International Rescue: Rebuilding A 1933 Motoconfort

What’s the best part about the exploding interest in older bikes? For us, it’s not just about the finished product and the photographic eye candy. It’s also seeing traditional skills staying alive: Lathes whirring, English wheels spinning, and planishing hammers hitting metal. And it doesn’t get more authentic than this ancient French resto-mod, brought back to life in the English countryside. This extraordinary machine is a Motoconfort C23, which looks like it was built yesterday but is actually 84 years old. It’s the work of John Harrison, who at 63 is just a wee bit younger. John lives in the...