LONG TERM OWNERSHIPDVLA NEWS • TALES FROM A B40

NATIONAL AWARDSand lots more inside!

President Norman Davis

Vice Presidents Dave Jones, Peter Crowe, Barry ‘Polly’ Palmer and Sheila Martin

Chairman Kelvin Meadowschairman@bsaownersclub.co.uk

Treasurer Dennis Boatwright20 St Anne’s Road, Banbury, Oxon OX16 9EAtreasurer@bsaownersclub.co.uk

National Secretary Phil Bull494 Barrows Lane, Sheldon, Birmingham B26 3BHnatsec@bsaownersclub.co.uk

Membership Secretary Rob JonesPO Box 235, Havant, Hampshire PO9 9DJmembership@bsaownersclub.co.uk

PRO Bill Nelsonpro@bsaownersclub.co.uk

Editor Chris Golby66 Saltmarsh Lane, Hayling Island PO11 0JTeditor@bsaownersclub.co.uk

International Secretary Andy Lorenz,31 Rowley Bank, Stafford ST17 9BG UKinternational@bsaownersclub.co.uk

Librarian Steve Foden113 Holmville Road, Bebington, Wirral CH63 2PX

(For the retention of existing Reg. No’s. Members: £20, Non Members: £25.)

Regalia Graham Jackson111 Heronscroft, Covingham, Swindon, Wilts SN3 5AWregalia@bsaownersclub.co.uk

Machine Dating Officer Steve Foden113 Holmville Road, Bebington, Wirral CH63 2PX

(Please inc. SAE and cheque to ‘BSAOC Library Account’. Members: £5, Non Members: £10.)DVLC require rubbings of frame/eng numbers. Applications without will be returned.

Transfers Malcolm Hawkins300 Cricklade Road, Swindon, Wiltshire SN2 8AYtransfers@bsaownersclub.co.uk

Please can we remind members that all the Committee are volunteers; we all respond as soon as possible and some positions, for example, the librarian in particular, involve

a lot of time consuming research to find out details for members.We sometimes go on holiday, so please be patient, we will do our best to respond quickly.When contacting us by email please put BSA in the subject line when emailing Committee members as some of them have very spam-like addresses at Yahoo or Hotmail and can

inadvertently be bounced at times.

Owners’ Club Founded 1958

OFFICERS & NATIONAL COMMITTEE

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CONTENTS

Me and My Rocket 3! Part 1 4

NEC Classic Motorcycle Report 9

Noticeboard 10

Branch News 12

BSAOC 2013 Awards 20

All Change at the DVLA 24

A Tale of an Early B40 28

Other Side of the Counter 31

Stainless Rear Sprocket Fixings? 33

Calendar of Events 2014 35

National Club Branches & Groups 37

BSAOC Technical Consultants 38

Bazaar 39

EDITORIALWell Christmas celebrations may well be overnow. I say maybe, as our super Printers will have posted this by 19th December so they can have a well earned rest over the holiday season so you should receive this edition between Christmas and New Year. Anyway with all the festivities behind us, we can now look forward to getting stuck in the garage or shed again and continue with the restoration,fixing, modifying or whatever to get our beloved machines ready for the good weatherto come. Time, tide and seasons wait for noman, so don’t do what I normally do and getlazy during the cold winter nights, resulting in the bike finally being ready by July!The Awards week-end was a resounding success, judging by the photos I received and itlooks like the weather was kind, bearing in mindthe time of year and geographical location allowing a few beach activities to be enjoyed between the eating and more eating. This month sees the first of a two part articleabout Steve Brown and his Rocket 3, which he has owned since virtually new in 1971. We also have the changes at DVLA explained by our very own Steve Foden and a very useful technical feature from regular contributor Steve Parkins based on recent experience. Oh, and a very nice WDB40 in the Bazaar!We also have a report of travels by a B40 to help keep our peckers up during the low seasonand remind us of what pleasurable riding is tocome. The Notice Board this month is a bit like London buses – we haven’t seen many forweeks, and lots have turned up at once! The cover photo is Lionel Smith’s Cyclone Clubman. Now this is a model that was listed by BSA but never sold. Lionel tells us more next month.The Calendar of Events is now complete with all of the dates set, so a good opportunity tostart planning this years riding. My New Years resolution is to get out on the bike more! Will I keep this one? Well we’ll see.Anyway, just a final opportunity to wish everyonea Happy and Prosperous New Year with hoursof happy and enjoyable riding, fettling, restoring,socializing with other members and friends!Chris Golby, Editor

All contributions to the Editor:email: editor@bsaownersclub.co.uk

Whilst every effort is made to publish submissions sent to The STAR, the editor

reserves the right to edit the articles included and his decision is final.

The views expressed in the magazine arenot necessarily those of the BSAOC.

THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OFTHE BSA OWNERS’ CLUB

JANUARY 2014

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Some time ago, I askedfor stories from those members who are still riding their bikes after many years of ownership and share your experiences and joys of your machine. Well, Steve Brown, well known for his association withthe BSA racing team, is one such member who is still in the saddle of his 1971 acquisition. Steve writes…

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The year was 1970 and I was gainfully employed by BSA as Bob Heath’s mechanic when he raced the Rocket 3 Production Racer. Sadly, that was the year the BSA competition shop at Small Heath closed and I transferred to the Triumph Race Shop at Meriden.

I still kept in touch with some of the BSA workers (who were also members of BSAOC), one ofthem was John Kay who I had worked alongside when I joined in 1965. He had purchased aRocket 3 test bike from the factory and he updated it to 1971 spec. Three months later they were expecting their first child, so John decided to sell it. As he wanted it to go to a good home he offered it to me. As a committed A65 fan, I didn’t want it at first but after a test ride I decided to buy it (April 1971).

I used the R3 to travel to work at Triumph which caused more than a few comments (and not all of them nice ones!).

After I had sold my A65’s the Rocket 3 was my only transport and it made for some interesting trips to work in the winter months. I remember once going up Meriden Hill in the snow and the bike kept sliding into the kerb. I was about to give up and walk the rest of the way when Percy Tait wafted past at normal speed and waved, so I pulled myself together and continued, but Rocket 3’s are not the ideal choice for riding in thick snow!

In between the building, testing and racing the R3’s we also did development work. One of my projects was fitting a prototype starter motor to a Rocket 3 which worked really well.

Part of the test was to leave the bike outside day and night, then to start it every so often to see how it behaved. When the testing was over a production version was fitted and the prototype removed. I cheekily asked Doug Hele if I could have it for my bike and he agreed, but I would have to pay for it – the £1 cost even at that time seemed like a bargain!

When I first had the bike it was fitted with a conical front hub. Wanting to improve the braking, I fitted the earlier type twin leading brake plate which, as most members know, was better. However, as I was working on bikes with disc brakes I tried a single disc, which was good, then I fitted a second disc. As only one type of fork leg was made at the time, I had to use two left hand fork legs, one facing back as normal with the other facing forward on the off side.

I was John Coopers race mechanic for the 1971/1972 season when he raced the Meriden BSA Rocket 3 and I would use my Rocket 3 to travel to some of the race meetings. In 1972 he kept the race bike at his workshop in Derbyshire and I put some serious miles on my Rocket 3 travelling to his place one, two or three days per week to prepare it for the next meeting.John was a three times winner of the 1000 Guineas ‘Race of the Year’ at Mallory Park on a 1965 Norton, 1969 Yamsel and the 1971 Rocket 3. At the time, all three bikes were parked together in his workshop – a lovely site to behold!

During the time I was racing my A65’s and the ex works Meriden BSA Rocket 3 ProductionRacer I would often ride to Cadwell (125miles each way) and Snetterton (140 miles each way) do three races, sometimes a one hour Enduro race and then ride back home. After this I became a travelling marshal with my Rocket 3, this involved riding around the circuit between each race to check there were no bikes, bits or debris (mechanical or human) then signal the starter for the next race.

Around this time, a film was made to help train new marshals and a rider was paid £100 to crash his bike so they could film the correct response (it took three attempts and a copious oiling of his tyres before he finally crashed!). So, somewhere there is a film showing my Rocket 3 involved in the rescue work!

Rocket 3!Me and my

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So far so good! In the next edition of The STAR I will tell you what I have done with the bike in the following 40 years!

Steve Brown

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BSAOC REGALIA SHOP

MACHINE TRANSFERS

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The Birmingham Branch put on a fabulous stand at the NEC Classic Motor and MotorcycleShow in November 2013. I went along for the first time to this annual event and felt really proud to be involved with a club that exhibited a very impressive display to such a high standardwith lots of different models to see and paw over. The exhibits attracted lots of interest from people outside the club, including Classic Carenthusiasts, as the hall was virtually in the middle of what seemed like dozens of halls forthe car show and therefore they had to passthrough and past the bikes on display.

A massive thanks to Phil Bull and his team for what must have taken many hours of hardwork to set up, many more hours to man thestand and putting on such a splendid displaybefitting ‘The’ premier national club that weare of course!

Take a look at the pictures and see for yourself!

Chris Golby – Editor

NEC CLASSIC MOTOR

& MOTORCYCLE SHOWBrilliant BSAs!Brilliant BSAs!

Nice pair of Bantams!

More Help NeededAs you may have seen my Wanted ad in TheBazaar, I have undertaken a very ambitiousproject to build a BSA Fury from scratch –don’t laugh! As such I need Fury or Banditengine parts plus other items. Absolutely anything considered and would pay cash on collection. Phone me on 01772 718478 or email: richardporter2@yahoo.co.uk.Richard

Drive It Day 2014Bigger Than Ever! - News from FBHVC

It’s never too early to put the dates for ‘DriveIt Day’ in your diary. Next year this popularcelebration of historic vehicles of all kinds

will be held on Sunday 27 April 2014.

