Well i got a monark, now i need to id it, its always good to know what you're riding. I'm planning on doing this build using a skiptooth system so i need to know if monarks came with skiptooth system, so i wrote Leon Dixon from NBHAA.com and this is what he wrote to me 'Monark-Silver King Company.

Results 1 - 48 of 600 - Get the best deal for Monark Bicycle from the largest online selection at. (The serial number is 9H27098) ladies MONARK 'GOLD. Apr 05, 2012  The serial number table which I posted is not fool-proof. Monarch assigned sequence numbers, not serial numbers. As Production Control received an order, a sequence number was assigned, sequentially. As machines were completed, perhaps a year or more later, the sequence number was stamped on the machine as its serial number.

They started making bicycles for 1934 model year. Yes they made bicycles with 'skip tooth' (inch-pitch) but only in the very early years' and ' • MONARK and SILVER KING were two different brands. • No bicycle made by this company after 1935 had an inch-pitch chain. In fact, their slogan was that they had 'speed chains' (HALF-inch pitch). • There is no single 1934 model. There were several.

A 1934 model would NOT be a MONARK. It would be a SILVER KING. Which also means it would only have been an aluminum bicycle. • YES, we have ALL Monark and Silver King original catalogues.

We have standard research fees for making copies which are normally included in Official Detailed NBHAA Report.' End of quote. I'm now waiting to see if he can tell me what year my frame is. Here are pictures of my frame if you have a monark and you know the year place a picture here with its serial number, maybe we'll start a monark-silver king serial database!!! There's a list of Monark serial #s in the 'NBJ Introduction to classic bicycles book covering 1934-54. The last #s on the list is 1911106, so yours would likely be a 55-7 frame.

In late '57, Monark was sold to Huffy, so 58 up are at best a mix of parts, with later models identical to Huffy. As far as Silver King, they were a separate co. Who merged with Monark in the early 30s.

If I remember correctly, there were early models badged as Silver Kings, and there was a 1955 middleweight line badged as SK's. Sk was aslo used in the Huffy era.

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Consider yourself lucky not to be berated by LD and his NBHAA! While fairly knowledgeable, his caustic personality and self assumed know it all status are LEGENDARY!

Where can i get that book? This is the last email i got from nbhaa.com 'We cannot go to 3rd party web sites and links to view photos. We clearly state this in the FAQ section of NBHAA.com. We have to SEE the photo direct. The company did NOT start out as 'Silver King'. It started out as Monark Battery Company.Their first bicycle line was 'Silver King'.

Made of aluminum. LATER, they became the Monark-Silver King Company and morphed into other names. AGAIN, MONARK and SILVER KING were two different brands. The frame you have is a MONARK.

NOT a Monark Silver King. Yes, there IS a bicycle and motorcycle and exerciser company in Sweden. And NO they have no connection at all to American Monark-Silver King, Inc.

THere is something wrong with the numbers you provided. THere should be a MODEL number and a SERIAL number.' I replied with direct pictures but let see what he says!!! So i ask, did monark drop the silver king name because he says they're two different companies?

Click to expand.According to my book, the Monark Battery Co. Introduced a bicycle line in Oct. 1934 with the Silver King badge.

A 1935 ad says 'Monark Silver King Inc' at the bottom. The Monark badge was introduced in 1938 for their new 'Super Frame' lineup, using steel frames.