Goldy makes a come back

[Jaws]

BSA GOLD STAR (2022 - on) Review

Single cylinder 650 TWIN ?
Typical MCN twaddle
I do really like the look of the bike though
Shame it does not have a separate gear box and is water cooled, but they do have the basic look right..
They have somehow managed to keep the spirit of the bike there............ I would not mind one in the stable thats for sure
Wonder what it weighs ?

 

[Richard n Ann]

Twin clocks as if it's a special feature.

 

[Richard n Ann]

Twin wheels? Too

 

[Al n Val]

Oh that takes me back a bit, the only motorbike I had stolen and i had a few back in the day

a DBD34 with RRT2 box

absolutely superb bike, I wish I still had it now

Al

 

[Gaston aires]

Shure looks “purdy” The only Beezer I ever owned was a 125cc Bantam.
Phil

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[olley]

Needs to leak a bit of oil to be authentic.

 

[denisejoe]

Saw a new Bonniville last year at Rye the guy had it a month and said he had an original back in the day and the new one had the same oil leaks

 

[Steve and Denise]

BSA GOLD STAR (2022 - on) Review

Single cylinder 650 TWIN ?
Typical MCN twaddle
I do really like the look of the bike though
Shame it does not have a separate gear box and is water cooled, but they do have the basic look right..
They have somehow managed to keep the spirit of the bike there............ I would not mind one in the stable thats for sure
Wonder what it weighs ?

As long as it’s electric start

 

[pappajohn]

Wonder if they installed the oil leaks to original design.

 

[Stealaway]

absolutely superb bike, I wish I still had it now



Was it this one?

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[David and Sally]

That should “curry” favour with the retro crowd. Looks good.

I had a B31 350cc back in the day.

 

[denisejoe]

A bit of an anomaly in the description as It says it’s a 650 single TWIN

 

[David and Sally]

It’s a single.

BSA Motorcycles reveals the new Gold Star 650 (2022) in a preview event

It’s the return of a legend. Due to showcase its first new motorcycle at Motorcycle Live, the BSA Gold Star 650 is previewed at the National Motorcycle Museum. BSA is back!

www.visordown.com

 

[BouncyBoatFolk]

" Any old iron, any old iron, any any any old iron ", they were leaky, wheezey, Friday afternoon electrical nightmares in the 60s. Having them built on Indian subcontinent is unlikely to improve their reliability, or longevity.
Rose tinted glasses seems to have erode all the bad points but retained those long ago weekend "ton up" ride out's until the inevitable happened, time to start pushing.
Original ones now command a small fortune, and off road ones even more so.
The shame was we really were streets ahead on innovation back in the thirties, water cooled two strokes, power-valves, and plenty of other forward thinking ideas. Jeff Smiths, 500cc off road competition BSA was so light due to all the titanium it was constructed from it needed two final drive chains in the air box to make it heavy enough to meet the minimum weight requirement, and it also had disc brakes!!
Then it all went pear shaped, take your pick for the why.
There was at one point a different motorcycle manufacturer in the UK for virtually every letter of the alphabet !!, how times change.
Mike.

 

[David and Sally]

Indian manufacture. Reckon they will sell as do Royal Enfields that are highly rated.

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[bigalw35]

Oh that takes me back a bit, the only motorbike I had stolen and i had a few back in the day

a DBD34 with RRT2 box

absolutely superb bike, I wish I still had it now

Al

I also had the dbd34, rrt2 and 190 front brake, the brake was so good you could operate and stop with one finger, not quite the same, but, I’ve now got the yammy 1200 v4 Vmax, amazing the difference in both bhp and torque

 

[David and Sally]

V Max. Awesome bike when they were about 150hp. Wish I had one.

 

[TheTwoOfUs]

"What we can tell you for now is that the new engine features liquid-cooling, a four-valve head with twin overhead camshafts and twin balancers to smooth vibration. The tubular cradle frame also has an authentic look, with wire wheels, conventional forks and twin shock rear suspension."

It says it's a single with a 4-valve head so I would have expected twin exhausts. Close enough to 60's styling to get a few oldies who want a lighter bike buying one.

