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Saracen frame,(possibly ?).

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Hi guys,I think i might have aquired a Sarecen frame, at the moment it has a D14 bantam motor installed,but looking at pics on the sight it looks right. It's stamped on the l/hand side of the headstock......6960137. does that sound right with you?

Thanks for your input.

Hi,

Issue Four of our digital magazine includes the full story of Saracen production and plenty of photos of the machines, just select ORRe on the Home page and that will take you there, join the club and you get instant access to all the back issues at no extra cost.

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From memory, most if not all Saracen production frames were nickel plated. Also the snail cam adjusters were situated at the swinging arm spindle, not the rear wheel. This may help to identify whether your frame is a Saracen.

Ron Goodfellow, the originator of the brand, (who used Bantam engines in his first bikes) has been a contributor on here in the past so further help may just be forthcoming.

If it's any help I know someone who had a Saracen when new and has some Saracen frames now and they all start 6960.  There was a Saracen with a Bantam engine at the Telford show.

20 hours ago, cleanorbust said:

From memory, most if not all Saracen production frames were nickel plated. Also the snail cam adjusters were situated at the swinging arm spindle, not the rear wheel. This may help to identify whether your frame is a Saracen.

True but Firefly's also had nickel plated frames and snail cams on the swing arm spindle.

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