The new BSA...apparently

[bikerbob]

This is from the BSA website makes good viewing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yg3jBQuwes8

[Greybeard]

This is from the BSA website makes good viewing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yg3jBQuwes8

That was good. Thanks.

[BSA_54A10]

Weather to allow "wrong" bikes to ride with you is always a problem.
I have been trying to get our lot to start inviting L & P plate holders to come along.
Thye are always short of people to ride with that ride at the sorts of speeds they are allowed to travel at.
These are the future of motorcycling and getting them interested in owning one of the old bikes we ride is worth the effort.
Our average age is 66 and a lot of us are getting wobbly on the road as well as on our feet .

If we are lucky there will be 1 in 4 BSA's at a BSA club run .
On the ones I lead ( not often ) we ride at my speed  which is generally too slow for all of those who have turned up on their modern bikes & I find "interesting" routes with lots of hills & tight low speed turns on narrow suburban streets so owners of our plodders have fun and those on modern tourers have a hard time of it .

We did have a couple of new rocket III owners who came along to a few meetings but when there was no one interested in their bikes they left .

[Greybeard]

This is a well balanced report on the new bike.
https://youtu.be/7CTHBAE6zSA

[Triton Thrasher]

Hmmm,  very retro...

But only 42 HP   less then good RGS engines tween og 500 CCM Gold Star....

It can’t be much like a Clubman’s DBD34.  It has to be useable road bike.

[Greybeard]

See this messenger interchange between me and the BSA marketing team

[Greybeard]

I'm out of touch with modern motorcycles. Would I be correct to say that a big single is an unusual format?

[Bsalloyd]

GB, Yes, it does apply to bicycles and also cars. It is simpler that way. When I search on Fleabay I use mudguard and fender in the search. Lloyd L

[Greybeard]

A rather interesting tidbit comes up in this report: there's a tuned version of the bike that produces 90bhp
https://youtu.be/yzAqeSCLZrI

[Butch (cb)]

... there's a tuned version of the bike that produces 90bhp

I find that very hard to believe, certainly if it will also be roadgoing. But I guess we'll see.

[Greybeard]

... there's a tuned version of the bike that produces 90bhp

I find that very hard to believe, certainly if it will also be roadgoing. But I guess we'll see.

Maybe a Racer? Maybe built as a stress test for the engine?

[KiwiGF]

... there's a tuned version of the bike that produces 90bhp

I find that very hard to believe, certainly if it will also be roadgoing. But I guess we'll see.

KTM are getting close to that sort of hp per cc, but yes it sounds like marketing BS to me 🤭
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/KTM_1290_Super_Duke_R

[Rocket Racer]

nice to see the official BSA website is advertising for engineers, presumably for the next gen E-BSA's 
interesting to hear the engine development was done by rotax, should be capable.

[terryg]

I’ve just read that the BMW F650 single has a 652cc Rotax engine.

[Greybeard]

BSA FB page:
The proportion and relationship of the headlight against the dial cluster is very important on a naked classic. Clocks have grown in size over the years since the original Gold Star, because not only do we have to have to display miles per hour, but also kilometres per hour, these numbers should be of a certain size to be legible, plus we have a number of tell-tell lights which take up a large area within the clocks, so naturally dials have gotten bigger and bigger over time. However, we wanted to stay faithful to the size and position of the original clocks as much as we could. So, the solution was to put the tell-tell lights in what used to be the ammeter on the original, which is housed in the headlight. This has enabled us to keep the clock sizes small, and we are really pleased with the result as it maintains the Goldie look, proportions, and relationship with the headlamp.”