Voxan

Voxan is a manufacturer French of motor bikes to the atypical design, having for engine a twin-cylinder out of V, opened with 72°, of 1  000 cm ³.
It is based with Isere in the Puy-de-Dôme.

History

  • Creation in 1995 by Jacques Gardette

  • first tests in 1997 and presentation with World of the two wheels
  • entered of the Group Dassault the capital of Voxan in 1999 and first deliveries
  • put in File for bankruptcy in June 2001; creation of the VCF (Voxan Club of France) in November 2001
  • proposal for a recovery by the group Merker in December 2001 and refusal by the employees in April 2002
  • participation of the company Guy Couach, directed by Didier Cazeaux, with the capital in June 2002. Creation of the company Voxan-SCCM (Company of design and construction of motor bicycles). The company sees the spectrum of the bankruptcy moving away.
  • left the new models in 2003
  • signature of a partnership with Sidam Europe in October 2006. Voxan will be distributed in the concessions of the Sidam network on a European scale
  • stockmarket entry on the Open market of Euronext Paris in September 2007

Models

The common points between all the models of the Voxan range are:
- the look néo-rétro
- the suspension postpones with a shock absorber in horizontal position under the moteur
- the twin-cylinder out of V of 996 cm ³ to 4 valves per cylinder open to 72° supplied with injection

  • Roadster

Roadster is the first model of the mark, first deliveries in 1999. It is the work of the designer Sacha Lakic. It is sold around 11.400 €. A new model appears in 2005. The trapezoidal headlight, which did not achieve the unanimity although giving to the machine an immediately recognizable personality, is replaced by a conventional round headlight. It is sold 11.990 €. Come to shoulder Roadster, the Racer Coffee leaves in 2000. He wants to be more sporting, although having an identical mechanics, from his aspect with a Tête of fork, but also thanks to his position of control in support the wrists as on sporting. He is sold around 12.000 €. Scrambler is an alternative with a look any ways. It is sold 10.000 €.

  • VB1

Created in partnership with the Toulouse company Boxer Design, the VB1 (for Voxan Boxer 1) is the model supersport. It appears in 2001. Manufactured in limited quantity, it was sold 15.000 €.

  • Street Scrambler

More sporting version of Scrambler, Street Scrambler takes again the characteristics engine and the brakes of the Racer Coffee. It is sold 11.990 €. Exit of the drawing table of Sacha Lakic, Black Magic says the heiress of mythical the Norton Manx or other Triton. The engine develops the same power as that of the Racer Coffee. It is produced in limited and numbered series. It is sold 15.000 €. " On a basis of Black Magic, the engineers grafted a head of fourche." It is what one thought by seeing Charade for the first time of World of the two wheels in 2005. But the modifications are deeper. Braking is improved with the adoption of discs and radial clamps Béringer. As for the back shock absorber, it was developed by Bos. Also produced in limited quantity, it is sold 18.990 €.
Charade makes reference to the circuit car/motor bike located in the volcanos overhanging the town of Clermont-Ferrand.

External bonds

  • the official site of Voxan (in English and French)
  • the site of Voxan Club of France

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