Very nice work, I was critical when you rise the thin gold strip on the mudguard and I understood that you are a serious guy who likes restoration. More than seven million manufactured, in several versions, from 1946 to 1988. Congratulations from France. 🚲

In Vietnam, we also have a few cars like that, it's a nostalgic feeling for the past. You are wonderful

Beautiful ! Total cult ! That was my first moped 53 years ago when I was 10 years old ! 😍

Thanks a lot for showing and restoring such rare, antique, front wheel drive bike👌👌

I had a Solex Simplex for a couple of years, and even bought another one for parts...A weird, fun machine. I was very surprised to see the thumbnail, as I've never seen any videos about it...Thanks for the upload!

Man that thing was ment to last . No plastic . Excellent video .

I remember these in the early 60's in rural France and 2CVs of course. French engineering at its finest. Simple to maintain and built to last.

good motorized bicycle 😊, my first use of this type of bicycle not later than 1967 at Saigon/chợ lớn Vietnam, to easy start the engine, I did pedal the bicycle to some speed then push the engine frontward, good fun 😂😂😂

С таким же успехом можно и жучку и запора электромобилями можно назвать. И даже паровоз, прожектор то у него с электролампочкой!))) Лакос.

Very nice video almost poetic (I am french and had one when I was 15) Thank you !

One of the most beautiful restorations I’ve seen. Especially impressive because you did everything by hand. Clearly a labor of love.

Ganz schön flott unterwegs mit dem alten Franzosen 😊👍👍👍

Ob dieser super Restauration , würde ich bei diesem grossen und sinvollen Aufwand , die Pedalarme und der Lenker , verchromen lassen 👍👍👍🙏🙏😍❤️‼️

Wow I never saw a stamped steel bicycle. I have only see steel tube frames. I would have guessed that this was a wartime bicycle from the cheap parts. OMG so much work removing paint!!

Our family in Saigon back in the 60's, South Vietnam, we have one older Solex without auto-stop and one like this one. It's hard to ride but it's hard to forget the feeling of the unique Vélo. Merci from the USA.

si simple et pourtant si bien pensé ....l'époque ou on pouvait mettre les mains dans ses machines ....

Muy buena idea de reconstruir esa piesa es un tesoro de recuerdos gracias por subir este video 😊

Witam z Polski szacunek dla Kolegi za pięknie wykonanie pracy ale i tak samo za nie używanie rękawiczek że się ubrudzę raczki , jest Pan zwykłym człowiekiem szanującym się oczywiście pozdrawiam i zostawiam łapkę w górę i suba za normalność miłego dnia życzę także sukcesów w życiu osobistym

Mi hermano mayor era especialista en esos motores, incluso se fabricó unos extractores para el plato de imanes, yo tuve una con 14 años y era una pasada, me ha encantado ver éste vídeo, enhorabuena.

A great video! Nice and slow and the repair with the right feeling for old things! Superb!

Excelente trabajo ,felicitaciones desde Jujuy- Argentina!!!

Sos un maestro de la restauración

Все очень хорошо. Ждём с нетерпением ещё твои видео. Ты молодец. 👍👍👍

Je me rappelle un soir de 1966 - j'avais 18ans - où j'étais allée sous la pluie faire une course avec le Solex d'un copain, en tenant un parapluie ouvert. Je ne le referais plus. L'engin était assez poussif. C'était une mécanique très rustique et assez aberrante mais cela fonctionnait à peu près. La tenue de route était incertaine sur le sec, angoissante sur le mouillé. Dans le genre "vélo avec moteur annexe", le simple vélo avec un moteur Garelli entraînant la roue arrière par galet était bien plus performant et beaucoup plus sûr. - Bien préparé et bien monté, un "Solex" pouvait prendre 110-120 km/h sans casser, avec entraînement par galet sur le pneu avant. Evidemment, il n'y avait plus beaucoup de pièces d'origine, tout était modifié. C'était bath les courses de Solex dans les années 70-80, il y avait des engins incroyables et une bonne ambiance dans le parc des coureurs. - Plus loin de nous, il y eut la "moto" Werner, construite en 1898-1900, un vélo avec moteur au-dessus de la roue avant entraînant la roue au moyen d'une courroie. Un copain qui préparait des SCRAB en avait restauré une, il roula avec en 1986 sur le circuit de Dreux. - Salut et fraternité*

Very good! I'm from Americana SP - Brasil.

