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
1955 BSA CB32 Gold Star
Estimate
£6, 000 - £7, 000
Registration No: 925 AHA
Frame No: CB32 5584
MOT: Exempt
The property of a noted Gold Star collector
Restored to a very high standard to Clubman specification
Paperwork includes parts invoices and old MoT certificates
Birmingham Small Arms was established in 1861 to manufacture weapons. Around the turn of the century, they started making bicycles and progressed to motorcycles a few years later. By the 1920s, BSAs were often at the front ranks of competition, and one received a Gold Star award for lapping Brooklands at 100mph in 1937; Gold Star duly became the designation for BSA’s top performance models from 1938 to 1963. The 350cc CB32 variant appeared in 1954 with the new “Big Fin” engine, featuring such improvements as a stronger crankshaft and refined valve gear. Fitted with an Amal GP carburettor, it produced around 30bhp.
This beautifully restored 1955 CB32 Gold Star, with Clubman engine, RRT2 gearbox, GP carburettor and alloy rims, is believed to have seen racing use in period. BSA Gold Star Owners’ Club records reveal that this bike was supplied new to J. N. Taylor & Co. in Adelaide, Australia, in road-race trim on July 3rd, 1956. Engine 923 was supplied in Clubman specification to Difazio of Somerset in a CB32 5000-sequence frame on April 24th, 1956. It is not surprising that a racing bike has received a replacement engine. Belt primary-drive was more recently fitted at a cost of almost £500. The BSA is to be sold with the V5C, some old M. O. T. s, and numerous invoices for parts.
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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).
