Motobecane mx400

[ronster]

Right,I dont know if this should be in here or in wanted section?,I have just got meself a Motobecane mx 400 frame with ARX forks to do a survivor build on...why I hear some of you at the back ask?...or what the hell is one of them?...well pretty scarce over here but I have wanted one for a while now as its a little different looking to most other race frames.
What I want to know/see is any info on them?...apart from stuff on the museum pics etc and I know Claude Vuillemot the french national champ used to ride them...just wondered if anyone out there knows much?...any info gratefully received chaps

Just so you know what im on about...Oh and thats not a dent in one of the top tubes...its got internal brake cable routing

[NORTY40]

I like that Ronnie , something a bit different from the norm 

Can't help on any info though mate 

[Moose]

I quite like them.

That must be a later version - the one I had didn't have the head tube/down tube gusset and the seat tube gusset was inbetween the top tubes/seatstays.

[double chevron]

So, you grabbed it ? 
Well done Ronnie

[ronster]

I quite like them.

That must be a later version - the one I had didn't have the head tube/down tube gusset and the seat tube gusset was inbetween the top tubes/seatstays.

Yea this is an 84/85 on the cusp of when they changed but before they changed to MBK from Motobecane...and I beleive it is the so called second generation with the differences as you say

[ronster]

So, you grabbed it ? 
Well done Ronnie

Cheers Arnaud for finding it for me ...its in good condition too and was the only bidder at 99 euros ...the 2 RON RON brake device will be ready tomorrow if you still want one?...will post up on the for sale section too

[double chevron]

Pm'ing you then !

[ronster]

I like that Ronnie , something a bit different from the norm 

Can't help on any info though mate 

 ...Haha...cheers Joff...did you see over on rewind I posted some pics of that old Haro

[MartyC]

Quirlky but kinda sexy in that ginger kind of way

[fischflo]

Nice  ........my first bmx was a motobecane MX152

Some general info on Motobecane
http://translate.google.de/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.23mag.com%2Fgens%2Fmeneau.htm&sl=fr&tl=en&hl=&ie=UTF-8

Did you see frdavid and skub's MBK MX400 in our museum?

guess you already know these pics: http://bmxmuseum.com/bikes/motobecane/     

The range Motobecane 1984 is presented in the BMX magazine # 19 April 1984.
The story of mbk--in french though-- in Cream bmx #15 - novembre décembre 2005   Dr oldschool : la saga MBK

Not sure, but i guess one should search for 'mbk' rather than for 'motobecane' on info for the mx400

Whats the ginger puss doin in this serious thread?

[fischflo]

  i meant http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?hl=de&ie=UTF-8&sl=fr&tl=en&u=http://www.23mag.com/com/mbk/mbk.htm&rurl=translate.google.de&usg=ALkJrhg0CDe3WgAYEOFpIdsDVrG1IHwAbg

[stuntmaster]

i had a motobecane last year , sold it off can`t remember who to now . it was the gusset model . i know i sold it cheap

[jT Racing]

different. like it.