Sarolea 500 Super Sport racer Grenillon Delaunay 1926 Six hour endurance race

Description

A superb and rare photo of factory riders Grenillon and Delaunay on their
Sarolea 500 Supersport Model 23G
racing machine shortly before starting the
1926
edition of the French six hour endurance race.
Sarolea
was a very famous Belgian motorcycle brand that reached absolute fame in racing.
The factory was found by Joseph Sarolea as early as
1850 in
the Belgian city of
Herstal
.
At first the factory concentrated on military arms production.
In 1892 bicycles were added to the production lines and in 1902 the first motorcycle was build by Sarolea.
The 300cc and 500cc sidevalve models did really well, they were excellent motorcycles.
In
1914 a
50 degree 703cc V-twin taken into production.
It was a luxury, gorgeous machine.
When motorcycle production started it quickly became clear that Sarolea build motorcycles that were perfectly suitable for racing.
Before long the factory started building pukka racing machines.
The 500cc Model
23 in
this aspect became legendary. In the 1930’s the Sarolea factory campaigned a virtually unbeatable
OHC
racing machine.
After World War II Sarolea worked together with other Belgian motorcycle manufacturers like FN untill the factory folded in 1957.
In the 1950s Sarolea build a 500cc parallel twin that was also sold in the
U.S.A.
, however under the name “ Atlantic “.
This
non period
photo reflects a very interesting and historic piece of motorcycling and Saroléa history. Therefore it is printed in a nice large format of ca. 8" x 12" (ca. 20 x 30 cm).
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