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Offline unclerob

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Non BSA 650 project!
« on: 13.05. 2016 18:53 »
Thought I'd post up a pic of a build project I started recently....its something I've had in mind for a long time....basically a bike in the style of a 60's clubmans single cylinder race bike but using cheap, relatively modern bits....in this case the ....ahem....Honda 650 engine! So far very few...well none actually BSA parts but I'll see if I can get something in there!

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Re: Non BSA 650 project!
« Reply #1 on: 13.05. 2016 22:05 »
G'day Rob.
Just fill up the "Honda" in the covers and put a Goldie badge on the tank.
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Re: Non BSA 650 project!
« Reply #2 on: 30.05. 2016 23:11 »
yeah, then you can sell it for big bucks, say it's the prototype Gold Star that someone found in the building rubble.......

Won't be all that different than what goes on now on ebay..then you can fund some Real Bikes.
Ends vs Means I suppose...lol.

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Re: Non BSA 650 project!
« Reply #3 on: 11.06. 2016 19:27 »
Its partly BSA now!

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Re: Non BSA 650 project!
« Reply #4 on: 26.09. 2016 18:15 »
Not too far to go now....

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Re: Non BSA 650 project!
« Reply #5 on: 26.09. 2016 19:00 »
in the last picture are you drilling a hole in the back tyre *smile*

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Re: Non BSA 650 project!
« Reply #6 on: 08.11. 2016 10:56 »
And finished my project bike, I enjoyed doing it so much that I'm making an improved version too....!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPkglZ-G1Kc

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Re: Non BSA 650 project!
« Reply #7 on: 16.11. 2016 08:01 »
Couldn't you sling a plunger semi unit beesa donk under that? nice and compact, but with an alloy head and thick flange barrels...

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: Non BSA 650 project!
« Reply #8 on: 16.11. 2016 08:13 »
Getting this registered tomorrow (as well as the '58 SR sitting on the stand).

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Re: Non BSA 650 project!
« Reply #9 on: 17.11. 2016 05:25 »
I hate to tell you this, Richard, but you have the wrong tank on the '58.   *evil*

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Re: Non BSA 650 project!
« Reply #10 on: 17.11. 2016 07:46 »
I know, but the fellow who owns the bike loves it (the tank)!

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Re: Non BSA 650 project!
« Reply #11 on: 19.11. 2016 08:40 »
I've got one in pieces but I don't know if I will live long enough to build it.