....so, did you buy it?
I think the rear tire is a bit low on air.
I think the rear tire is a bit low on air.
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Anyone ever own a BSA?
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This guy is asking $10,000 for an unrestored , less than 10,000 mile Super Rocket. It looks perfect. I doubt you could restore one to this level for less than that.
https://phoenix.craigslist.org/nph/mcy/d/1962-bsa-10-super-rocket-650/6672771525.html
https://phoenix.craigslist.org/nph/mcy/d/1962-bsa-10-super-rocket-650/6672771525.html
I had the opportunity to buy this...a Gold Star I believe. Told the guy it was in better condition than I was used too.
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Hi MrBultaco,
if it was a Goldie it would be "eminently restorable by the right purchaser" but alas, it's a 1946(ish) Royal Enfield single.
I lack the memory to say if it's a 350cc model G or a 500cc model J.
It ain't a J2 though, the J2 had twin exhaust pipes siamesed from it's single exhaust valve.
Hi Fred, I got the pic from a friend with a funny caption. I didn't know what it was, just thought I'd post it to this thread since it's in The Lounge.
Thanks for the info.
Thanks for the info.
Got an extra $15,000 laying around? You could have a real deal 1971 BSA triple race bike.
https://phoenix.craigslist.org/wvl/mcy/d/bsa-rocket-71-iii-750cc/6660926451.html
https://phoenix.craigslist.org/wvl/mcy/d/bsa-rocket-71-iii-750cc/6660926451.html
This one just showed up in Phoenix. Isn’t it a beauty?
https://phoenix.craigslist.org/evl/mcy/d/mesa-1969-bsa-lighting-a65/6771786690.html
https://phoenix.craigslist.org/evl/mcy/d/mesa-1969-bsa-lighting-a65/6771786690.html
I mess'd up big time. Scored this 650 off evil buy couple yrs ago. Nice runner.... delivered from Ohio to my buddies shop... total less then $3000.oo.... then for reasons I can't recall..... sold it to another buddy for what I had in it… Dang.... dang dang… Grrrrrrrr Haven't seen a deal like that since.. same story with M20's.. I wait'd too long to pull the trigger on one..now they're $$$$… I want'd to build a BSA M20 RAF Eagle Sqd tribute machine... the old check book determined a different direction.. found a drum brake, carburetor with mag.... 500 Bullet w/sidecar in army green. Fact is 99% of todays youth have no idea what RAF .. is.. or what it was about. But.. the sidecar will " look " the part .
That’s a nice looking Beezer Mike! Don’t you wish we would’ve been born rich instead of good looking! We’d all have shops like Jay Leno! 
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650 Custom Chop
Never really thought about it til I read this post but BSA’s were what got me hooked on bikes sixty years ago. Dad had a BSA he rode every day to work as a shearer in those days - can’t remember what model but he’d always take me for a spin around the dusty back roads near our place with me perched on the tank as maybe a two or three year old. The local butcher then turned up at our place on a few different BSA’s - and finally, on a beautiful BSA Rocket 111. Dad showed me how to ride on what I think was a 250 he threw together out of some bits in the shed. That what is it for me and I’ve had a bike ever since.
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Nah! I’m over wanting one. I still like looking at them, but not interested in restoring one. Now......a nice old Bonneville? Hmmm.........
Or Commando....
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I’ve put my ‘75 XS project on hold as I work on the ‘66 N15 I bought last spring. An unmaintained british steel can set you back a few bills and labor. Took the primary cover off and found a dry chain, worn clutches against the clutch basket, worn clutch hub, and the clutch hub rubbers were formed by using RTV.Or Commando....
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Oh, I did get a new 2-1 throttle cable and stainless brake line with fittings from TC Bros. So I can do some maintenance on the 79 Special. 
