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Offline Classie

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A7 chop
« on: 07.06. 2020 16:22 »
Hi, I've just joined the forum, not sure if it is only for standard bikes? Here is my A7, chopped in the seventies and original paint, hope you like her.

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Re: A7 chop
« Reply #1 on: 07.06. 2020 16:30 »
Classie,

Absolutely NOT just for standard bikes. I do like your bike. Welcome to the forum.  *welcome* About where are you located and how did you come to be interested in BSAs?

Richard L.

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Re: A7 chop
« Reply #2 on: 07.06. 2020 18:28 »
Hi Richard, thanks for your comments. I had an A10 late 70s/early 80s that I built from 2 tea chests of parts, wish I still had her. That is where my love comes from, but I have a few, mainly classic Brits and also some 70s japanese. I'm in the uk, in the small county of Rutland (central England.) I've attached photos of a couple of my Triumphs, again, not standard.

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Re: A7 chop
« Reply #3 on: 07.06. 2020 18:36 »
They look like fun.

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Re: A7 chop
« Reply #4 on: 07.06. 2020 19:26 »
Hi Classie.  *welcome*
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Re: A7 chop
« Reply #5 on: 07.06. 2020 19:34 »
welcome *welcome* some classie bikes there , I like em *beer*

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Re: A7 chop
« Reply #6 on: 07.06. 2020 20:15 »
Welcome aboard, nice machinery!


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Re: A7 chop
« Reply #7 on: 07.06. 2020 22:43 »
Good comedy bike. Congrats!

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Re: A7 chop
« Reply #8 on: 08.06. 2020 13:31 »
Welcome Classie. I have a few choppers of my own. They are a lot of fun!
1961 Super Rocket
1957 Road Rocket
2009 Harley Electra Glide Classic
1993 Harley Springer Softtail
1971 Harley Shovelhead
1970 Harley Sportster Chopper
1957 Harley Panhead Chopper
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Re: A7 chop
« Reply #9 on: 10.06. 2020 05:41 »
It makes you smile and thats good enough for me! That's why I own mine.
looks like an inspired use for a bantam points cover  *wink2*
A good rider periodically checks all nuts and bolts with a spanner to see that they are tight - Instruction Manual for BSA B series, p46, para 2.
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Re: A7 chop
« Reply #10 on: 12.06. 2020 22:48 »
Nice, never owned  chop, but had a hankering for something like your Beesa for some time.
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Re: A7 chop
« Reply #11 on: 13.06. 2020 08:37 »
G'day Classie.
That smile will only get wider. Bike is tastefully done without going over the top.
Your not a newbie to twisting whitworth spanners so she'll be a piece of cake to you.
How'd you go with the concentric on such a downdraft? I had to set fuel height so low to stop it flooding it ran lean.
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