Hi guys,
now I'm in the process to put it apart and I realize that its a real bitsa and a lot of parts are badly treated or damaged. I will send some pictures when I have the time.
But the worst the condition of the bike seems, the more I feel the will to bring the bike back to its former glory. At first I have the intention to built up the rolling chasis and that's enough challenge for the moment.The frame is badly dented and bent because of excessive side car use. I don't want to weld the frame and thats the reason I'm searching for a new one.
All right that's enough for the moment, more to come, Hans.
Hans,
welcome to the forum. If the frame isnt rusty, just bent and dented, being a welded frame, it can always be straightened and repaired.
Certainly the bike has various dates evident from the early flat sided toolbox to the very late tank, so making it "correct" to a specific year model will be a challenge although certainly possible, once you know which year...
Another thought is to treat it as a blank canvas that can be built into your own interpretation of a BSA twin. It has taken 50 years of evolution to become what it is and being it is not original as per factory despatch, you could continue to evolve the machine to suit yourself. Sometimes owning a non original machine can be a liberating opportunity... Just a thought
Tim