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Calling Manchester Beezas - Manchester Branch venue

The present meeting place is having a EGM in

December and may have to close in January.

For the January meeting place and until

further notice please call, l Ray, 0161 794

9906 or Graham, 0161 748 2650 for venue

International Rally USA - PitchesMyself and Vic Dennis are going to the InternationalRally in California. However, the pitch sizes are large enough for a maxof 6 people and it seem a little daft booking awhole pitch for just for the 2 of us – I’m sure therewill be other attendees in the same situation.Bottom line is that Vic and I are looking to sharesomeone's pitch and will happily share the cost.If anyone is up for it, please email me.

Ray Trigwell – East London Branch(raytrigwell@yahoo.co.uk)

Notice of Members MeetingNOTICE OF MEMBERS MEETING

2ND MARCH, 2014LONG COMPTON VILLAGE HALLAny member wishing to place an item on the March 2014 Members Meeting Agendashould contact the National Secretary,contact details listed in The STAR.

Phil Bull, National Secretary

Request for HelpAs a member of the BSAOC for over 20 years I am interested in putting something back into the club and society. I am currently riding anA10 Plunger circa 1952 and have noticed that I occasionally get vibration white finger particularly on a long run e.g. riding to the John Bull and international rallies etc.

As a rider and also as a social research experiment as part of my MSc in OccupationalSafety at Loughborough University, I am looking for BSAOC members who may experience vibration white finger either when riding, or from a work activity to comment via a simple questionnaire.If you would like to help, please contact

me at bcerrino@rospa.comThe results of the survey will be made availablevia The STAR and would not be used for anyother purposes. As an incentive I am prepared to offer a years free subscription to The STAR Magazine to a lucky member whose name will

be drawn from a hat.Regards, Bernie Cerrino

A Big Thanks from MargaretA short note re the Awards & Dinner Danceweekend to say "THANKS" to everyone whohelped Norman and myself, and those whohelped with all the arrangements. It onlywent so well due to your help. Hope you all had a Merry Christmas and have a Happy New Year.

Margaret

Service Stars – Dave HopwoodI want to highlight the services of Dave Hopwood. He lives and breathes old bikes and has done afew tricky jobs for me over the years, always witha smile and reasonable rates. A recent problem

I gave him was to restore a 1930s kickstart quadrant where the cotter pin slot was so wornthat it extended halfway round the stem. Whennew parts are no longer available you need to be confident the original worn parts are going

to a trusted pair of hands for repair. Dave appears to have the capability of doing mostthings required to keep our old bikes on theroad, from my small jobs right up to fullrestorations – see his advert in ‘The STAR’.

Many Thanks Dave,

Calvin Bobin

Help needed for R35-17I have bought a 1935 BSA R35-17, which

I believe is unfortunately the only one in

Norway, where I live. The bike is incomplete

but in relatively fair condition.

I would very much like to come in contact

with any other R35-17 owners, or indeed,

any fellow member who can send me any

pictures of this model. I can be contacted

at john.barrett@online.no

John Barrett

NOTICE BOARD!

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BSAOC BRANCH NEWS BIRMINGHAMHQ: The Blue Bell, Warings Green Lane, Hockley Heath (2nd and last Sundays, 12pm)

November 3rd was the Members Meeting attended by myself and Steve Brown. I’m assumingeverybody read the report in last month’s The STAR even though there weren’t any pictures. Takes for ever to type up so I’ll expect a response from anybody who I quiz about it.

The second Sunday meeting in November was phenomenally well attended, well over a dozen BSA’s plus modern machines belonging to other punters reminded us all of how The Blue Bell used to be not too long ago. Much of my own time was spent distributing the NEC show paperwork and I wasn’t able devote a huge percentage of time to individual members. Usually only 1% anyway.

The third weekend in November was taken up by the Classic Motor Show at the NEC where the Birmingham section of the BSA Owners Club always puts on a superb display readily accessible to all. We were inundated by visitors all weekend, answering queries, selling regalia and many individuals queued up at the signing in desk to become members. They’d confused us with the drinks stand next door, but found it cheaper to sign up than buy a coffee. Those involved in the BSA stand put in much effort whether riding or trailering a bike in for display plus attending to visitors’ needs over the three show days, so my usual huge appreciation to all who’ll have to remain nameless to avoid contravening my word limit.

The Awards Weekend in Scarborough was the usual splendid enjoyable ‘all you can eat’ festwith most letting their hair down or rather adding to it for the Egyptian fancy dress theme on the Saturday evening. I picked up the Branch Attendance Shield for the Birmingham Branchand I was able to receive the Freddie Frith Trophy for Steve Brown and the Passenger Trophy for Ann Brown. The polishing’s relentless. How Margaret Davis arranges these do’s for what we pay is a mystery for Arthur C. Clarke to resolve. Super weekend.

Compliments of the season to all members.

