Saroléa

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Saroléa was a Belgian company that had been manufacturing weapons in Herstal since 1850 . Bicycles were also built there from 1892, motor tricycles and small cars for a short time from 1896, and motorcycles from 1903 to 1960.

history

The first motorcycles were with 2,75- and 3,5- PS - cylinder - four-stroke engines equipped. From 1906 there was also a two-cylinder V-engine with 5 hp. The engines developed by Saroléa were even exported to England and sold there under the name of Kerry . In 1914 a 546 cc engine with upright valves appeared . Later, mainly 346 and 496 cc single cylinder engines with vertical or hanging valves were produced. Many parts of the motorcycles came from English manufacturers such as Sturmey-Archer (gearbox), Amal (carburetor), Best & Lloyd (oil pumps).

The architect Léon van Dievoet on his Saroléa motorcycle. Blankenberghe, July 16, 1934

Saroléa motorcycles were built in the sporty style of classic English motorcycles. In the 1930s there was a factory team equipped with OHC machines. In 1938, the single-cylinder bevel shaft engines with two overhead camshafts were very successful. From 1950 to 1959 there was a four-stroke parallel twin with initially 500, later 600 cm³, the Atlantic model . From the mid- 1950s onwards, in view of the declining motorcycle market, the company worked closely with Belgian competition and, in addition to the classic four-stroke models, until 1960 also produced various models with two-stroke engines , some with their own, some with bought-in Sachs engines.

Models

  • Prima and Supra: 123 cm³ two-stroke
  • Regina, Protecta and Century: 198 cm³ two-stroke
  • Vedette: 350 cm³ ohv four-stroke
  • Continental Super: 398 cm³ sv four-stroke
  • Colonial: 589 cm³ sv four-stroke

Due to the sharp decline in motorcycle sales in the late 1950s, the Saroléa brand disappeared from the market in 1960.

gallery

  • Saroléa 25 H (350 cm³) from 1925

  • Saroléa 500 cm³ from 1925

  • Saroléa B 31 (350 cm³) from 1931

  • Saroléa 46 AS (350 cm³) from 1946

  • Saroléa 36 S (600 cm³) from 1936

  • Saroléa Vedette (350 cm³) from 1952

  • Saroléa 51 A4 (400 cm³) from 1951

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