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Early
June 2010 I bought this Saroléa 36A, 350 cc SV 1936. For
years I
kept my eyes open for a handsome pre-war Saroléa, especially
as
my father once owned a machine of that famous Belgian brand. Good
pre-war Saroleas are scarce in northern Netherlands and when I came
across this little machine for sale, I quickly decided to it. The bike is in decent shape, looks good, but is not completely correct. The manual control of the four speed gearbox is rather puzzling. Until 1936, the Type A was equipped with a manual three-speed box, from '36 on it had a foot-operated four-speed gearbox. The headlight and exhaust are not original. Furthermore, the machine has no brake light or horn, making participation in modern traffic rather doubtful. There are some mechanical problems as well: the compression is poor and the clutch sticks, which currently renders the machine very difficult to ride. It is my intention to use this page as some sort of blog of my effords to refurbish this motorbike, which will probably develop according to the principle "learning by doing". |
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| Some data: engine: 1 cylinder - fourstroke displacement: 349 cc bore x stroke: 75 x 79 mm compression: 4.75 : 1 valve control: side valves power: 9 Bhp at 4,200 rpm carburetor: AMAL 74/022 ignition: battery & coil advance: hand operated gears: Saroléa 4 speed gear box clutch: multiple plates, wet electr. inst.: 6 Volt fuel tank: 13 litres oil tank: 1.6 liter weight, empty: 125 kg tyres: 26 x 3.50 wheel base: 1.37 m Some maintenance data: tappet clearance: inlet: 0.05 mm exhaust: 0.10 mm ignition timing: 8 deg. or 0.5 mm before TDP static ignition (fully retarded) |
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| lacking foot shift mechanism | carburetor, seen from right and left hand side | |
| after I cleaned up the wiring, kick starting the engine is a cinch | ||
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| Unfortunately I lost the original taillight during my very first tour on this machine. For now I replaced it with a Bosch reproduction, which is quite similar to the original. To participate in modern traffic with reasonable safety, I installed a brake light using a LED lamp by Beck Elektronika, which gives good illumination at a very low power consumption. | ||
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la Maison Saroléa lots of information about many (all?) models (French) | |
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les Motos Belges: Saroléa lots of information about many models (French) | |
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Motorrad
Wiki - Saroléa 34A - 1934 a lot of (technical) information, including a lot of pictures of the overhaul of the 3 speed gearbox (German) |
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"Het Huis Saroléa" page by the club "Oude Motoren Galder" (Dutch) | |
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Saroléa 350 OHV from 1951 technical information on the 350 (English and Swedish) | |
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A La Belle Epoque, Saroléa Forum (French) | |
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Reproduced Saroléa parts (French) | |
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Article about the Saroléa Programme of 1934 (French) | |
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Saroléa
Tour 2010 Tour for Saroléa Motorcycles, October 24 (Dutch & French) |
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Saroléa
Event Ocober 2009, Berlare Report, lots of Pictures, Information, Links, etc (Dutch & French) |
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© 2010 Gerard Geertjes