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Offline Les Cork

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Has anyone seen this rare A7 SS X2
« on: 01.03. 2020 09:21 »
This dual engined A7 was apparently made by apprentices at the BSA factory, is it the only one of its kind ?

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Re: Has anyone seen this rare A7 SS X2
« Reply #1 on: 01.03. 2020 09:27 »
With twin engine projects, I imagine that if the engines are connected by chain, it must take a lot of punishment.
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Re: Has anyone seen this rare A7 SS X2
« Reply #2 on: 01.03. 2020 09:37 »
Came 1st in "ugliest bike ever made" competition ?  :O)
But appreciate the tech work involved.


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Re: Has anyone seen this rare A7 SS X2
« Reply #3 on: 01.03. 2020 10:24 »
G'day Les  *welcome*
She'd be a handful to ride and a nightmare to tune. The rear motor would suffer heat stroke and the fuel in the front carbs would vaporize.
Do you know if it still exists?
Now give us a bit of an intro. How you got into bikes especially A7/10's, bank account details etc.
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Re: Has anyone seen this rare A7 SS X2
« Reply #4 on: 01.03. 2020 11:39 »
     A very very similar machine appears in Roy Bacon's Twins and Triples book, Chapter 10 "Oddments"

     By my reckoning this is the same bike. Detail difference is the front brake, so looks as if the front end has been changed. Tank, seat and rear guard look identical in design and execution. Picture of drive side is on page 156 of my copy.

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Re: Has anyone seen this rare A7 SS X2
« Reply #5 on: 01.03. 2020 12:41 »
Good grief. Waste of time and materials.
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Re: Has anyone seen this rare A7 SS X2
« Reply #6 on: 01.03. 2020 17:39 »
I’m not buying the story about factory apprentices.  Sales talk.