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
1935 BSA W35-8 Blue Star
Single-family ownership for over 80 years
Estimate
£4, 500 - £5, 500
Registration No: SVS 989
Frame No: FS2362
MOT: Exempt
Preserved by one family for more than 80 years
Renovated by the family in the 1980s
Sold with an historic buff logbook
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. BSA applied the Blue Star name to the sports versions of its overhead-valve R35 (350cc) and W35 (twin-port 500cc) models of 1935, equipping them with all the desirable go-faster equipment such as high-compression pistons, performance cams, upswept exhausts, Amal pump carburettors and four-speed foot-change gearboxes. Priced at £61, the 500cc Blue Star was one of the most exciting machines in BSA’s 17-model range of 1935, but it was replaced by the Empire Star in 1936.
Remarkably, this excellent example of a 1935 W35 Blue Star resided in one family for over 80 years. Originally registered ‘CNW 804’, it spent its early life in the Huddersfield area and underwent a period of refurbishment in the 1980s, but was reregistered ‘SVS 989’ in 1993. It was purchased for the present owner’s motorcycle collection in 2018, since when it has been on static display. While it has been periodically started, it will require some recommissioning before it can be used. It is sold with the current V5C and an historic buff logbook.
** Bidding will take place live at the venue, online via our H&H website, by telephone and commission - T&Cs apply**
Parking and entry into the auction is free for auction attendees with a catalogue, available at the door.
Catalogues can be purchased for £20 (admits 2 people).
