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The BSA Gold Star is a motorcycle made by BSA from 1938 to ... known by the factory as "USA Short Circuit" was also produced in 1956 and 1957. [22] [better source needed]
A10 Rocket Gold Star: 650 cc 1962 1963 Special - tuned Super Rocket in a Gold Star frame. Known as "Gold Star Twin" in the US A50 Star: 500 cc 1962 1970 Also called "Star Twin" and "Royal Star" Called "Royal Star" in all markets from 1966 onwards A50C Cyclone Road 500 cc 1964 1965 Tuned version of A50 Star (US only) A50C Cyclone Competition 500 cc
BSA had previously produced a bike with an A10 engine in a Gold Star frame - the 1957 Spitfire Scrambler. [3] It has been suggested that as both the Gold Star and the A10 were at the end of their production life, and BSA wanted riders to switch to the new unit twins , this was a convenient way to use up the stock of pre-unit parts.
BSA, the ages-old British motorcycle manufacturer is making its grand return with a new, retro model called the BSA Gold Star. BSA Gold Star revealed as a retro, but still modern motorcycle Skip ...
Plunger frames remained an option on the Gold Flash until 1957. [18] Brakes were initially an 8" single side front brake and a 7" rear. [1] Full width brake of the same size were fitted to the higher performance models from 1958. [19] Some of the Spitfire Scramblers and the Rocket Gold Star used a Gold Star 190mm front brake.
The BSA unit single B50's 500 cc enjoyed much improvement in the hands of the CCM motorcycle company allowing the basic BSA design to continue until the mid to late 1970s in a competitive form all over Europe. The final BSA range was just four models: Gold Star 500, 650 Thunderbolt/Lightning and the 750 cc Rocket Three.
BSA Gold Star Daytona. BSA Motorcycles were made by BSA Cycles Ltd, under the BSA parent, until 1953 when the motorcycle business was moved into holding BSA Motorcycles Ltd. The first instance of intention to produce motorcycles was reported in The Motor Cycle, a British motorcycling journal, in July 1906. [61]
BSA's earlier 500cc single was the BSA Gold Star, a pre-unit machine with a duplex frame similar to that of the Golden Flash twin. The Gold Star was not considered suitable for the progression to unit construction. The name was revived when the 250 cc BSA C15/Starfire was eventually developed into the 500 cc B50 (via the B40 & B44).