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c.1950 Motobic Type A 60cc
Chassis no. 187
Engine no. D17
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Fees include commission and taxes.
Chassis no. 187
Engine no. D17
No reserve price
No registration
No MOT
The Type A is Motobic’s very first commercial model. Born from the imagination and hands of Lorenzo Zabala, a young mechanic from Éibar who was not yet twenty when he fitted his first self-designed auxiliary engine to an Orbea bicycle in 1948, it represents the transition from craftsmanship to production, the moment when an idea becomes a business. The LZ engine, a 60 cm³ single-cylinder unit producing 1.7 horsepower, is a modest yet sincere piece of engineering, designed and manufactured in the metallurgical tradition of a town that has been working with metal for generations.
The principle was typical of the era: an auxiliary engine mounted on an ordinary bicycle, transforming the pedal-powered machine into an affordable and economical moped. But whereas many manufacturers of the time were content to adapt foreign engines, Motobic designed its own – a rare display of technical independence for such a young company, in a Spain still economically isolated from the rest of Europe.
1950 was one of the very first years of commercial production for Motobic; the company had only been in existence for two years, and every machine produced bore the mark of a founding passion that remained entirely intact. Almost all examples of this inaugural generation have disappeared, victims of intensive use and an era that did not yet preserve its machines.
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Please note that this lot must be collected after the sale near Bagnères-de-Luchon, in the Central Pyrenees, in the town of Les - Lérida; collection must take place between 5 and 10 May 2026.
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The Type A is Motobic’s very first commercial model. Born of the imagination and hands of Lorenzo Zabala, a young mechanic from Éibar who was not yet twenty when he fitted his first self-designed auxiliary engine to an Orbea bicycle in 1948, it represents the transition from craftsmanship to production, the moment when an idea becomes a business. The LZ engine, a 60cc single-cylinder unit producing 1.7 horsepower, is a modest yet genuine piece of engineering, designed and manufactured in the metallurgical tradition of a town that has been working with metal for generations.
The principle was typical of the era: an auxiliary engine mounted on an ordinary bicycle, transforming the pedal-powered machine into an affordable and economical moped. But whereas many manufacturers of the time were content to adapt foreign engines, Motobic designed its own – a move towards technical independence that was rare for such a young company, in a Spain still economically isolated from the rest of Europe.
1950 was one of Motobic’s very first years of commercial production; the company had only been in existence for two years, and every machine produced bore the mark of a founding passion that remained entirely intact. Almost all examples of this inaugural generation have disappeared, victims of intensive use and an era that did not yet preserve its machines.
No reserve price