BSA Rocket Gold Star 1962, 1963

BSA Rocket Gold Star

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The Rocket Gold Star of 1962 was a very quick hybrid compounded of a tuned A10 engine and gearbox with a Gold Star frame and fuel tank. A variety of "go faster" options were available for the RGS and these included a track silencer (claimed to increase output to 50bhp) and headlamp wiring with plugs and sockets to give easy removal. Never very successful in production racing though, the model was discontinued in 1963. Perhaps best remembered as a fast, stylish and reliable road going motor cycle in the A10 tradition.

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BSA Gold Star Motorcycle 1938–1963

BSA Gold Star

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Few clubman racers have enjoyed the success or reputation of the "Goldie". The range was produced in trial, scramble, touring and racing versions. The 500cc engine developed up to 40bhp at just over 7000rpm through a close ration gearbox. Top speed was around 110mph in full clubman trim. Most coveted of all the "Goldies" was the 499cc model DBD 34.

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BSA Bantam Motorcycle 1949

BSA Bantam 1949

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BSA's, and indeed the British industry's all-time best selling motor cycle the Bantam, started life as a three-speed 123cc two-stroke in 1949 and instantly caught the public's attention, for petrol was still rationed and these early bikes could top 50mph and yet return up to 125mpg. The enlarged D3 Bantam Major arrived in 1950 with plunger rear suspension and 1958 brought the 175cc engined models with swinging-arm frames. Production continued in volume to 1971 when the top of the range model was the four-speed D175.

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BSA B31 Motorcycle 1950s

BSA B31 1950s

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If there was one product that typified all that was so right and good about the British motor cycle industry then surely it was BSA's over-engineered 350cc single-cylinder B31. The new B31 was the first to resurface after the war and constituted the "promise of good times to come", which had been the company's slogan while the fighting was on. Good for over 70mph and 75mpg, the workhorse B31 was hugely successful for BSA. It was their first machine to use telescopic forks and with its bigger brother the B33 (499cc), made up the backbone of the BSA singles range throughout the 1950s.

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BSA A7 Star Twin Motorcycle 1946

BSA A7 Star Twin

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Resembling the Val Page 650cc Triumph twin of the early 1930s in employing a single camshaft at the rear and with the gearbox bolted to the crankcase in semi-unit-construction style, the original 495cc Model A7 BSA was intended for 1940. Very quiet and distinctively BSA, it appeared among the second wave of BSA offerings in late 1946 and quickly established a good reputation.

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Ducati Mike Hailwood Replica Motorcycle 1979

Mike Hailwood Replica 1979

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Ducati built the Mike Hailwood Replica to commemorate Hailwood's victory in the 1978 Formula One TT. Introduced in 1979 and based on the 900SS, the body and paintwork echoed Hailwood's racer and the model was to become one of Ducati's biggest sellers in the early 1980s.

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Ducati 900 Super Sport Motorcycle 1975

900 Super Sport 1975

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The Ducati 900SS Imola was virtually a racer with road equipment. It featured the famous Ducati desmodromic valvegear system and was probably the lightest and most sparsely equipped superbike of the period. Good for around 140mph (220kph), the 900SS could manage a standing-start quarter-mile in a little over 12 seconds.

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Ducati 750 Super Sport Motorcycle 1974

750 Super Sport 1974

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Epitomizing the Italian sporting motorcycle of the 1970s, the "green frame" Ducati 750 Super Sport was a close replica of the Imola 200 winning racer of 1972. Conceived soon after the 1972 race victory, it wasn't until early 1974 that the one and only batch of round-case 750SS s was produced. The definitive factory production racer.

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Ducati 350 Desmo Motorcycle 1971

Ducati 350 Desmo 1971

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Desmodromic valve gear was offered on all Ducati road bikes from 1971, when the 250, 350 and 450cc single-cylinder models were produced with Desmo cylinder heads. Using an ai-cooled overhead-camshaft four-stroke engine, this 340cc single-cylinder machine produced a healthy 38bhp @ 7,500rpm.

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Norton Manx Motorcycle 1946-53 (long stroke) 1953-62 (short stroke)

Norton Manx

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Perhaps the most familiar of all racing motor bikes on the tracks of the 1950s, the Manx Norton put up a galiant rearguard action against the advance of the continental multi-cylinders. Single-overhead-camshaft with shaft-and-bevel drive up to the cambox, the 1930's design changed little over the years. In 1950 the new Featherbed frame was introduced on the Manx works racers. Hugely successful, it was a design that was to accommodate Norton and many other makes in the years that followed.

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Norton ES2 Motorcycle 1927 - 1964

Norton ES2

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A deluxe version of the Model 18, the ES2 was part of Norton's post-war programme for 17 years. In 1949 the 370lb ES2 was good for around 80mph and would return around 75mpg at a steady 45mph. Years later, despite numerous changes that included substituting aluminium for cast iron as cylinder-head material and raising the compression ratio, the top speed had not improved noticeably.

