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Just the wanderings of a poor memory , but did I see somewhere a picture of a Saracen with a Bantam motor in it ?

A friend of mine sold one at Telford last year, it was just a rolling chasis with Bantam crankcases...so they do exist, but sadly no photo.

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Thanks all , I guess that wasn't something I dreamed up after too much whiskey at the campfire. I had the last Wassell Bantam produced , how it got to the US I don't know , nobody over here had a clue what it was other than they thought it was a Penton that we put an odd motor in Cheers

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Me too,it was in the first book of the offroad Reviiew(yello book)with the saracen story.

Chrs:Mike

Talking about a Wassel-bantam.In the next village just down the road there is a guy who owne's one.He will not sell it.

Chrs:Mike

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Hi trialsrooster,

Here's an image of the original Saracen developed by my old friend Ron Goodfellow, the intention was to develop a kit bike that would give an inexpensive route into trialling - the full story is told in ORRe - available exclusively from this site.

Enjoy,

Deryk Wylde

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Just the wanderings of a poor memory , but did I see somewhere a picture of a Saracen with a Bantam motor in it ?

Hi,

And to prove they were used in trials, here is a picture of Ron Goodfellow, who created them, with his Bantam version in a Golden Valley trial.

PHOTO: MARY WYLDE

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Just out of curiosity, I have a Saracen frame set up for a Sachs motor. I would like to put a 175 Bantam in it. Probably a foolish question, but is this difficult to do? Hate to mess up the nickel plating with a lot of cutting and welding.

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Talking about a Wassel-bantam.In the next village just down the road there is a guy who owne's one.He will not sell it.

Chrs:Mike

The book that you refer to as the 'First' Offroad Review was actually three issues of the ORR magazine combined into one book when I was struggling to keep the publishing business head above water - there were 80 other issues before that book............

Enjoy

Deryk

PS It is all being reproduced, brought up to date and republished in ORRe - available EXCLUSIVELY from this website.......

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