boboneleg Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 https://www.motorcyclenews.com/news/new-bikes/2022-bsa-gold-star/ 650cc single = 213kgs fuelled 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 1 hour ago, boboneleg said: https://www.motorcyclenews.com/news/new-bikes/2022-bsa-gold-star/ 650cc single = 213kgs fuelled Indian then? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Fallsalot Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 1 hour ago, boboneleg said: https://www.motorcyclenews.com/news/new-bikes/2022-bsa-gold-star/ 650cc single = 213kgs fuelled They must still be making them out of cast iron that's a heavy bike for a naked 650 single 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 46 minutes ago, Sir Fallsalot said: They must still be making them out of cast iron that's a heavy bike for a naked 650 single Weight concerns you now then Fred? The years catching up are they? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Fallsalot Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 1 hour ago, XTreme said: Weight concerns you now then Fred? The years catching up are they? Not really but that is actually heavy for that type of bike look at this chinky bike better looking and about 40kg lighter https://bikez.com/motorcycles/mash_dirt_track_650_2019.php 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowlycatchymonkey Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 20 minutes ago, Sir Fallsalot said: Not really but that is actually heavy for that type of bike look at this chinky bike better looking and about 40kg lighter https://bikez.com/motorcycles/mash_dirt_track_650_2019.php Yeah but in the flesh Mash look like theyre made from tinfoil 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Fallsalot Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 1 minute ago, Slowlycatchymonkey said: Yeah but in the flesh Mash look like theyre made from tinfoil Hence my cast iron comment 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Slowlycatchymonkey Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 47 minutes ago, Sir Fallsalot said: Hence my cast iron comment Indian manufacturers are Im told fond of steel. Dunno why maybe that it can be bent back? Or perhaps its cheap? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowlycatchymonkey Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 Sent that vid to my Pa, he said- Yust I’ve seen it. If you ask me it’ll be a big disappointment if you’re used to modern mobikes. I didn’t rate it at the time. It’s just a big thumper under powered lump. BSA tried to cash in by making a cheap version of the Manx Norton. Which would piss all over it once you mastered the close ratio gearbox (not easy peasy) I say what’s that then? He replied- For expert experienced yobbos only. By the time you’ve got the clutch in it’s doing 30mph. And a bonneville is lapping you! Great on a circuit shite on the street. So what is this close ratio gearbox he speaks of? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catteeclan Posted December 5, 2021 Share Posted December 5, 2021 Close ratio, lets just say you'll get less drop in the revs and you move up each gear compered to the norm. You'd normally have them on a race engine with a narrow power band. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckster Posted December 5, 2021 Share Posted December 5, 2021 Shite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted December 5, 2021 Share Posted December 5, 2021 I seen on FB......all these people jumping for joy that BSA is back! WTF? These POS things don't come from Birmingham......they come from Bombay FFS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Specs Posted December 5, 2021 Share Posted December 5, 2021 1 hour ago, XTreme said: I seen on FB......all these people jumping for joy that BSA is back! WTF? These POS things don't come from Birmingham......they come from Bombay FFS! Exactly. Just manufactured here. Remember Made in Hong Kong? Made in UK will be the modern day equivalent. Are there many UK companies left that aren't owned by Johnny Foreigner? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted December 7, 2021 Share Posted December 7, 2021 On 05/12/2021 at 23:48, Specs said: Exactly. Just manufactured here. Remember Made in Hong Kong? Made in UK will be the modern day equivalent. Are there many UK companies left that aren't owned by Johnny Foreigner? Morgan, maybe? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Specs Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 On 07/12/2021 at 11:41, Pedro said: Morgan, maybe? Looks as if they're owned by an Italian investment group if Wiki is to be believed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgan_Motor_Company 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowlycatchymonkey Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 Aerial. Although they cant be classed as surviving they died donkey ago and the name was bought.. but they have stayed in the UK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowlycatchymonkey Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 Every now and then you see a proper eccentric mi baber and marvel at the worlds oddities, the man that is not his aerial trike collection. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckster Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 Look! It’s pants! Don’t buy it! 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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