Any of the brains trust know what this is please...
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Any of the brains trust know what this is please...
Any of the brains trust know what this is please...
Have you noticed that anyone going slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster is a maniac ?
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Actually alcohol IS a solution
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O.K. stand down, my guess was right.
Bsa 500 Gold Star about 1955.
Bsa 500 Gold Star about 1955.
Have you noticed that anyone going slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster is a maniac ?
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Might even be a Rocket Gold Star - 650cc twin. Either one the profile is definitely a BSA Goldie of some sort (with a different tank though).
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I didn't have to guess I knew what it was because that bike was sold from a dealership I worked in. I remember the reg no. as I dusted the bike every lunchtime so I had an excuse to touch it. I had a BSA B33 which kicked like a mule , most on here will know was a 500cc single. The Gold Star was there for ages but when it was finally sold I was the one that had to get it started as like my bike it kicked and everybody else was afraid of it. The guy that bought it traded in an BSA A7.MellowYellow wrote:O.K. stand down, my guess was right.
Bsa 500 Gold Star about 1955.
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Think I've found the owner. In Oz these days.mike69 wrote:I didn't have to guess I knew what it was because that bike was sold from a dealership I worked in. I remember the reg no. as I dusted the bike every lunchtime so I had an excuse to touch it. I had a BSA B33 which kicked like a mule , most on here will know was a 500cc single. The Gold Star was there for ages but when it was finally sold I was the one that had to get it started as like my bike it kicked and everybody else was afraid of it. The guy that bought it traded in an BSA A7.
Does the name Garland ring a bell ???
Have you noticed that anyone going slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster is a maniac ?
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I would guess that was about summer 1957 or 8 although I couldn't be certain of the name, Garland does seem fit. I believe he lived in Taunton at the time. When he collected the bike I was told to take the A7 for a test ride but to make sure he hadn't stopped tp admire it and not be able to re-start. My boss must have been psychic as sure enough he had pulled into a bus stop and was smoking a fag and gazing at his new pride and joy. I stopped and stayed until he wanted to go and had to show him how to start it again.