Phil

CHESHIREHQ: The Whipping Stocks, on A50 between Knutsford and Holmes Chapel

(2nd Tuesday and last Thursday, 8pm)

You know winter has truly arrived when, after scraping ice off the windscreen, you head offthrough freezing fog to the Whipping Stocks for the first Branch meeting of November, only to find Vic’s A10 ‘Oskar’ in the car park putting the rest of us car-dwellers to shame. The meeting was well attended, by members if not bikes, and following a brief ‘formal bit’ degenerated into the usual mix of good natured banter, innuendo and the occasional insult.

At this time of year we are fairly quiet on the activity front but there is plenty to look forward to in the near future including our awards/social/Xmas bash on the 11th January. We still need to finalise our choice of Christmas charity run so watch this space to find out who wentwhere in support of what.

At our next meeting Steve proposed a 'race night' for next February but has kept the details close to his chest. Given that it will take place at a dairy, the jury is still out on what exactly will be involved. Milk floats? Ferrets? Sterilisation? All will be revealed in a future The STAR.

December began with with another trip to the three counties gathering at the Winking Man

BEDS, BUCKS & NORTHANTSHQ: The Barley Mow, 7 The Stocks, Cosgrove MK19 7JD (2nd Wednesdays monthly)

Our club night was well attended and I spent the evening taking bookings for our Branch ‘Christmas Do’ which is held on our December club night. The numbers are good so it is looking to be an enjoyable night.

I managed to get up to the NEC for the Classic Bike show and saw Phil on the BSA stand and later in the day met Rob Jones & Diane and had a chat with them. Trying to combine both Cars and Bikes proved too much as there is far too much to see in a single day. Most enjoyable though and the BSA stand was one of the best there.

The highlight of November is, as always, the Awards Dinner and this year was no exception atThe Cumberland Hotel in Scarborough. From the Branch Trevor & Helen, Kelvin & Rose andmyself and Sara were there and like everyone else had a great time. On Friday night, with Trevor & Helen we finished runners up in the quiz which was very hard with lots of questionsthat I have never ever known the answers to! On Saturday evening we had good food, goodmusic, some good Egyptian fancy dress costumes (although I think my eye make-up took somebeating!) plus a few drinks so we certainly enjoyed ourselves. It was good to meet up with somefamiliar faces, and several fresh ones, many thanks to Margaret for another superb weekend.

The last Sunday ride clashed with the Award Weekend so none of us made it and I am not sure who did or where they went!

Just leaves me to wish everyone a Happy New Year and a good riding season in 2014.

That’s all, cheers for now.

Dennis

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where we met up with some hardy souls from North Staffs branch and enjoyed some good food and a natter. The weather was mild and the roads dry(ish), with the six Cheshire members all riding variants of the pre-unit twin. Many thanks to Andrew for allowing me to ride his 1958 Golden Flash for this trip whilst he opted for his RGS Replica. Always enjoyable to have a go on one of these big twins, and a much needed nudge to extract my digit and get some work done on my own A10 Flash...

The idea of a three branches camp next summer seems to be gathering momentum with the Winking Man as the likely venue. Given the location of this place, between Leek and Buxton in the Peak District, the ride-outs will be amazing. And hilly!

So here’s hoping you all had a great Christmas and new year, and are busy tinkering away in a (hopefully heated) garage looking forward to another great summer’s riding!

Paul Stafford

EAST MIDLANDSHQ: The Hollybush, Main St, Ashby Parva, Nr Lutterworth, Leics LE17 5HS (Every Monday 7.45pm)

Eight members from the East Midlands attended the Awards Dinner at the Cumberland Hotelin Scarborough. Joey, Martin, Veronica, Malcolm, Jean, Graeme, Daphne and I made the long trip north to a windy and cold Scarborough. A good time was had by all except me because I had a very bad cold and was not able to join in because of spreading my cold to everyone within coughing distance. A big thank you to Margaret and Norman from the East Midlands Eight for putting on a great weekend.

Daphne and I have been away for a month or so visiting my brother and family in Australia. We met up with Lynne and Joe Fallon for dinner at a local restaurant near to where we were staying in Melbourne. Joe was a member of the Warrington Branch of the BSA Club before he emigrated to the land of plenty down under. We also visited Gillian and Doug Gorrie a couple of a dozen miles North West of Melbourne. Doug and his son Bradley race a very much modified BSA B33 Combination. The engine modifications include a special aluminium cylinder barrel increasing the capacity considerably, the original cylinder head still remains but with bigger valves of course to give the extra power required, the originalcrankcases are still used but I am sure the internals have been upgraded to cope with the extra power from the Methanol fuel which is used. Bradley said that he will be visiting Europe next year and competing in the sidecar championships as a sidecar passenger, so good luck Bradley hope to see you in some of the meetings in the UK.

Not a great deal extra to report from the East midlands for the last couple of months as it’s been just a case of natter nights at the Holly Bush. We are still getting good turnouts on the natter nights with quite a few braving the weather and arriving on two wheels. By the time this appears in the Star we would have had our big December event in the East Midlands, our Christmas Dinner, which has been arranged by Veronica and Malcolm at the Pig in Muck in the village of Claybrooke Magna, a new venue for us.

