Roussey: historic French scooter manufacturer with 123cc and 170cc models
PP Roussey was a French scooter manufacturer known for producing 170cc water-cooled scooters from 1951 to 1958, as well as racing models for events such as the Bol d'Or.
Roussey
France
1955
Roussey was a historic French brand known for its production of auxiliary engines, motorbikes and scooters.
The firm PP Roussay was founded in 1929. Father Roussey father and his twins Pierre and Paul established themselves in Dijon and produced motorbikes with a pressed-plate steel frame fitted with a "Chaise" engine.
After settling in Meudon, they exhibited at the 1952 Paris Salon an elegant scooter whose main feature was the water-cooled engine is. Development took several years and it was not until 1955 that the 170cc scooter was launched. With a central tubular frame to which the engine and suspension were attached and with a trailing front suspension. Despite numerous articles on the PP Roussey, scooter's career was very discreet. It reappeared for the prestigious Bol d'Or in 1957 and 1958, without plating as a racing scooter and in the hands of the Terrioux brothers. Despite its success in motorsport, Roussey stopped production in 1958. Production would hardly exceed 10 scooters and fewer than 5 are known to date.
The brand remains an important part of French motorbike history.