Manon
Ets Chaigneau presented motorcycles at the salon of 1902 with engines of 1½ hp and 2 hp. One of these had a Kratos water-cooled 1½ hp engine.
La Métropole documentation (c.1902) shows the engine is from the Bord Motor Company of London, marketed in France as Manon.
The Mohawk Motor & Cycle Company of Chalk Farm of London marketed the vehicles as the Mohawk-Manon in England.
The firm also built automobiles powered by Aster and De Dion-Bouton engines. Production ceased around 1905.
Sources: Bourdache pp146 and 438, Tragatsch p197, Kees Koster, de.wikipedia.org.
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