New member from Oz.

[TassieChris]

Hi all
Just a quick introductory note about myself.
I live in Tasmania at the bottom of Australia and have just bought my first British bike - a 1950/51 BSA A7 Star Twin.

I also own a 1958 Russian M72 which I restored a couple of years ago but this new bike I bought pretty well fully restored and is a running bike.

It needs a bit of a tidy up and I'll probably strip it down for a repaint in the future as it has been restored previously and the paint is starting to look a bit tired.
Mechanically its all been rebuilt so I intend to get some riding in before I do anything too rash.

Anyway look forward to participating in the forum in the future - I've already found it to have a wealth of knowledge with manuals, frame and engine numbers and heaps of other useful info.

Regards from Tassie

Chris.

 

[Topdad]

Lovely looking bike and enjoy your rides and stand by for the BSA grinfactor , cheers Bob

[Greybeard]

 

[muskrat]

G'day Chris, welcom.
I think your our first member from The Apple Isle. A lap of Tassie is on my bucket list, a few friends just got back.
I'm sure you'll fall in love with the plunger. I luv mine.
Cheers

[a10 gf]

Very nice bike, intro posts always appreciated, & welcome.

[WozzA]

   Chris...  The Star Twin will eat up those Tassie roads.. ya lucky bugger...
I've been to Tassie many times ( car ) & like Musky said would love to get the BSA out on those twisties..  welcome to the forum..   

[Tomcat]

Welcome aboard Chris, good to see you have a rideable motorcycle, much more fun than a project! Cheers from Tomcat also Down Under (Mexico)

[The pirate]

Hi Tomcat welcome to the site. its full of great information.

[hdawson]

Hi Chris.
Beautiful bike.
What do you know of it's history that you can tell us?
I love that bit.
Have fun on those great  Tassie roads.
I agree this forum is a great source of knowledge so thanks to all.
Cheers, Hadrian.

[TassieChris]

Thanks for all the welcome notes guys - much appreciated.

Well found a few minor issues with the bike - petcocks had no filters so quite a bit of gunk in the carby filter and the bike started starving for fuel - pulled the fuel pipes off the carby and one was almost completely blocked and the second was just a dribble.
Anyway cleaned it all out - flushed the tank and pulled the carby apart for a thorough clean and all good again.

I also wasn't happy with a couple of bad paint bubbles in the tank - no rust just a bad paint job I think so I pulled the tank off, stripped it back to bare metal and gave it a fresh coat of paint.
Thought I'd have a go at pinstriping it as well which is a first for me but all in all it came out pretty good.
Just waiting for new tanks stickers to turn up then a few coats of clear and a good polish and she'll be good as new.

Will give the bike a full respray soon as Winter is nearly here in Oz so not much riding for 3 or 4 months anyway.
Will update with some photos as I progress.

Chris.

[muskrat]

G'day Chris.
Very well done mate. I'll send my tank down.
I've never been to Tassie but I didn't think it got that cold!
Cheers

[TassieChris]

Gets pretty chilly in Winter, I think our June average daytime  temp is around 9 Deg - plus wet and windy and I'm a wimp so all things considered good time to work in the shed and get the bike ready for the spring.