 

[BouncyBoatFolk]

Indian manufacture. Reckon they will sell as do Royal Enfields that are highly rated.

Royal Enfield issues recall of Meteor, Bullet and Classic 350

Motoring News:Royal Enfield issues recall of Meteor, Bullet and Classic 350

www.thehindu.com

Over 4,000 Royal Enfield Bikes Recalled for Possible Brake Corrosion

Over 4,000 Royal Enfield Continental GT 650 & Interceptor 650 bikes are being recalled by NHTSA for possible brake caliper corrosion from road salt.

www.asphaltandrubber.com

They must be purchased by some very forgiving buyers, unless it's built in nostalgia
.
Mike.

 

[David and Sally]

Royal Enfield issues recall of Meteor, Bullet and Classic 350

Motoring News:Royal Enfield issues recall of Meteor, Bullet and Classic 350

www.thehindu.com

Over 4,000 Royal Enfield Bikes Recalled for Possible Brake Corrosion

Over 4,000 Royal Enfield Continental GT 650 & Interceptor 650 bikes are being recalled by NHTSA for possible brake caliper corrosion from road salt.

www.asphaltandrubber.com

They must be purchased by some very forgiving buyers, unless it's built in nostalgia
.
Mike.

Many vehicle manufacturers have recalls. So far I have had one from Volvo, BMW bike and Triumph bike. I know owners of REs that really rate them.

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[Jaws]

I also had the dbd34, rrt2 and 190 front brake, the brake was so good you could operate and stop with one finger, not quite the same, but, I’ve now got the yammy 1200 v4 Vmax, amazing the difference in both bhp and torque

I spent 18 months modifying the ECUs on all the grey imports that were restricted..

 

[Jaws]

Closest I ever got to owning one was when I took one in as a PX.... but I already had it sold so apart from a brief check out ride I never used it and it moved straight on
I did run a B33 with a chair on it for about a year

 

[BouncyBoatFolk]

I was asked to take apart a "fully reconditioned" one for somebody once as it had lost all drive. An inspection of the clutch basket revealed it had been involved in a previous self grenade incident, and the technician in India had painstakingly welded all the shrapnel bits back together to form the clutch basket again, not a pretty sight. I had to call the owner to bring his van back again, it was beyond economic repair.
Each to their own, I loved the 2 stroke air cooled pocket rockets that came out in my yoof, Suzuki GTs. 250/500/550/750. So fast they had to start restricting power output.
Mike.

 

[David and Sally]

I was asked to take apart a "fully reconditioned" one for somebody once as it had lost all drive. An inspection of the clutch basket revealed it had been involved in a previous self grenade incident, and the technician in India had painstakingly welded all the shrapnel bits back together to form the clutch basket again, not a pretty sight. I had to call the owner to bring his van back again, it was beyond economic repair.
Each to their own, I loved the 2 stroke air cooled pocket rockets that came out in my yoof, Suzuki GTs. 250/500/550/750. So fast they had to start restricting power output.
Mike.

I have a GT 380 smoker

 

[Jaws]

As long as it’s electric startView attachment 562825View attachment 562826

Who got the retard lever a little bit wrong then !!!
Looks bloody painful

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[bigwood]

My only connection with a BSA was in the army. We had B40 350 singles. Road testing one after servicing it in Germany the front wheel hit the tram tracks and I was off. I could have sworn I heard the bell on a tram as I hit the cobbles.
A nice policeman picked me up and watched the traffic until I got the bike off the tracks. They disappeared in the seventies to be replaced by something called a Canam I think but I had nothing to do with bikes after the BSA .

 

[bigalw35]

I spent 18 months modifying the ECUs on all the grey imports that were restricted..

I did various mods to mine to make it safer, but one mod was to change the ecu to a “dyna 3000”, makes such a difference worth the money

 

[Hettie's Crew]

I think they’ve got the styling bang on for a modern retro, including the engine, it should sell well if like Royal Enfield it’s priced lower than competitors.

 

[Al n Val]

absolutely superb bike, I wish I still had it now



Was it this one?


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nope mine looked like this one

 

[Amandpa]

As long as it’s electric startView attachment 562825View attachment 562826

I’ve had a few of those!

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