Thread: Le Champion '73 (or '72), starting rebuild
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Old 04-04-15, 09:01 PM
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Originally Posted by CV-6
I don't think a triple would have been original gearing.
You are right, it was not the catalog spec. The triple was a customer order for this bike, probably installed by the shop, not the factory. This is what the shop delivered to the OO.
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