At the last Natter Evening at the Holly Bush I think we managed to put enough pressure on Ron to delight us with a few on his monologues at the Dinner, that is something we always look forward to.

We hope everyone has had a good Christmas and our best wishes for Happy, Safe and Prosperous 2014

TTFN Cliff

EAST SUSSEXHQ: White Hart, Lower Horsebirdge. (1st and 3rd Wednesdays)

Bonfire Burn Up. Sunday November 3rd was a very windy day which made riding conditions‘challenging’ to say the least. For that reason it was very creditable that 17 East Sussex Branch members made the trip to the Pilot at Dungeness to meet up with Kent Branch. This is an annual fixture and usually marks the end of the riding season for most members. Considering the very windy conditions it was great that 8 members were on bikes.

It was a great shame that this event should have been a date clash with the members meeting but all credit to those who made the trip.

Forthcoming events in BSAOC East Sussex are the Annual Christmas Dinner in December and the AGM in January. A report on these events will be published next time. Belated Christmas wishes to all in BSAOC and every good wish for the New Year.

Kind Regards and Safe Biking,

Geoff King

HAMPSHIREHQ: The Bold Forrester, Soberton Heath. (1st and 3rd Thursdays)

Trust a good Christmas was enjoyed by all? Got to love it when you receive new bits for a bike(what’s that about counting chickens?). Just like my first Christmas with Alison when I got a new set of siamese pipes for the A10 (still in the garage but admittedly in a sorry state).

Ten of us from Hampshire branch made the 300 mile trip to Scarborough for the Annual Dinner and Awards weekend. Another good one thanks to Margaret and the other organizers, and of course the wide family of members. Sunday spent in Whitby took some of the strain away from the drive back, delayed until Monday with clearer heads.

At our Christmas Dinner Andy will have been presented with the Branch attendance cup. He becomes the fifth named winner in the seven years of running the award. In the end the numbers attending the evening were well up to par, despite renegades off on overseas sojourns or whatever, and the firm booking deadline. Wall calendars should have been distributed to the regulars. Please let us have copies of your best photos for next year’s.

The last month has seen the emergence of several members’ projects. Russ took the branchC15 through its MOT. Shortly after my B50 earned its ticket. Both then promptly had tax class changed to historic and tax discs issued. This was most efficiently done at the local DVLA office which has now closed. These sorts of changes will be a lot more painful process in future I hazard. On the next Club Night I rode the Gold Star (been wanting to say that for so long!) and Dave Hall’s A10 was also making its first appearance. I thought the fire extinguisher red of mine was bright but that is eclipsed by the green glitter finish of the twin. Then the next fortnightly meet Gary rode in on his B40 Special. Not one but four for the road.

The Hampshire Branch AGM will be on February 3rd, 7:30 start. Please be ready to show your membership cards for voting and attend in numbers. Do come along and get involved. Our logo designhas been tweaked for clarity and has two missing spokes added.

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The aim is to get some new shirts embroidered with it for the New Year. A Happy New Year to all, cheers,

Mike

KENTHQ: Red Lion, Herne Hill. (1st and 3rd Thursdays, 8pm),

The Cock Inn, Luddesdown. (2nd and 4th Thursdays, 8pm)

Sunday 3rd Nov was our annual Fish & Chip run to the Pilot pub, Dungeness. Malc Folwell pre books the restaurant as for many years we have been joined by friends from the BSA East Sussex branch, which means hopefully that we can all sit together. This years meeting point for the Kent branch was the café car park at the bottom of Charing Hill but there was a bit of a mix up with some riders from the north end of Kent who were heading for Great Chart which was last years meeting point, luckily one of them spotted Malc in the car park and turned back, Perry & Lyn who were a bit behind the leading group whizzed past on their A65 and had to be chased by Colin to bring them back. Setting off at 11am into the countryside with smooth deeply rutted roads (which was a treat for the M20 riders) crossing the Romney marshes 12 riders arrived safely at the Pilot, they were joined by 7 Kentmembers in their cars and 17 members from East Sussex, a very good day with good weather. Sunday 24th Colin & Brian organised a breakfast run meeting at the Blue & White café near Meresham, due to miserable weather conditions only 5 riders turned out for breakfast. Leaving the cafe at 10.30am we headed off towards East Sussex after dodging mud, leaves and wet surfaces we ended up in Rye Harbour to brilliant sunshine. After a walk round the town we sat outside a cafe in warm sunshine with mugs of hot coffee, we returned on a different route through some very nice villages splitting up at Challock crossroads, Alister & myself headed off towards Faversham, after a few miles Alister’s bike lost all its get up and go & stopped, carry out all the usual checks the bike would not start so a quick call to Andy, who incidentally was out in Alister’s transit about five mins down the road, he was soon recovered, although a bit damp and cold a very good days riding.

