Arlette Motorcycle Sales - Frans de Weers

[Nolan]

Arlette was a Texas based Guzzi dealership owned and operated by Frans de Weers and his wife Susan, both well known among the MGNOC crowd years ago. Securing a deal with Agostini in Mandello, Arlette somewhat rebranded several of the items in the Agostini catalog and made one of their own - some of that illustrated in the B&W attachment. There's currently an Arlette Le Mans 850 FS on eBay (shown) and not surprisingly, the bike is located in Texas.

I never connected with Frans, but would like to and see if more material on Arlette is available. Does anyone here know where they are today?

Thanks in advance!







 

[guzzisteve]

Remember them well, bought stuff from them years ago. Have no idea where or what happened to them. I have thrown out all the literature long time ago. I was farming then, no one had accessories but them and Dales Cycle in Rock Island, IL Good Luck.

[Turin]

 

I'm curious as all heck about this one. Did Arlette build specials? Race like my local dealer used to back in the day? Could be a great story!

[Antietam Classic Cycle]

I'm curious as all heck about this one. Did Arlette build specials? Race like my local dealer used to back in the day? Could be a great story!

IIRC, they just imported and sold "special" parts from Europe.