BSA

[hacksaw]

That blue is a bit too gay .

[motogrady]

hacksaw wrote

That blue is a bit too gay .

lol…….maybe so.
And those Rickman tanks look so, big.
But if you’ve ever sat on one it’s surprising how narrow they are.  4, 5 inches wide at most.  

[Fatfatboy]

At least it aint purple.

[oldironnow]

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[oldironnow]

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[hacksaw]

Where is this pic taken?
And when?

[motogrady]

He’s at Daytona.
I’d assume they were taken yesterday

[oldironnow]

hacksaw wrote

Where is this pic taken?
And when?

Yes.
Daytona.
Just outside of the Speedway, somewhere around Turn One/Two, there's a small flat track course.

The BSA was parked right at the entry gate.

[oldironnow]

The 1968 review:

https://magazine.cycleworld.com/article/1968/2/1/650-bsa-lightning

[hacksaw]

The bike in your photo is a new 500.
I did not know they were being sold here as of yet

[Fatfatboy]

Walking out the door at work I saw this rig backing up in my neighbors lot (the guy with the Husky I can't get my mind off of) along with a pickup with a couple Honda XR's riding in the bed.



Figuring that there had to be something cool in the rig I walked over to check it out. I wasn't disappointed.

 





My neighbor and a the rig owner were heading down to Oklahoma for the last vintage races of the year.

The BSA is a 1968 441 that he uses for vintage racing.
The guy went to England and had the chrome molly frame made the old fashion way with hand bending and braised joints. Not a single joint is welded.

The rig is a cool rig in itself. He purchased the tractor side of it then sent it to southern Missouri to have a custom RV shop build the RV with 4 bike garage on the back. I mentioned that that is exactly what I needed to be able to haul my dialysis machine and a couple bikes around.
He said he'd sell it to me for $200k.
It didn't include the BSA. No deal. :)

[hacksaw]

Well that is sure interesting.
I wonder why he uses the square barrel motor. I guess that’s 1968, but the tank is later B50 I think . And with a non stock  frame.
What’s tge guys name? Maybe he is on Britbike.com

[Fatfatboy]

All i got was his first name, Mike.

[hacksaw]

Ok thanks.

[motogrady]

One of only guys I’d really like to meet.
Jeff Smith.
Multi World Motocross 500cc Champion.
The guy that was one of the last 4 stroke
riders. Before the 2 stroke invasion of the 70s.
BSA he was, thru and thru.


https://youtu.be/VDVjM25DzUk?si=2P2Ufww5CX_AJexn

[hacksaw]

Agreed. Hard and heavy those 441’s.
One had to be extra tuff to deal with them.