New toy

[Shepherdfamily5]

I’m a new member to your forum having recently taken hold of a new toy , a 1959 A10 in a rather odd shade of beige!
I’ve always fancied an A10 with hopes of  longer and more comfortable riding.
Attached are a couple of images, I bought the bike through a dealer so not sure of its history other than having a Scottish number plate.
If anybody recognises it please let me know. I’ve recommissioned it in the past few weeks discovering that much was loose or just poorly reassembled and battling a huge oil leak from the Dynamo drive housing which I think thanks to your previous conversations comes back to the use of the wrong idler gear bush with no oil scroll.
Not sure how long I can stand the colour but hopefully can get a few miles on it before I make that investment!

[muskrat]

G'day Shep.
  to the Forum.
The timing side leak is an easy fix. While the covers are off check the crank end float and any up & down movement.
Nice bike mate, the only thing I can pick is the non folding kickstart lever.
Cheers

[Greybeard]

Hya!
 
That reg number seems wrong with the B suffix. Doesn't that indicate a reg of 1964, (if my memory serves me)?

Just found this:
https://www.nationalnumbers.co.uk/dvla-guide/year-of-issue-149.htm

[a10 gf]

Nice machine, welcome to the forum.

[terryg]

I think you already know this is the very best forum for A7/A10 support.
I like the beige. There’s so much black, red, blue around already.
Hope you enjoy your new toy.

[Topdad]

Absolutely correct GB B =64 C65 etc very few A's seen about

[terryg]

‘A’ suffix was London licencing offices only, I believe.

[Rex]

I think the A suffix was used in 1963 when the issuing office had "run out" of the old format registrations, but it was more than just London. By 1964 the B regs were universal.

[groily]

Yup, take-up wasn't national at 'A' first time round. Even in '64 there were still some outliers counties using three numbers and letters (my Mum had an early '64 Morris with no suffix).
Very few 'E's too I think, 'cos that was the half year as they moved from calendar year to Aug-July for registrations. (But only unit As by then of course  . . . )

TEN 650A would be a very nice plate for a '63 machine, or even A650 TEN  from the round-we-go-again later series.
The joys of the UK's numbering system . . . could it be the ULTIMATE anorak subject?  PEN 15 anyone? Or H151 and HER1, a pair I saw on matching humdrum Austins years ago  . . .

[terryg]

2 B and NOT 2 B - seen in London together!

Apologies - off topic.

[TimK]

..... a 1959 A10 in a rather odd shade of beige!

Nothing odd about that shade of beige!

[Greybeard]

I used to see a woman driving a Range Rover with the plate B1TCH