Rare vintages seen at ISDE Portugal

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Here's one you probably don't know.

Portal...uses a Sachs engine and a lattice frame. Made in France and designed by one Jean Baron.

Never seen or heard of them before.

More rare stuff to follow

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Moto Guzzi 250 cc two-stroke twin!

Another one I didn't know about, and I used to work in a Guzzi dealership

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Vintage winners KTM Team Italy

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More than cars and scooters

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80cc Fantic bzzzzzzzzzzzzz!

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1968 Yamaha DT1...arguably the first Japanese trail bike. Came all the way from Canada, and finished!

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The Cagiva 125 was one of the first liquid-cooled enduro bikes.

There was a convoluted arrangement of hoses and pipes to mount the radiator where the front number-plate should have been...god knows why as all that steered weight high up can have been of no help to anyone, and meant sticking the front light on the mudguard.

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Here's an air-cooled Cagiva...much better-looking IMO

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Canadian-built (and ridden) Can Am.

Rotax engine

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Another shot of the Can Am.

The old bikes ran for the last four of the six days. This bike had been running for a day, and was already missing most of the back mudguard.

It was a tough event for the old bikes, and their (old) riders.

Soberingly two died of heart attacks while riding. That's how tough it is!

RIP