Monet & Goyon motorcycle books - history and models

Monet & Goyon - la moto française

At the beginning of the 20th century, discoveries abounded. Technology evolved rapidly thanks to men who were not put off by the unknown. This is how two young men, Joseph Monet and André Goyon, created hand-operated tricycles called "velocimanes".
It was after the First World War and there were many wounded. They quickly adapted a drive wheel of English origin, of which they became the exclusive manufacturers for France. The first step towards motorization was thus taken. A varied production of motorcycles up to 500 cm³ would follow.

The Mâcon brand Monet & Goyon carved out a solid reputation in competition between the two wars, while production continually evolved over the years. The English "Villiers" engines, followed by the Swiss MAG engines, equipped the motorcycles. In 1929, sales declined, and to regain the confidence of its agents, Monet & Goyon purchased the prestigious Koehler Escoffier brand.

In the 1950s, Monet-Goyon did not escape the fashion for the "Starlett" scooter and the moped. A new bodied motorcycle, "the Pulman" was studied in 1956. But that same year, the economic situation led to the decline of the company, which definitively abandoned the production of motorized machines and converted to the manufacture of motorized cultivators for Motostandard.

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