mike in idaho
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Always room for one more bike in the shed.
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Anyone ever own a BSA?
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I'm happily divorced so I can buy and KEEP as many as my heart desires or checkbook can stand.
LTGTR
XS650 Addict
Put together a 650 Lightning in the seventies. (excuse poor photo)
...and BSA is taking another kick at the cat with an entirely new Gold Star 650....
I shoulda been a little clearer.... was a BSA B50MX he had.
Scored this beauty.... in the ruff.... off a regional auction.... 224 miles from my door... between the cost... fees.. always fees.. gas... coffee and my fig newtons.. $480.oo... All the auction guys would say... found in grandma's garage.... last plated 79'.... one thing the auction listing seemed to " forget "... engine doesn't turn over. A visit to the car wash removed most of the grud .... I have a 40's M-20... 90% complete....sitting ..waiting .... my buddy who knows BSA twins.... and all their faults... said... he'd rebuild my engine.. split the cases and address the known crank bushing.... for the M-20.... 
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Bumping along dirt roads in the panhandle of Idaho while trying to find my sister's tepee. (70's counter-culture, she gave birth in that tepee), beside the "road" sat a triumph street twin, parts piled around it, head off, open to the sky, everything covered in a thick layer of road grit. A "typical" British bike owner? Funny the things we remember 50 years on.
....there's definitely a story behind that old motorcycle.....
British Motorcycles, and such nostalgia here caused me to share these two craigslist threads, at least while available. I don't know if either is a member's here, but all this desire must be fulfilled. Hoping the 2 links work, time to see!
1972 Triumph Tiger 650 TR6RV - motorcycles/scooters - by owner -... (craigslist.org)
1966 BSA Hornet - motorcycles/scooters - by owner - vehicle... (craigslist.org)
They work for me!
1972 Triumph Tiger 650 TR6RV - motorcycles/scooters - by owner -... (craigslist.org)
1966 BSA Hornet - motorcycles/scooters - by owner - vehicle... (craigslist.org)
They work for me!
hogtyed
Paul
I saw some videos of this earlier in the week. I’d love to see it up close.
Who says they haven't? 
I fully expect they ain't gonna be a one trick pony.
Theres another BSA thread running where they talk about BSA’s plans and other models,
https://www.xs650.com/threads/bsa-motorcycles.60873/
Never owned a BSA, but sold a couple for the Champaign, IL shop. We didn't let customers take the controls for test rides, we fired up the bikes and put 'em on the bitch seat if they wanted a demo. I always looked forward to runs on the Rocket III but dreaded the day when a customer would ask for a spin on a Victor; I could never get the timing drill right on the compression release. I got lucky, that day never rolled around.
Yes, it was you who said they were going into electric bikes.
....aaaaaanddd, Mother Honda just popped this tastey little morsel out of the easy-bake oven.....
Wouldn't that be fun as a 650cc single thumper?
....sort of like a Mazda Miata: all the fun of driving a British sports car with none of the pain of owning a British sports car.
Wouldn't that be fun as a 650cc single thumper?
....sort of like a Mazda Miata: all the fun of driving a British sports car with none of the pain of owning a British sports car.
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