Well, that’s all for now safe riding everyone.

Terrylin

NORFOLK BEEZASHQ: The Griffin PH, Yarmouth Rd, Norwich. (1st and 3rd Tuesdays)

The start of October is always a busy time for us preparing for the Copdock show. This year the event was held on the first Sunday in October and luckily for everyone attending, the weather was warm and dry. On Saturday afternoon, Stan and I arrived, closely followed by Dick at the Trinity Park venue, to find Robert already there and the Club tent partly set up. With help from Gary & Dee and Tony & Jo who arrived a little later, the Club party tent was finally ready for business the following day. The show was again a success with good weather playing a great part to make a really enjoyable day out for everyone. Thanks go to all members who rode down on the Sunday to help out and also to Robert for expertly cooking the BBQ. We would like to wish all our members a Happy New Year and to let you know that once again we are looking for an alternative venue to hold our meetings. We will keep you up to date with any changes or please see website for details.

All for now, Sue

NORTH STAFFSHQ: The Railway Inn, Norton Bridge, Stone. (1st Tuesday and 3rd Thursday)

Happy new year to one and all from all at North Staffs. We hope you had a very Merry Christmasand that you are all recovering well from the usual festive over indulging. Mince pie anyone?

We had some bad news in December as Mary our landlady announced that our pub ‘The Railway’ was to close and that we had to find somewhere else to have our branch meets. Aftersome running around to find somewhere else that would put up with us all news broke that new tenants were taking over and that we could stay until further notice. Disaster averted and we all welcomed Nadine as our new Landlady. The sad part, we still had to say goodbye to Mary and as a big thank you for looking after us all these years we bought her apresent and bouquet of flowers. She in turn thanked us all with bottom lip quivering and there was hugs all round.

The start of a new year and a very busy calendar of events already according to the back pagesof the Star. After a busy couple of months and with the Stafford show now out of the way wecan start to concentrate on finding somewhere to hold our summer camp. Yes another disaster,due to their organisational problems we will no longer be at Foxfield so need to find an alternativevenue. Also I will be organising our ‘1st Three Counties Camp’ at the Winking Man Pub but withso many dates already gone trying to get two camps organised without clashing with someoneelse will be nigh on impossible. However, I’ll try….

Another great ‘Three Counties’ meet at the WinkingMan pub and no cars what so ever this time. Aftermy alleged accusation that some of them were soft for turning up on four wheels, Cheshire Chairman Peter Morgan whipped up his posse andturned up in force. A plethora of leather cladCheshire lads looking for trouble. I had to lay low for a while until they’d all calmed down. I’ll nevercall them soft again. See picture of Peter having his calming coffee! My plan worked though,

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calling in at the club. Since one should never ask a lady her age we tactfully spared her the intrusion, but noted nevertheless that she was certainly young enough to enjoy herself.

I also noticed that a few riders are still attending on their trusty steeds (BSA of course). It will be interesting to see how they fare when the weather gets really cold, but I think it will again be a case of “when the going gets tough, the tough get going”.

Alan

THAMES VALLEYHQ: The Four Horseshoes, Long Sutton. (2nd and 4th Mondays)

This month has been quiet which is to be expected with the salt being dumped on the roads. During last months ride out on my B33 I noticed that at low speeds there was a slight shimmy on the front end which stopped above 10 mph. Putting the bike on the lift andchecking I found some play in the rear wheel bearings. I changed the bearings and the shimmy went. Richard had to give up on his Shooting Star on the ride out last month due to a misfire. When we started looking at the bike it only ran on the nearside cylinder. After playing with plugs, points the usualsuspects it only ran on the offside cylinder. Strange we thought!Removed the timing cover to take of the mag and found that the timing side bearing was totally shot. The armature was obviously oscillating and causing the points to open too far onone side or the other. Burt, who is our oldest member, celebratedhis 79th Birthday on the 27th November, maybe before hereaches 80 he will get one of his ‘many’ bikes from one of his‘many’ garages running and rideable. If the Christmas Fairy haslooked kindly at him it may actually happen! The photo is of Burt doing what he does best, buying things to fill up his garages.I trust that when this is read you all had a great Christmas andthe New Year is full of exciting ride outs and other good things.

Ian C.

WARRINGTONHQ: The Antrobus Arms, Antrobus, Cheshire. (Thursdays at 8pm)

Three specific bits of news from the Warrington Branch this month. Firstly Colin Smith and Phil Harper attended the Manchester Branch camp at Dent in September and Colin was delighted to win the best BSA award for his A10. I suspect we may never hear the end of this, although we all admit that Colins’ bike is very smart. Secondly, Steve Foden attended the Federation of British Historic Vehicles Club exhibition at the NEC, and won a competition,being awarded a first edition of classic car stamps, the sheet having been signed by StirlingMoss. Steve is very knowledgeable on all things BSA and this just proves the point. Thirdly, and by no means least, our winter social is booked for Saturday 25 January 2014 at the Antrobus Arms near Warrington. A raffle and auction will be held, proceeds as usual in aid ofSt Roccos’ Hospice. Members from all branches are most welcome to join us. Attendance atclub nights is dipping as is usual at this time of year, and various bits of major restoration work are underway. We are planning to hold our usual Boxing Day run, weather permitting.

