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
1939 BSA M24 Gold Star
No Reserve
Registration No: 918 XUS
Frame No: KM24-289
MOT: Exempt
Despatched on February 21st, 1939, to BSA Motors of Copenhagen
Understood to be the beneficiary of a very high-quality restoration
The Road and Race Collection
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. By the 1920s, BSAs were often at the front ranks of competition, and when Wal Handley received a Gold Star award for lapping Brooklands at 100mph on his Empire Star model in 1937, BSA was justifiably proud; Gold Star duly became the designation for BSA’s top performance models from 1938. The first iteration was the M24, a 496cc single with an aluminium head and the option of close-ratio gears.
This superb 1939 KM24 Gold Star was despatched on February 21st, 1939, to BSA Motors of Copenhagen, and survives with Danish registration certificates from 1946 and 1952. It is possible that the bike was not sold or registered prior to the war, which could mean the certificates name its first owners. There is little further history until the BSA was imported for our vendor, the curator of a significant historic motorcycle collection, in 2009, evidently following a very high-quality restoration. It is offered for sale with the V5C and historic Danish registrations, some correspondence, and dating certificates from the Gold Star Owners’ Club and the Society of Automotive Historians in Britain. Recommissioning will be required before use.
** 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).
