my new purchase a10 650

[ejmec]

Hi new to all this forum stuff so here goes
I have recently bought a 1960 650 in lots of pieces and i would like to rebuild the bike can any recommend any specialists i.e i need to have the wheels respoked,the fuel tank rechromed and painted and perhaps have the dynamo and mag rebuilt and also i would like to get hold of a parts catalogue to make it easier to identify some of the parts as there alot iam a mechanic but i have no experience with bikes at all any help or advise would be greatful

[pato08]

Hi, and welcome to the forum. What country are you in ? parts books and other reference guids can be purchased on EBay or through Amazon books on the internet. or you can do a search on this forum. keep us updated.

Pato

[a10 gf]

Hello & welcome, looks like you will make good use of the forum in times to come :O)
Be prepared to spend time & money, adding patience & tenacity, but I suppose you already know about that. Just get the questions coming. Take a look at the Forum Info & Help section for the practical stuff (especially http://www.a7a10.net/forum/index.php/topic,4723.0.html ).

[ejmec]

thanks for your words of encouragment i will keep you posted i have been looking through the many boxes of bits i have with the bike and there appears to be both rocket gold star and also super rocket parts i have the registration document and the frame number and the engine number are correct but it does not say on the registration papers which model it just says bsa 650 date of registration 1960 how can i find out if it is a super rocket or rocket gold star or even road rocket

[gavinoz]

Hi, welcome, go to BSA Owners Club website, they have Engine No. / Frame No. listings for different models, cheers, gavinoz

[KiwiGF]

Hi Ejmec,

BSA parts books seem to be available on evil bay etc but you might want to wait until you know the year of bike and model of bike you are rebuilding. In the meantime www.Draganfly.co.uk have a pretty good set of parts drawings and part numbers online (based on the bsa parts books) for all years of the A10.

One of the most obvious differences between Golden Flashes and Super Rockets/RGS is that they have aluminium cylinder heads and the GF have iron heads, there are many other differences however, and they also "share" most parts of course. As per previous post the best place to start with is with finding the frame and engine numbers and then looking at the info available for that (though it can be a bit confusing!), you can ask for help on here as well, once you have the numbers.

If you are concerned about showing the numbers here just leave off the last digit or similar.

[Rocket Racer]

regarding specialists does depend what country you are in. No point my recommending someone in NZ for chroming when you live in Wales. Appreciate you may value your privacy but some geographical direction may help