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Honda CBX1000 Motorcycle 1978

Honda CBX1000 1978

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Engine: Aircooled 24-valve DOHC transverse six

Bore x Stroke: 64.5 x 53.4mm

Capacity: 1,047cc

Comp ratio: 9.3:1

Power Output: 105bhp @ 9,000rpm

Carburation: 6 x 28mm Keihin

Gearbox: 5-speed

Suspension: Front Telescopic

Rear Twin shocks with adjustable

Brakes: Front Twin 276mm (10.75in) disc

Rear 295mm (11.6in) disc

Tyres: Front 3.50 x 19in

Rear 4.25 x 18in

Wheelbase: 1,495mm (59in)

Weight: 263kg (580lb)

Top Speed: (approx) 135mph (217kph)

Standing 1/4 11.7sec / 115mph (185kph)

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Honda GL1000 Goldwing Motorcycle 1975

GL1000 Goldwing 1975

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Engine: Watercooled 8-valve SOHC tranverse flat-four

Bore x Stroke: 72 x 61.4mm

Capacity: 999cc

Comp ratio: 9.2:1

Power Output: 80bhp @ 7,000rpm

Carburation: 4 x 32mm Keihin

Gearbox: 5-speed

Suspension: Front Telescopic

Rear Twin shocks with adjustable preload

Brakes: Front Twin 280mm (11in) disc

Rear 292mm (11.5in) disc

Tyres: Front 3.5 x 19in

Rear 4.50 x 17in

Wheelbase: 1,550mm (61in)

Weight: 260kg (57lb)

Top Speed: (approx) 122mph (196kph)

Standing 1/4 13.0sec / 105mph (169kph)

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Honda CB400F Motorcycle 1975

Honda CB400F 1975

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Engine: Aircooled 8-valve SOHC transverse four

Bore x Stroke: 51 x 50mm

Capacity: 408cc

Comp ratio: 9.4:1

Power Output: 37bhp @ 8,500rpm

Carburation: 4 x 20mm Keihin

Gearbox: 6-speed

Suspension: Front Telescopic

Rear Twin shocks with adjustable preload

Brakes: Front 267mm (10.5in) disc

Rear 160mm (6.3in) drum

Tyres: Front 3.00 x 18in

Rear 3.50 x 18in

Wheelbase: 1,359mm (53.5in)

Weight: 1,359mm (53.5in)

Top Speed: (approx) 102mph (164kph)

Standing 1/4 14.6sec / 85mph (137kph)

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Honda CB750 Motorcycle 1969

Honda CB750 1969

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Engine: Aircooled 8-valve SOHC transverse four

Bore x Stroke: 61 x 63mm

Capacity: 736cc

Comp ratio: 9:1

Power Output: 67bhp @ 8,000rpm

Carburation: 4 x 28mm Keihin

Gearbox: 5-speed

Suspension: Front Telescopic

Rear Twin shock absorbers

Brakes: Front 290mm (11.5in) disc

Rear 180mm (7.1in) sls drum

Tyres: Front 3.25 x 19in

Rear 4.00 x 18in

Wheelbase: 1,448mm (57in)

Weight: 239kg (526lb)

Top Speed: (approx) 125mph (201kph)

Standing 1/4 13.5sec / 100mph (160kph)

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BSA A75 Rocket 3 Motorcycle 1969

BSA A75 Rocket 3

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The A75 Rocket III was launched in Britain in 1969. It featured three-cylinders, which had never before been offered on a mass produced motorcycle and radical styling with ray-gun silencers and slab-sided bodywork.

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BSA A65SS Spitfire MK4 Motorcycle 1965

A65SS Spitfire MK4

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With the arrival of the Spitfire motor cycle in 1965, BSA truly entered the sport-twin fray. A development of the twin-carb A65L. Lightning, this single-minded beast featured vibrant red paintwork, alloy wheel rims, close-ratio gears, high-compression pistons and substantially less weight.

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Harley-Davidson WLD Motorcycle 1940s

Harley-Davidson WLD

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The WLD motor bike was a high compression version of the WL series, which first appeared in 1937. Harley introduced its first 45cu.in. side-valve V-twins, the D series, in 1929, to compete with Indian and Excelsior. The "Forty-fives" were smaller and lighter than Harley's big twins, although equally rugged, proven by their later success as military motorcycles.

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Indian Chief Roadmaster Motorcycle 1940s

Indian Chief Roadmaster

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After World War 2, the only Indian motorbike that returned to production was the big V-twin Chief. Still powered by the old side-valve engine, it exchanged its leaf-spring front suspension for a girder type design, that had already been used on a small number of military Indians built during the war.

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Indian Scout Motorcycle 1920

Indian Scout

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The first of Indian's famous Scout models were introduced in 1920. The work of irish-born designer Charles B. Franklin, the Scout used Indian's familiar 42-degree, V-twin configuration and side-valves. The engine was mounted in a twin-loop cradle frame that was fitted with Indian's traditional leaf-sprung fork. The design of the Scout engine was so successful that it was scaled up in 1922 to create the Chief.

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