Reply To: Caille Recoil Starter

[TOM GOEPFRICH]

I also have a Caille with recoil starter and had to replace the leather strap as it was not in what I thought usable condition. I replaced strap many years ago and do not remember just how it is done but would say it was not a difficult job. My Caille is one of the very late RBMs they produced, probably in the early 1920s. It has the magneto commonly found on the Caille Liberty single motor. Caille offered that magneto as an option in the ’20s and it was more expensive than their flywheel magneto. I had to have magneto rewound but it now has super great spark.