Paul

lots of bikes again with the Cheshire guys making up the lions share. Sadly zero from Derby but I’ll try and work on them for the New Year. Well done to all who made an appearance, it was great to see everyone again and I’m looking forward to our next meet on 5th Jan. Brrrrring on the snow.

That’s all from us for now and I hope to see you all out on the roads soon.

Jason

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HQ: The Anchor, Chester Rd, Brownhills. (3rd Wednesday from 7.30pm)

Hi all, good meeting as ever and welcome to two new members, Alan and Dave respectivelywho share our love of all things BSA Eventually the general chit-chat gave way to the history of our beloved marque with our own opinions on it’s demise and shortcomings. It’s amazing how we are so clever in hindsight to know where it all went wrong, maybe the lack of new models, slow to take on new ideas, top heavy management, the launch of the Mini, increased income or a combination of all of them, it won’t stop us enjoying our bikes any less. Talking of which my A7 is taking shape with much input from my mates, next month should see it done! John and I went to the car and bike show at the NEC on Sunday last and had an enjoyable day out, met up with Lindsay and Vic on the BSAOC stand, well set up stand and lots of interest. After we had walked our legs off we made a weary amble back to the car park eyes bulging with bike images and old iron overdose.

With the winter closing in and short days make the most of getting out if you can.

TTFN Dave

SOUTH DERBYSHIREHQ: The Malt, Aston on Trent. (Wednesdays from 8pm)

This month started with a committee meeting to sort out a couple of very important items, such as our Christmas Dinner and next years Summer Camp. Both of these events will followthe same format as previous years’ events, and since both were a roaring success there seems no reason, being as we are eternal optimists, to expect other than repeat performances.

The following week we had the first of our ‘organized’ evenings which featured a talk aboutGuide Dogs for the Blind, given by Mike Bestwick who brought along his guide dog Vance. It was a very illuminating talk highlighting the invaluable work done by guide dogs. At the same time it was a highly entertaining presentation, thanks to Mike’s sense of humour and obvious enjoyment of life to the full even in the face of daunting adversity. A donation of £69.50 was made to Mike (i.e. the Guide Dogs organization), comprised of £30 from our club funds, £29.50 from a spontaneous collection made by the audience and a further £10 donation from Karen the landlady at The Malt. I think this brings great credit to our club, and also underlines our good relationship with our generous hosts at The Malt. To round off a very enjoyable evening we had a copious supply of chips and sandwiches generously sponsored by Mark Waller for his birthday celebration.

The next two weeks we returned to normal natter nights. Both evenings were rather quiet affairs, which is what a lot of members find rewarding, giving us the opportunity to have a good chat with friends about any subject under the sun. As it happened we came to find outthat Ray and his wife Mary had been ‘out on the town’ celebrating Mary’s birthday before

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On behalf of all those who were fortunate to be able to come along and enjoy a superb, incredible value for money weekend at the Cumberland Hotel in Scarborough, we’d very much like to convey our thanks once again to Margaret Davis who organised the event from start to finish. At the same time attending to the needs of club President, Norman Davis who has been ill for some time but was determined to be present so as to watch the fun and games over the two days.

On Saturday evening, the Fancy Dress costumes transported us back two thousand years.Cleopatra was back in town along with an assortment of handmaidens and slaves. Plus a horrible looking wolf god. Probably the face behind it was even more horrible. Truly amazingdisplay of costumes.

Congratulations to the Awards winners who received their trophies on Saturday evening and not to forget the hardy individuals who competed in the kite flying and sandcastle competition on the beach earlier in the afternoon. My own kite string was such a tangled mess, a seagull came and laid her eggs in it.

Thanks to all who came along to make it an extremely enjoyable and memorable weekend.

Phil Bull

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WEST SUSSEXHQ: Broadbridge Heath Village Centre, Wickhurst Lane,

Broadbridge Heath, Horsham. (2nd Thursday)

November / December are always quiet months as the events list dwindles in proportion to the daylight hours. This is possibly the reason why our AGM is scheduled in the later half of the year? Fourteen good folk attended this year’s AGM including new members Cliff andLarry, and business was dealt with in our traditional swift manner.

Chairman, Treasurer and Secretary were all re-elected and a summary of accounts presented.Interesting to review some of our recent purchases this year, the Gazebo, Club Banner and asagreed at last year AGM, several of our ride-outs were subsidised.

Last years trialed ‘attendance’ award results were eagerly awaited and the idea seemed to begreeted with a positive response, so will be run in earnest next year. Tony the Treasurer was this year’s winner, attending all but one monthly meeting on a bike, and usually a BSA! Well done, Tony! Piers and Malcolm C, coming a respectful 2nd and 3rd. There was also interest in a couple of newish events for next year, so plenty to look forward to when the better weather and daylight return.

