Originally Posted by
Salamandrine
Looks like one of the later post bankruptcy models. It could be a later bike made by an unrelated company after when the name had been sold off, like today's' Motobecane'. Could even be some euro only model I don't recognize, or some unrelated bike with a decal. What it isn't: a vintage Motobecane sold in the US in the 70s.
It's welded not lugged.
Looks to me like one of the “inexternal lugless” models they had in the early ‘80s. The color doesn’t look familiar but I am fallible. Could also be a repaint, or non-US model as mentioned.
Have you looked around the Bulgier site?
bulgier.net - /pics/bike/Catalogs/Motobecane/