Description
National Motorcycle Museum | Solihull, West Midlands
Viewing: Tues 24th March from 1pm
Auction: Wed 25th March from 9am
Location: National Motorcycle Museum, Coventry Road, Bickenhill, Solihull B92 0EJ
1961 BSA DBD34 Clubman Gold Star
Restored by the late Dave Hallam
Estimate
£7, 500 - £8, 500
Registration No: 131 UTW
Frame No: CB32 9946
MOT: Exempt
Restored by Dave Hallam of TT and scrambles fame
In the Leicester area all its life
Supplied with the original buff logbook and carburettor
Birmingham Small Arms was established in Small Heath, Birmingham, in 1861 to manufacture weapons. Around the turn of the century, they started making bicycles and progressed onto motorcycles a few years later. By the 1920s, BSAs were often at the front ranks of competition, and when one received a Gold Star award for lapping Brooklands at 100mph in 1937, BSA was justifiably proud; Gold Star duly became the designation for BSA’s top performance models from 1938 to 1963, culminating in the 500cc DBD34 of 1956, which would become a defining image of 1950s café racer culture, even if its price placed it beyond the average Ton-Up Boy. Racers, however, frequently pushed it towards its claimed 110mph top speed, and the model dominated the 1956 Isle of Man Clubman TT.
This lovely 1961 DBD34 Clubman was supplied new to Frederick Allinson of Groby, Leicestershire, and in 1973 it was transferred to Robert Flower of nearby Birstall. In more recent years it was restored by the late Dave Hallam, a successful TT and scrambles rider during the 1970s and ’80s and owner of Leicester’s Supreme Motorcycles. Completed to his customary high standard, the Gold Star has been out of use following Hallam’s death in 2021 so will require some recommissioning. It is accompanied by the current V5C and its original buff logbook.
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