Big Fat Gsa-powered MotorBike.
Boccardo - Favario - Grange
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Petite Histoire: |
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As the Lomax 424 was sold end of April 2007 on eBay to someone in France/Marseille, |
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I was quite happy with my collection of Belgian
Gillet-Herstal motorcycles from the fifties, type Belgica & Légia. |
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But then I came accross this Citroën-powered motorbike on
eBay in the summer of 2007 and I decided promptly to sell off all my
oldtimer motorbikes except one, |
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and to purchase this unique - never driven - specimen : |
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Since the first time I saw these bikes in real life ( ICCCR
1998 - Chevetogne - Belgium ) I was fascinated by them. |
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| Over the years my documentation on the subject BFG grew largely. All magazines and leaflets that appeared on eBay and elsewhere, were purchased, read and stored. I think I have the largest documentation, outside the BFG-club. | 
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Including the recommendable book of Thierry Cazanabe:
'BFG; MF, S.A. Boccardo : Enquète sur une décennie d'échec'
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| "BFG, Mf, Boccardo : enquète sur une décennie d'échecs" analyse le pourquoi du comment de l'échec de la réindustrialisation de la motocyclette en France durant les années 80. Particularité de ces motos: elles utilisent des moteurs de voitures. Trahisons, ddrapages mmdiatiques, luttes d'influence, batailles politiques, tout est exposs, disssquu, et apporte unn clairage nouveau sur un mal bien frannais qui consistee àscier la branche sur laquelle on est assis.. |
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the proud owner of a unique bike in Belgium. As I visited D'Ieteren Archives in Brussels, they came up with a sales brochure and pricelist from the eighties, but they also assured me that no BFG or MBK was ever sold and/or registered in Belgium through their channels. As BFG was hand over to MBK in 1984, connected to Yamaha, d'Ieteren was at that time the official importer for the MBK-BFG 1300. Rumour goes that d'Ieteren Sport attempted to sell the BFG-MBK 1300 to the Belgian gouvernment. Froem hearsay I know that the 'gendarmerie' in Belgium did a 1 month test-drive, without result. |
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The story goes also that around 25 BFG's were exported to Japan,
but the importer went bust by the time they arrived. |
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This bike came back through
'Bike Direct Ltd. from Bristol'. They were clearing out and listed it
on eBay. |
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With the help of 'garage
Linssen' in Kontich, the bike was restored in driveable
condition. |
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The BFG-club
was the right address for some missing parts and february 23th 2008, the first
trip to the moto-jumble from my club, |
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Another trip was the ACRO-rally - Bonheiden, end of March 2008. (1.000km) |
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Citroën-highlights of the year 2008 were the CitroënJumble Namur (B) |
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followed by the Dutch
CitroMobile in Utrecht. On both meetings lots of intrest for this unique motorcycle. |
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May 25th 2008 was the BIG national meeting from the BFOV/FBVA in Brussels, Atomium Square: (teller at 2.400 km) |
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May 2009 : + 5.000 kms ! |
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| 2010 : Traction-meeting ARRAS |
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April 2012: 10.401 kms Last drive, to Galmaarden. |
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| UPDATE 2021: Looking for a driveable MBK to hit the road in 2022... | |
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BFG 1300 - 1982 - N° 147 |
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| anno | 1982 | B. registered : 01 / 01 / 1983 |
| registration | chassis-nr.: 0147 | engine-nr.: 0982600183 (G13 / 646) |
| type | 1301 | |
| kms on the clock / mileage |
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| engine | 1299 cc aircooled flatfour boxer 48KW / 65 PS/HP |
CITROËN G13 / 646 (from Citroën GSA 1979 - 1986) |
| oil | 20W50 PennZoil | |
| oilfilter | MANN C06 - 67 402 58 492
-> MANN-HUMMEL W712/15 PURFLUX LS450A FRAM PH4765 TECHNOCAR R76 |
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| bougies |
EYQUEM 800 LS / CHAMPION N6Y / BOSCH W5D / KVAS 800 LS (info Odyssee N° 0 - 02/1983) |
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| gearbox | 5 speed gearbox - made in Grenoble | |
| alloy wheels | 2.15 x 18 - WM3 - FPS - Italy
(part of Hayes-Lemmerz) |
also seen on Moto Guzzi Le Mans & others |
| tyres | front: MICHELIN 90/90 H18 A48 tube type max.load 430 LBS AT 42 P.S.I. COLD ( CRU000641 ) |
rear: MICHELIN 120/90 H18 M48 tube type DOT FUGN 739T 142 |
| brakes | BREMBO (also mounted on several Moto Guzzi's) front: double discs rear: single disc |
6 brakepads: 55mm x 54mm x 9mm
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| battery BFG 12N183A | 12V - 20 Ah (min. 14 Ah) |
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| alternator | 12/14 Volts 40 MPS | DUCELLIER type 5140068 |
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front: TELESCO (Spain) |
rear: de Carbon (France) 6611 A12 82 |
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| floater in gasoline-tank | JAEGER - made in France
(same style as 2CV) |
27571 01 - 12V - C2 |
| production | 400 x BFG - 1982 ->
1983 150 x MBK - 1984 -> 1988 10 x l'Atelier Précision - 1988 -> 1996 |
Total: 560 ex. |
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| Kontich / Antwerp (B) | Erwin ( reKupnet ) Obourdin | erwin@reKup.net |
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| TOURING MOTORBIKES 1982 / 1983 | ||||
| BFG | 1300 | 1299cc | 300 kg | 5.000 |
| AMF / Harley Davidson | FLTC Tour Glide Classic | 1340cc | 355 kg | - |
| BMW | R100 RT | 980cc | 217 kg | 3600 |
| HONDA | GL 1100 DLX | 1085cc | 285 kg | 4100 |
| KAWASAKI | Z 1300 | 1286cc | 296 kg | 6000 |
| LAVERDA | 1200 TS | 1116cc | 245 kg | 4600 |
| MOTO GUZZI | 1000 SP Cockpit Integrale | 949cc | 210 kg | 3900 |
| SUZUKI | GSX 1100 E (KATANA) | 1067cc | 258 kg | 3500 |
| YAMAHA | XS 1100 Sport | 1101cc | 258 kg | 3500 |
BFG Linx |
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| motocyclette.World | BeNeLux + | moto-parts finder with +666 contacts through only 1 form |
| Moto Club BFG | FR | the one and only club-site |
| Cats-Citroën.com | NL | Jeroen Cats' view on the BFG-matter |
| Citroënet | UK | Julian Marsh' story |
| Anonyme | FR | percheron de type B F G fidèle monture depuis octobre 1982 |
| Lane Motor Museum | USA | a BFG at the Lane Motor Museum / Tenessee |
| www.smitbros.nl | NL | Smitbros - Texel, they acquired BFG N° 25 in june 2009. |
last update: 11/03/2021 15:39:35 by BlacK@TacK.
