Beschreibung
H&H Classic Auction @ National Motorcycle Museum | Solihull, West Midlands
29th Mar, 2023 12:00
No Reserve
1937 BSA Empire Star
Registration No: Unregistered
Frame No: Not visible
Engine No: JB. 22. 798
CC: 250
MOT: Exempt
This 1937 BSA Empire Star is a true barn find
Found on a Scottish farm
Turns over with some compression
No documents with this lot
The Empire Star was a standard motorcycle made by BSA at their factory in Small Heath, Birmingham. Named to commemorate the Silver Jubilee of King George V and advertised as ‘The Masterpiece of the Industry’, the Empire Star range was produced between 1936 and 1939, when it was developed into the BSA Gold Star and World War II stopped production.
Developed from the popular BSA Blue Star and designed by Val Page, the Empire Star range had the benefit several ideas Page had been developing at his previous employers, Ariel and Triumph motorcycles. With a heavy frame and iron-barrelled pushrod valves the Empire Star still had the legacy of the earlier BSAs however, and Page continued to lighten it and introduce engine tuning ideas throughout production.
This true barn find BSA Empire Star was discovered in an outbuilding on a Scottish farm. We have been informed that it was used around the fields to round up sheep! The machine is more or less complete and would be an ideal candidate for an ‘oily rag’ bike. We are told the BSA turns over with ‘some compression’. There are no accompanying documents with this lot and is purely sold as the machine is viewed.
