Been lurking for a while. Just about to embark on the refurbishment of my 1954 A10 Golden Flash (swinging arm model). I've owned the bike since 1975 when I bought it on impulse for £40 a few moments after it blew up in the careless hands of the previous owner. The rebore cost £16,50 all in with +40 pistons and it has run well ever since - once I discovered solid copper head gaskets!
Anyway, it's now in need of a good deal of tidying up, it never was very smart and has never been close to original spec in my ownership and will probably stay a bit of a bitsa. In my yoof I made a feeble attempt at converting it to a cafe racer for which I made some rearset pegs and controls, hastily giving away the original footrests and brake lever (qd wheel type) so if anyone has some or all of these parts I would be very interested in hearing from you.
Chas