THANK YOU

[Maximus136]

I want to thank you for allowing me on this forum. I purchased this bikie about 15 yrs ago on a whim.......now I want to know what is it exactly.......I know it's an A10 but I don't have the year or the model..........could not locate the chassis number but I hace the picture of the engine number.
I'm located in El Salvador Central America.

best regards to all

[Maximus136]

sorry I could not post various pictures so here we go one at a time

[Maximus136]

one more

[Maximus136]

last one.........engine number

[Maximus136]

better one??

[bsa-bill]

HI Maximus136

let me welcome you to our world of A10/7

if the engine number is correct the stamp "hc" indicates a high compression engine - Rocket or Super Rocket or Shooting star

I don't have engine numbers for year of production at hand so can't offer you a year but be assured someone will
only thing is the engine number looks a bit strange (not stamped very well) but others will comment

[a10 gf]

From El Salvador ! That's great. Welcome, am hoping the forum will be of help.

[Maximus136]

thank you BSA bill........this bike I purchased from its original owner who used it for his job as an accounts collector. I have not been able to find its chassis number. where is it stamped?

again thank you for taking the time to comment

b rgds

JP

[Topdad]

Hi Maximus,     looking from the front of the bike on your left hand side (gearchange side ) you'll find the frame number on the headstock gusset plate . should start ga7 but don't worry doesn't mean its an A7 I think both A10's ( 650cc ) and A7 'S used the same serial numbers . I think that seat is off an A65 ,I got one from a mate years ago and was very happy with it, should be a nice bike when you get her running .Also if you get the engine number and frame number the BSAOC in England will date the bike for you. Just google them and contact via e-mail ,hope that's of some help ,BobH

[duTch]

 

on your left hand side (gearchange side )

  You must have a special model Bob...?

[bsa-bill]

gear change on the left, Engine number where the frame number should be, --- guys I need no help to get confused, I manage it fine on my own

[KiwiGF]

http://www.bsaownersclub.co.uk/Engine_Frame_Listing.html has engine and frame number info. It looks like your engine number starts with CA10R ? In which case CA10R was used for years 1954 to 1959 and your number is in the 8000's so would be from a 1959 Super Rocket, the cylinder head on the bike looks like alloy not iron which would also confirm it is one of the sporting models engines.

A 1959 frame number would begin FA7....

It is often not easy to decide what bike you have, as parts get swapped about over the years but a good start is to find out what frame you have, and go from there. The bsa club and vintage motorcycle club in the UK have the factory despatch records and tell you what year a frame or engine was despatched and what the bike specification was, oddly the records are in engine number order so it is hard for them to date a frame when the engine number is not "matched", or if you don't have an engine number, as they have to search through hundred of records looking for the frame number.

It is quite rare for a frame and crank cases to stay together all of a bikes life, if they do then you have a "matched numbers" bike (even though the numbers are actually different) which is nice but doesn't make it go better!

[trevinoz]

I would say '58/'59 Super Rocket.
The tank is from an earlier model, '54-'57.
The seat is A65.

[duTch]

 Haha.whoops, did that in a hurryhad to head to a job- but Bill goes to top of class. 

[duTch]

 Ahem....