BSA announced the Gold Star at the end of 1948
ready for the 1949 season. Intended as sporting
machine capable of competing in virtually all
disciplines it was supported by a range of options
that enabled the owner to tailor it to their
needs.
According to correspondence offered with this
machine from the BSA Gold Star Owners Club this
example was despatched from Small Heath on the
7th March 1954 as a touring 500cc with a frame
bearing a number in the CB32 400 series and
was registered in Cornwall during 1954. The
frame number that the machine now bears dates
from June/July 1956 suggesting that a replacement
was required at some point in the machines life.
This is supported by the V5 which indicates
the machine was "assembled from parts"
although the registration and engine number
have been "tied" together since 1954.
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Description |
| BSA Rocket Goldstar Replica |
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| BSA DBD34 Goldstar |
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Clubmans road racer |
| BSA DB34 |
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BSA Gold Star |
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Engine - air-cooled 199cc OHV single
Horsepower - 38bhp @ 7000rpm
Top Speed - 100mph
Transmission - 4 speed
Frame - tubular double cradle
Brakes - drum/drum
Picture kindly provided by www.vintagebike.co.uk |
BSA 650cc Rocket Gold Star |
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The BSA Rocket Gold Star is a British motorcycle
that marked the final stage of development
of the BSA A10 twins. With a specially tuned
A10 Super Rocket engine in the well proven
BSA Gold Star single frame, BSA created a
very fast bike (for the time) with good handling
fast bike that became 'classic'. Surviving
models are in such demand today that 'fakes'
(using Super Rocket parts) are sold as originals.
BSA Rocket
Gold Star history. |
1950 BSA Gold Star Model ZB 32 |
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| 1950 BSA ZB34 Goldstar 500cc dirt track
racer |
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AHRMA prepared for dirt track racing.The
Goldie was built and raced Dinosaur Historic
nationally by # 97 Mike Zbrozek. |
| 1950 BSA Gold Star ZB32 |
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| 1951 BSA ZB32 Gold Star |
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BSA 1951 ZB32 plunger Clubman Gold Star
in trail road trim. This is a genuine Clubman
ZB Gold Star with the correct frame with
provision for rearset footrests (not fitted
to this machine). Fitted with clubman tank
with provision for twin taps and breather.
Rebuilt wheels fitted with alloy flanged
wheel rims front 21” with 2.75”
tyre, rear 19” with 4” tyre.
A clubman 8” brake front brake fitted
and the forks have the 2 way damper rods.
Handlebars fitted with alloy adjustable
levers. It has been fitted with a prop
stand in addition to the centre stand.
The engine is a genuine ZB32 Gold Star
engine in ‘soft’ trim, with
monobloc carburettor and filter, easy
starter. |
| 1954 BSA Gold Star |
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| 1954 BSA BB34 Goldstar Scrambler |
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| 1956 BSA DBD34 Goldstar |
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| 1957 BSA Goldstar |
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| 1957 BSA DB32 |
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The DB32 represented the culmination
in development for the 350cc variant of
the Gold Star and was only officially
available as a catalogue model between
1955 and 1957, after that if you wanted
a 350cc Goldie you ordered a 500 and specified
the 350cc engine as an option.
As with previous variants, the DB was
offered initially in Clubmans, scrambles,
road racing and touring forms, although
the tourer only lasted until the end of
1956. Developing between 30 and 32.5 bhp
at 7500 depending on the silencer, or
lack of, fitted the revised engine design
of the DB resulted in an increase in power
output of about 2 bhp over the previous
model.
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| 1957 BSA BDB34 Goldstar |
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Clubman trim. |
| 1958 BSA DBD34 |
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Beloved of cafe racers, the BSA Goldie
street racer would achieve the magic ton
on the local bypass with ease, the 42bhp
500cc single-cylinder motor resulting
in a flat-on-the-tank top speed of 110mph.
The Birmingham made Gold Star actually
first appeared in 350cc form in 1948,
the first 500cc model thumping onto the
market a year later and produced in the
massive Small Heath works until 1963.
The 1956 list price of a standard 500
Goldie, which weighed in at 380lbs, was
£270.
The most collectible Gold Star of all
to have, though, is the DBD34 Clubman,
which hit the circuits (and London's North
Circular!) from 1956, a total of 5100
of the 15,000 Gold Stars made being the
desirable DBD34. The DBD34's overhead
valve motor benefited from bigger valves
and a 1¢-inch Amal carb. The four-speed
gearbox was an RRT2 with ultra-close ratios
and needle-bearings at each end of the
layshaft, while the exhaust pipe was swept
back, too, into a trumpet-like silencer.
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| 1958 BSA Goldstar |
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BDB34, 500cc. Fitted with a Phil Pearson
crank and also has a new Amal MK1 carburettor
made for easy starting. |
| 1959 BSA DBD 34 Clubmans Goldstar |
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| 1959 BSA DBD34 |
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500cc |
| 1960 BSA Gold Star Replica |
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| 1960 BSA A50 Royal Star |
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1960 BSA Gold Star DBD 34 |
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BSA Gold Star
history. |
| 1960 BSA Goldstar 500 Clubmans |
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1963 BSA Gold Star Model DBD 34 |
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| 1963 BSA Goldstar |
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The culmination of development for
the Gold Star was the DBD series. Only
ever offered as a 500, the new version
was introduced for the 1956 season and
initially being offered in parallel with
the DB range, although by 1957 the DB's
had been dropped from the range, the 500
version permanently, the 350 temporarily,
returning to the range in 1959.
Like its predecessors the DBD 34 was
offered in trials, scrambles, road, racing
and Clubman's form and was supported by
an extensive range of optional parts.
Although the Goldie was successful in
all branches of competition, the most
iconic variant is without doubt the Clubman's
version.
Image provided by www.classic-auctions.com.
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BSA Goldstar 250ss 1971 |
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| 1971 BSA Goldstar 250 SS |
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BSA Street Scrambler. |
| 1971 BSA B25 SS Gold Star |
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| 1972 BSA Goldstar 50SS |
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