with 4 valves and twin spark plugs, a far cry from the old Gold Star, but necessary to make it in today’s motoring world. It develops 45 horsepower, running through a 5 speed transmission and there’s Brembo discs front and rear. Price isn’t mentioned. ...
This was really the Golden Age for BSA motorcycles. In 1946, the introduced their own 500 vertical twin, theBSA A7, designed by genius Val Page, and just 4 years later “stretched” to a 650 in theBSA A10. Development continued on big singles also & soon theGold Starwas reborn (a few...