Saracen trials motorcycle

The later one's with the alloy tank also had the alloy barrel. This engine was a six speed engine. Here in germany we put the engine from the latest army model the Hercules K Military in that bike and it works great. The best and closest gerbox you can get is from the Hercules Motocross bike. These engines have the closest gear ration and ist the best for trials. All the engines the Saracens came with got that gear box.

The man on that photo is from Poland and is riding a polish WSK. This is not a Saracen. This man was in italy last year for the pre 65 Trial of the Eurocup. If anybody needs anymore infos about Saracen please give me a PM. I have a lot of Liturature about Saracen from Motorcycle Magazines and also the original sales brochures. If anybody needs Sachs spare parts he can also give me i PM.

I can help with a lot of parts. You can also have a look on www. I got my bike and will be posting pics of the restoration. Does any one know the size of the steering head bearings?

They were steel chrome rims. I recently aquired the bike pictured in this thread. What an honor to hear the maker of it pass along information. Ronald Thanks for any help with the bearings. I am starting the resto this winter. Kanur Get in touch with me anytime.

Not too many Saracen owners out there. I recently acquired a Saracen parts bike that was being sold as a trials model. The engine soon began to run smoothly and even at high revs there was no sign of four-stroking.

I no longer competed regularly in trials and I was concerned lest, inadvertently, I came to the wrong conclusion. True, I had a wide experience behind me and I hoped I had not lost the touch. It is fair to say, I suppose, that John was a protege of mine; he has been riding in trials since he was 16 and has won close to awards.

This was to be held on privately owned heathland and from past experience I knew that the course would be a testing one. There would be loose sand to contend with, some mud, tree roots and steep climbs. John was quite game and I went along with him. In the back of his truck were his Bultaco and the Saracen. Interest in the new bike was intense. John had not ridden it before and had time only to adapt himself to the riding position and controls. He could not even get the feel of the thing!

Unluckily in a way, he was the first man through the earlier sections and watched by quite a gallery, he lost his way amidst a bewildering array of markers! On Sections 1 and 2 he lost a total of 10 marks on this account. But it was obvious that the bike was handling perfectly. John soon settled down and the only other big boob happened on the last section of the first lap. He did, of course, lose a few marks elsewhere but these penalties were excusable; all told, he lost 17 marks on Lap 1, of which 15 had been thrown away.

On the next two circuits he did very well, but like most competitors he had a heavier toll on Lap 4 because, by then, some of the 10 sections had become badly cut up. John finished 4th with a score of On that reckoning, then, he would have been the winner but for those first lap boobs. And on a machine that he had not seen until an hour before the trial! It was a most valuable exercise and we both learned a great deal.

Possibly the plastic type of grip fitted to the bike was at fault or it might have been the cable distributor for the throttle and oil pump cables. Bearing in mind the absolute necessity for smooth throttle control on a trials bike, this snag must be overcome. We tried lubricating the cables by taking them off, hanging them vertically and allowing oil to pass through them overnight.

But the improvement was only marginal. This cannot be an insurmountable problem and the manufacturer intends to fit a longer cable to obtain a smoother loop. I think, also, it would help to substitute a metal type twistgrip for the plastic one; albeit at the expense of an ounce or two of weight!

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