The Motobecane began its activities in 1924,realizing a motorcycle with a 175 cc. single cylinder engine and the belt drive characteristic of these bikes was that was being built in version with horizontal tank for men,and in version with a sloped tank for women.Had an extraordinary commercial succes.The positioning of the tank hanging from the center of the single-beam frame originated the nickname"sottocanna".This classification clearly reveals the birth of the motorcycle as a transformation of the biccycle,wich was added to the engine another feature of this version is the first direct,tht once set in motion the bike stops just turing it off.Here are adversing the vehicle is a perfect example of this bike