News – Midual returns with the Type 1, the French haute couture motorcycle – Occasions MIDUAL

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Midual returns with the Type 1, the French haute couture motorcycle

News - Midual returns with the Type 1, the French haute couture motorcycle - Occasions MIDUAL

Dormant for 15 years, the French manufacturer Midual announces its coming awakening thanks to the Type 1, a brand new motorcycle powered by a flat twin installed in the direction of the road which will be discovered on August 17 in California (USA) during of the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance . 

Dormant for 15 years, the French manufacturer Midual announces its coming awakening thanks to the Type 1, a brand new motorcycle powered by a flat twin installed in the direction of the road which will be discovered on August 17 in California (USA) during of . 

Midual, the return 

Discovered at the Paris motorcycle show in 1999, it made a strong impression thanks to its 900cc flat-twin with transverse crankshaft (unlike the BMW Boxers). Unfortunately, this roadster lovingly designed by the brothers Olivier and François Midy will not go to the marketing phase and the French brand gradually sank into oblivion …

15 years later, Midual emerges from the shadows with a new project that is apparently still as ambitious: the Type 1, a roadster-type motorcycle with high technological content, the launch of which is scheduled for Sunday, August 17 during the Pebble Elegance Competition. Beach (California – USA). 

For the moment, no photo of this French novelty has been communicated, nor its precise technical characteristics..

However, in order to create and maintain the "buz", Midual engages in a teasing campaign on his, on which some information concerning the Type 1 is revealed in a trickle….

Thus, this new tricolor motorcycle will take again the original engine architecture discovered on the first, that is to say a twin-cylinder flat installed in the direction of the road and inclined at 25 ° forwards. Very little used because of the bulk it generates, especially in terms of wheelbase, this mechanical configuration is, according to Midual, a reinterpretation of the Douglas motorcycle of 1927 (thumbnail above).

In addition to this original positioning, the French flat-twin is also distinguished by its distribution entrusted to a cascade of pinions, a "noble" and reliable technical solution used in particular on the first generations of Honda VFRs..

Midual does not reveal any more concerning the characteristics of its engine, but insists on the other hand on the quality of the peripherals and the materials retained on its Type1..

The bike receives, for example, plates in high quality aluminum alloy, covered with a two-tone anodized treatment. The care taken in the welds carried out by hand demonstrate an excellent know-how, while each part has been the subject of deep reflection: the radiator would have required more than 100 blanks, for example !

Presumably positioned as a very high-end motorcycle, the Midual Type 1 has a dashboard "in silky oak (!) From Australia, varnished and polished by hand", specifies the manufacturer. Its designers are also proud of the fact that the bike has "a level of finish and customization unique in the world". A remark which tends to suggest an exclusive price, like what another French "premium" brand practices: .

Midual will continue to provide other information on its Type 1 until the unveiling of this new bike in ten days. Stay connected !

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