I wish we could still get these. I had a 74 model 5000 and loved it. Extremely reliable although I modified it slightly to go up to 33 mph.

Espectacular. Muy bueno..si señor

Extremely good renovation, aided years of life to the machine. A small pointer, when you remove a cotter pin from the crank, it is best supported from the opposite side.

whoever designed this sheet metal bike is a genius.

In Deutschland gab es bereits viel früher Fahrräder mit Hilfsmotoren. Die waren teilweise recht flott unterwegs. Das Velosolex war eher gemächlich unterwegs. Und brauchte leider viel Sprit. Aber meines hat mir jahrelang viel Spaß gemacht. Außer wenn es regnete. Dann hatte man plötzlich nur ein Fahrrad das verdammt schlecht zu bewegen war.

This looks great from 10 plus feet away. It simply isn't worth doing what needed to be done, though I applaud you for what you did do. I especially liked the pinstriping you did. The entire body needed to be bondo'd to hide all the pitting before painting. You used a rattle can to paint it. Maybe if you spend 10 hours sanding it, you could remove all the orange peel and badness of the rattle can. But it's not worth doing it. It definitely was not worth (especially without bondo repair of all the pitting) using automotive paint. The polished metal is better than nothing. But recall it started out chromed.

Its beautiful like many French things created like 2cv

A well done restoration, the end result is quite impressive!

Qué hermosa quedó, yo supe tener una de ésas, terrible máquina, muy sencilla, la extraño mucho 😢

Good job my friend but i suggested the screw nuts and other parts with nickel much better 🇻🇪👍🏻👏👍🏻

Gostei muito de ver a restauração da VELOSOLEX, PARABÉNS 🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤

Wow, impressive. Genius work.

Fanbloodytastic! Superb! Hope you get miles of fun on it. 👍

Супер, молодец.!!! Профессиональная работа. 👍👍

Bravo imiplace cum lucrezi succes in continuare

Superbe restoration

Absolutely stunning restoration.

Nice work. 🙂

Legal.gostei joaoalves caceres.mato grosso.❤❤❤❤

Nice paint job, especially if we consider that it's done with a rattle can. If you continue now with the simson you should really consider to coat/plate/rust prove all the bare metal you created with the wire brush. It will rust so unbelievable fast

Ah, nostalgia! My Dad brought back home to Idaho (USA) from Europe four of these i

EU tive uma BICICLETA MOTORIZADA FRANCESA TAMBÉM A VELOSOLEX, EU ANDAVA MUITO COM ELA, NÃO TIVE PROBLEMA ALGUM, FIQUEI ANDANDO COM ELA UNS 5 ANOS, DEPOIS UM AMIGO MEU ME PERTUBOU TANTO QUE QUERIA COMPRAR ELE, ACABEI VENDENDO PARA ELE. MAS NÃO TIVE NADA A RECLAMAR DA VELOSOLEX BICICLETA MOTORIZADA FRANCESA MARAVILHOSA. AMEI

Just love your videos, bringing to I look d back too lofe

Saludos desde México tu video me iso recordar cuando tenia una

Excellent work

1000.000 likes!

Very nice job! Well done!

I restored 4 of them , trust me sandblasting is much easyer, than galvanize and paint, Lovley Greating from Germany

I sold one in good condition .very fun to ride...

Good work fijne old solex aigain

Good job !

Nice bike bro

Excelente mi amigo buen trabajo

Travail de qualité pour se 3800 bonne idée pou la bavette de garde de boue avant j ai trois solex à retaper ça me donne du courage pour en commencer un 3800 salutations 👍🏻🤘🏼💯 💯

Nice work👍 ✌💚🇬🇧

У человека..... золотые руки,

Well done brother!

