Brief History of Sanglas (in Spanish)
http://www.clubsanglascatalunya.com/historia.htm
Mon Oct 08 2007
Ldoughton2001<at>yahoo.com
Sanglas Repair Manual
1974 Sanglas Electro 400 single
Hi,
I am desperately looking for a repair manual of any type
for my sanglas 400. Any information would be greatly appreciated as these
bikes seems to have been forgotten and all information cast away.
Please email if you can help. Thanx Lenny
Ireland, Wicklow Town
Mon May 07 2007
cthomson<at>curie.uct.ac.za
sanglas sv5
i alooking to make contact with the owners of sanglas 500 motorcycles
cape town
Sat Sep 09 2006
burbidgep
yahoo.co.uk
Parts Lists
Sanglas singles & twins
Free to good home - original parts lists for 400 & 500 singles
and 400 twin. Also 500 dual seat and rear mudguard. "Buyer collects".
South midlands / north Cotswolds.
Mon Mar 20 2006
bohacssupanet
s2v5 spares
where can i obtain spares from in england.
the bike is a Sanglas s2v5 500cc single.
alex
alylesbury
Sat Jan 28 2006
thegordonscheldoc.fsnet.co.uk
Villiers twins
Hi there!
I have found another bike manufacturer that used the Villiers
twin units in the sixties, Spanish Sanglas!....Have a look.
September 17, 2002
James
I have purchased, unseen as yet, a Sanglas 400. I have been told by
the vendor that the engine is a Yamaha XS400 twin so presumably a local
Yamaha dealer could assist. That is assuming, in my as yet blissful, ignorance
that all the late 400s had the same engine. I shall advise more fully when
I collect the machine.
Frank Westworth, editor of Clasic Bike Guide, has a Sanglas. He is very
approachable.
David Atkinson -- davidatkinson at dial.pipex
June 21, 2002
Sanglas motorcycles were imported into Ireland in the early 1970's
for use by the Army.
Two models were used, the 400 "militario" ( very similar to 400T) and
a slightly later model , the 400E "electrico" with electric starter.
Apart from the starter and engine oil system, the main difference between
the models was in the front forks and instrument layout. The side
panels below the seat were more "square" to accommodate the larger battery
on the starter model. The models were superficially similar, finished
in army green with large handlebar faring and leg shields in fiberglass.
The main difference with the engines was that the 400 used a dry-sump
oil system with oil tank under the seat while the 400E was a wet-sump with
the engine oil shared with the gearbox ( Guzzi Falcone style). The
400 used pressed steel rocker-box covers while the 400E had aluminium castings.
Other details ,such as slightly different engine side covers to accommodate
the starter , separate the two models but the engines are very alike and
many parts are interchangeable.
The Army eventually auctioned off The Sanglas bikes and for a while
in the late '70's they were a marginally popular "budget" machine on Irish
roads. However, as spares dried up they ended up being scrapped.
Unless owners had the means to actually make bits they couldn't be kept
running.
Opinions vary greatly about Sanglas bikes, one gets the impression that
they were not a popular machine in the Army. At a time when the Jap factories
were making the early sporty four cylinder models this is probably understandable.
They compare well enough with older singles like British bikes, a 400 is
livelier than a BSA B31 or G3L Matchless for instance , a tidy 400 will
do 80mph+ ( genuine, I don't believe 90 no matter how loud it is). The
electric starter was not considered to be any good by anybody. Even the
factory fitted a kickstarter with it. There was always a suspicion that
the starter pinion wore swarf off the crankshaft flywheel which then got
into the engine oil. Anyway, I've never seen one working.
There seems to be some interest in Spain (finally) in restoring these
bikes . I heard about owners groups on the continent in the past but never
managed to find a source of spares. Maybe this will improve if some owners
communicate more.
I hope this is of interest to someone .
Stay between the ditches,
Ger. -- nolang at ncad.ie
April 18, 2002
I've a number of derelict Sanglas 400s (ex-Irish Army)....
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January 24, 2002
We would like to notify that we've just created the "Club Sanglas Catalunya"...
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December 26, 2001
Hi! I have a 1974 Sanglas 400e -- Mervyn Jones
-- mervynjones at eircom.net
October 4, 2001
I have just started the complete restoration of a Sanglas 400, these
bikes were brought into Ireland for the army...
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June 22, 2000
Sanglas
The only four-stroke Spanish motorcycles of the 60s and 70s...
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February 9, 2000
Please find enclosed two pictures of my Sanglas 400 T, before and after
restoration.
For more details about Sanglas, you can visit www.sanglas.net
I am looking for information and pictures of Motobic.
Bye
Miguel Cuenca Drouhard
December 4, 1999
There's not much information on Sanglas motorcycles on the net that
I can find. If you find it interesting, I have some info at http://members.aol.com/greglond/sanglas.htm
and the national motorcycle museum have some pages, look at http://www.tower.org/museum/sanglas/sanglas.html
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Hope this is of some interest, contact me on greglond at aol
if you want any more info. -- Greg
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