Description
H&H Classics National Motorcycle Museum | Solihull, West Midlands
Viewing: Tues 8th July from 1pm
Wed 9th July from 9am
Auction: 9th Jul, 2025 10:00
Location: Coventry Road, Bickenhill, Solihull B92 0EJ
1962 BSA Rocket Gold Star
Fitted with a full-width hub
Estimate
£5, 000 - £6, 000
Registration No: 751 UXU
Frame No: GA10835
MOT: Exempt
Nicely restored 1962 BSA Rocket Gold Star 650
Supplied with VMCC and GSOC dating certificates
Registered on a current V5C with a few old MOTs
The Birmingham Small Arms factory was established in the Small Heath area of Birmingham 1861 and as the name suggests manufactured weapons. Around the turn of the century they started making bicycles and progressed onto motorcycles a few years later. BSA went on to be one of the world's largest producers of motorcycles up until its demise in the early 1970s. Probably the most sought after models produced by BSA are the Gold Star range of 350 and 500cc singles and the rare Rocket Gold Star 650cc twin of the late '50s early '60s.
This Rocket Gold Star, part of a small private collection of Gold Stars for a few years, is presented in 'touring' trim with rearset footrests, a standard gearbox, 120mph speedo, 8, 000k tacho and is now fitted with a full-width hub on a Dunlop alloy rim. The single-sided front brake shown in the photos is also included in the sale. The numbers have been checked with the Gold Star Owner's Club and it would appear that frame number GA10 835 was dispatched with an earlier DA10R 88XX engine to BSA New Jersey in December 1962 and engine number DA10R 8833 allocated to GA10 402, also dispatched to BSA New Jersey in December 1962. Confusingly, engine number 8833 is also shown as being fitted to frame number GA10 830, dispatched to E. Andrews in Scarborough on 13th December 1962! The club's best guess is that 8833 went to BSA New Jersey and it has therefore been mated with GA10 835 at some time in the States and the anomaly is down to a 'ledger clerk error'. The bike comes with GSOC, VMCC and a Classic Services dating letters together with a few old MOTs and a current V5C.
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