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Offline Peter Gee

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Correct Tank Badge Colour 59 A7SS?
« on: 28.12. 2017 19:46 »
Hard to get info on this by pure googling..are they the greena dn gold, the black and gold, the red and gold?

Help appreciated..I think it's black and gold on 59s.

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Re: Correct Tank Badge Colour 59 A7SS?
« Reply #1 on: 28.12. 2017 20:16 »
That would be green and gold, Peter.

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Re: Correct Tank Badge Colour 59 A7SS?
« Reply #3 on: 05.01. 2018 08:41 »
When BSA introduced a new tank badge they were usually colour matched to the tank, for the first season only.
When the batch of colour matched badges ran out they reverted to either red or black.
Sort of a hobby horse of mine chasing down obsecure coloured tank badges.
On some catalogues, the "new features" page shows and mentions colour matched badges while the actual description of the bike in the catalogue will mention them as red or black.
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Re: Correct Tank Badge Colour 59 A7SS?
« Reply #4 on: 05.01. 2018 15:10 »
My 1959 A7 SS had green/gold tank badges ...... recently sold it to Andy Tiernan and you may see clear pictures of the badges on his 'bikes for sale' page.
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Re: Correct Tank Badge Colour 59 A7SS?
« Reply #5 on: 05.01. 2018 16:11 »
1958/59 A7 SS. 
My bike is a 1958 A7SS
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Re: Correct Tank Badge Colour 59 A7SS?
« Reply #6 on: 08.01. 2018 20:36 »
Thanks everyone..they are almost unobtainable, except one supplier in USA (green and gold) so have had to go for black and gold... shame....