Description: Yes we combine shipping for multiple purchases.Add multiple items to your cart and the combined shipping total will automatically be calculated. 1970 Saracen Trials Machine - 4-Page Vintage Motorcycle Article Original, vintage magazine articlePage Size: Approx. 8" x 11" (21 cm x 28 cm) each pageCondition: Good It’s something of a paradox, butthe machine used in the slowestform of motorcycle competitionhas to be, in order to succeed, oneof the most sophisticated of mo-torcycles. Come to think of it, itseems that the most highly devel-oped machines are intended foruse at the extreme ends of thespeed scale. Think about it, andwe think you will agree thatroad racers and trials machinesare unique in that they are de-signed to fulfill but a single func-tion. The road racer, obviously, ismeant to get from point A topoint B in as short a time aspossible. While every bit as spe-cialized as its speedy brother, thetrials machine is intended to ac-complish something entirely dif-ferent.A good trials rider makes it alllook easy, and much of the easewith which he performs can betraced to the characteristics ofhis bike. A good trials bike mustbe light, it must have good, verygood torque, it must steer with ut-ter precision, the suspension mustbe on a par with that found onmoto cross machines, and it musthave very good balance. In thepast several years it has beenpretty well proven that a largeengine is not essential to successin trials riding. There was a timewhen 350cc and 500cc four-strokesingles were thought to be theonly proper power plant for a realmudplugger. That theory waspretty well shattered when thegreat Sammy Miller and Bultacogot together and created the Sher-pa T. In one stroke the Irishmanand the Spanish factory revolu-tionized the design concepts whichhad applied to trials machinery.Soon, all of the top trials riderswere appearing on 250cc singletwo-strokes.More recently it has become ap-parent that even smaller mach-ines, properly designed, can betruly competitive. The subject ofthis report, the Saracen, is aclassic example of the currenttrend in trials iron.Constructed by a small firm inSouth Cerney, England, the Sara-cen’s appearance leaves absolutelyno doubt as to its intended use.The handlebars are wide and cant-ed well forward, the footrests areset well toward the rear, and theseating is almost non-existent; allsigns of the true trials motorbike.Quite narrow, the gas tank is con-structed of fiberglass and offers acapacity of just under two gal-lons. Both tires are shielded withlight alloy mudguards, and thefront fork is set at rather a steepangle. Add the 125cc Sachs en-gine, and that pretty much des-cribes the appearance of the Sara-cen. The frame is painted gold,the gas tank is red, and the seatis covered in a black material . . .everything else appears to be pol-ished metal of one alloy or an-other.Though quite simple in designand execution, the Saracen frameproves to be remarkably strong.Constructed of T-45 aircraft tub-ing with bronze welding usedthroughout, the frame weighs amere 16 pounds. A single largediameter downtube descends fromthe steering head and curves un-der the engine where it splits intotwo smaller tubes which curve up-ward to connect with the sub-frame loop. The backbone tubepasses from the steering head tothe nose of the subframe loop,and a pair of rear downtubes addrigidity to the mid-section of themachine.... 12926-AL-7008-13
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