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BSA Gold Star

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Are there any members on here with a good knowledge of Gold Stars?
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Re: BSA Gold Star

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Unit or pre-unit?

What do you need to know?
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Re: BSA Gold Star

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Do you mean DBD32 and 34 s (B31 and B33 with attitude),or the Rocket Gold Star twins?--Henry Cole did a restoration tv programme on a DBD32 350. with alun Millyard doing the engine work.
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Re: BSA Gold Star

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that millyard fella is truly amazing 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-)
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Re: BSA Gold Star

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Preunit B32/34 are the expensive ones
unit B25 and B50 are somewhat cheaper.
The B32/34 appear to get more expensive as they get newer ZB,BB are relatively cheap DBD most expensive.
I think Henry's was a BB as it had a slimmer barrel
A bit about them here
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Re: BSA Gold Star

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catcitrus wrote: Thu Mar 04, 2021 5:30 pm Do you mean DBD32 and 34 s (B31 and B33 with attitude),or the Rocket Gold Star twins?--Henry Cole did a restoration tv programme on a DBD32 350. with alun Millyard doing the engine work.
The one I was looking at was a DBD32 1959 I guess like the one Henry Cole restored.
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Re: BSA Gold Star

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Henry Cole Gold Star was an early swinging arm model 1954 sold by Godin https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C1192606
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Re: BSA Gold Star

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Before you buy learn to start one--they can break your leg!--there is a definite technique--I'm of that era!
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Re: BSA Gold Star

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They say that a little knowledge is a dangerous thing well no knowledge certainly is, despite being in my early sixties and having ridden bikes when dinosaurs still roamed the earth I've never owned a British bike and thought it was about time I did, thought a Gold Star might be a good bet because despite my advanced years I do still ride like a teenager having taken advice and made research I think I need something a little easier to live with. Thanks for all your wise words.
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Re: BSA Gold Star

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Co-Op Bonnie/Tiger 750 about the easiest/cheapest of the 'old' Brits...and not too unlike a Jap bike. Later ones even have the gearchange on the left, easy to keep running compared to most Brit bikes.
Also consider Norton Commando, but these are much more expensive.
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