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
1956 BSA Rocket Gold Star Evocation
Built by the late Dave Hallam
Estimate
£6, 500 - £7, 500
Registration No: TOF 714
Frame No: 568
MOT: Exempt
Assembled by the late Dave Hallam of TT and scrambles fame
Comprises a 1956 frame with a later A10 engine
An accurate evocation of a Rocket Gold Star built with mainly original parts
Birmingham Small Arms was established in Small Heath, Birmingham, in 1861 to manufacture weapons, before later progressing into bicycles and motorcycles. By the 1920s, BSAs were often front-runners in competition, and when one received a Gold Star award for lapping Brooklands at 100mph in 1937, Gold Star became the designation for BSA’s top performance models from 1938 to 1963, culminating in the Rocket Gold Star of 1962, which placed the A10 Super Rocket’s 646cc parallel twin into a Gold Star frame. The model was a hit, and was only discontinued in 1963 after 1, 584 had been built because the A10 engine was superseded by the new unit-construction A65 twin.
The late Dave Hallam, well-known for his successes as a TT and scrambles rider during the 1970s and ’80s as well as being the proprietor of Supreme Motorcycles in Leicester, enjoyed restoring classic bikes in his free time and this was one of his later-life projects. Combining a 1956 frame with a later A10 engine to create a convincing evocation of a Rocket Gold Star, Hallam completed the project to a very high standard. Sadly, following his death in 2021, the BSA has not had anyone to enjoy it, so it now requires some recommissioning. Still presenting beautifully, it is sold with the current V5C.
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