Amazing.. Thank you for this video... Whoever built this bike is a genius, and whoever maintained it is a genius as well❤

high speed sanding😌

I had a 1968 as new in 2008, WD40 - everywhere except tyres before wintering

Als ich etwa 8 Jahre alt war, habe ich meinem Onkel sein Velo-Solex Mal entwendet zum gebrauch. Den Hebel um den Motor runter zu lassen Habe ich geschafft (braucht etwas Kraft) aber meine Kraft reichte Mit einer Hand nicht aus ihn wieder hoch zu ziehen. So bin ich zitternd im Kreis gefahren und am Schluss Auf die Büchse gefallen. Der Onkel war nicht böse aber ich habs nachher gelassen.

Wooo!! quede atónito con este ejemplar! La construcción, la forma de transmitir la energía explosiva del combustible a mezcla, en movimiento al neumático, el centrifugo, el carbulador! todo! exelente trabajo mi amigo. Yo trabajo con autos, arreglos en general... poseo de diversas herramientas, entre ellas, una arenadora. Al comenzar el video, supuse que lo implementarias, pero, luego llegue a la comclusión de que el arenar piezas, las reteriora algo, las limpia por completo, pero, a un precio. Quedo de fábrica!. Me gusto mucho en los detalles, el zoom que usaste en cada pieza... felicidades!!

Tolle Restaurierung. Respekt

Excelente trabajo, felicitaciones!

dear sir, Fromm Aceh kota Langsa. Indonesia. verygod .in the best. mantap Mr. skiil. you brilian .trks verimach.

Wollte mir damals auch so eine Knatterbüchse kaufen, ließ es aber GsD doch! Laut, Auspuff vorne, Andruckrolle auf Vorderrad bei Schlechtwetter die reinste Dreckschleuder. Verschwand bald wieder von der Bildfläche! 😂

It’s ok, very nice

Nice work

Excelente... Gracias por compartirlo

VeloSoleX S 3800 (49 куб. См, 0,78 л.с.)

👍 Многодец! Для этого нужно действительно иметь желание и большое терпение! Пусть Бог тебе поможет заниматься полезными и нужными делами!

When things had to be cheap, simple and reliable...

Meines Wissens eines der ersten Front angetriebenen Fahrräder mit Hilfsmotor aus Frankreich. Restauration sieht gelungen aus. Ob es sich dabei um ein E-Bike handelt, ist Streitsache, jedenfalls gelungene Restauration.

Wow great and fast for 1969

Ah the 1969's; they were good years.

Nice job dude

Отличная работа!

Awesome!

legendary motorbike😍

Itś..amaźing...amazing..amazing..

❤❤❤ , Great job, a lot of work.

Congratulation,you make a wonderfull job

Nice work you are hard working

Fantastic. Less is more.

Super

My mother own 2 old Solex in it french house it was the main transport solution of my father during 60's and 70's

Très belle restauration ! Pour moi un si lointain souvenir..Mon premier deux-roues motorisés vers 1960😊🥴

I have the same one, except that it is very well preserved and hardly used, so it just sits in my garage

Did get new spokes or just clean the rust off. Ibsaw that there was no rubbber rim strap to prevent the spokes nipples from ripping the inner tube.

Dieses Velo Solex 3800 ist mit einem Motor und einer Motorverkleidung aus der letzten Baureihe versehen. Ein Solex von 1969 hatte einen Lampenhalten mit Lampe an der Vorderradgabel mit Schalter für das Licht auf der Lampe. In den Mitte der 1970er Jahre gab es als Zubehör einen verchromten Auspuff

Good boss goood

Wau amazing work good nice hebat u mobil 😍👍

Wonderful job and bike, what is the ring sound!😁

Muito ótimo 👍👍🇧🇷

My aunt would start as a normal a normal B then with a little speed engage the motor… Great way to move around and low cost