Malcolm

WEST YORKSHIREHQ: Shoulder of Mutton, Methley Rd, Castleford. (Every Thursday, 8.30pm)

May I begin by thanking Margaret and Norman and all else who helped with the organizationof the National Awards weekend in Scarborough. Our branch proved to be well represented with nine of us making the journey to the Cumberland Hotel. November proved to be eventful with branch nights being well attended. Our new format of having ‘Technical Talks’ onthe last Thursday of the month has proven successful too, with Graeme having given tips on front forks in October and our Pete outlining the intricacies of electrics in November. December was agreed to be postponed due to the fact that we would be just drinking and talking rubbish on the 19th, with no-one attending on Boxing Day! Any ideas for future topics would be most welcome.

On the fettling front, Mark will soon begin the repair of his B50? (I may be corrected on this) dueto being driven into by a car and seriously injuring him. Graeme has hinted that he will get a certain M20 engined project (as much as I’m allowed to state at the moment) on the road in2014. Tim has been working on an A10 implant for his A7 to get the ton out of it I’m sure! Alanhas a project (B40 engine in a B25 frame) on the go, plus yours truly has a WD M20 to get onthe road, but whether it’ll be 2014 is another matter! Anyway enough ramblings for now…

Ian aka Frank

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There have been several changes with regard to obtaining a registration document from the DVLA.

The area where there has been most change is in obtaining an age related registration. In order to do this you need to be aware of the document INF 26 ‘Guidelines for the registration of rebuilt or radically altered vehicles and kit cars’. This lays down the criteria for reconstructed classics where all (major) components have to be over 25 years old. These include forks, wheels and brakes, frame, engine and gearbox. I have added the word major as I do not feel cosmetic items such as side panels, mudguards, seat and petrol tank etc arecovered by this. Also where components such as wheel rims, spokes, brake linings and tyres are replaced due to the original becoming un-roadworthy are they to be counted either. Provided your machine meets the criteria there is no reason why an age related registration mark will not be issued.

This is why the Club is continuing to ask for photographs of the machine as well as rubbings or photographs of the engine and frame number when being requested to produce a datingcertificate. It may also require an inspection of the machine however you will be told the reasons before it is undertaken. If you only want the certificate for information purposes then just supplying rubbings will be sufficient, but the certificate will be marked not for registration purposes until the full procedure is followed.� New procedure for obtaining an age related registration The procedure is, broadly as before, where you have to get a dating certificate, Insurance and MOT based on the frame number. You now have to send all the documentation to DVLA Swansea and they will do the necessary and register it. The address is DVLA, SwanseaSA99 1BA.

The year of manufacture will be recorded on the V5C under Section 3 Special notes. It shouldread ‘was registered and/or used. Declared manufactured’ with the year from the dating certificate.

If, however, there is any doubt whether the machine has been exported and re-imported then you will have to go through the Notification of Vehicle Arrivals (NOVA) procedure with H M Revenue and Customs and for this you need to obtain a NOVA1 form. The HMRC contact number is 0300 200 3701 to get the form. Do not attempt to use the online version as it will be rejected part way through the process, use the form. You will then receive a letterfrom the HMRC saying if there is any outstanding VAT payable. It would be extremely unlikely that any VAT is outstanding on our machines. Please submit with the NOVA1 form any documentation that came with your machine relating to import and customs payment.

Even if you do not have anything, tell them where it came from including if it was purchased incomplete. When purchasing imports ask the seller to provide any import paperwork and if only recently ask for the NOVA form as it is now a legal requirement.

There is an exemption from the NOVA process provided it is clear that the vehicle was manufactured in the UK and there is no indication that the vehicle has ever left the UK. So it is worth notifying the DVLA of this exemption and providing proof, assuming that it is correct. However the DVLA will always err on the side of caution. � Pre 1960 machines MOT exemptionIf the V11 ‘reminder to get a tax disc’ says that an MOT is required then the most practical way to get your pre-1960 vehicle taxed is to make the application at a Post Office that doesmotor tax.

To avoid any potential difficulties it is suggested that prior to your visit to the Post Office youshould have completed either a V112 form (for most types of vehicle including cars and motor cycles), using exemption O. The V112 forms can be downloaded from the gov.uk website, or obtained by post using the DVLA helpline 0300 700 6802.

Unfortunately, Post Offices appear not to stock these forms. Due to cost the DVLA is not going to amend the V11 form so the form V112 form will have to be used if you are going to tax the vehicle at the Post Office however hopefully the vehicle can be taxed online withoutan MOT.

Some Post Offices might not insist on seeing the exemption form, but some will want to see this form and then it will be handed back to you.

You cannot use this V112 form on line and you have to provide a valid MOT if taxing online.Once this years MOT has expired then the online system will up date and will not require an MOT in future. The DVLA are working on this anomaly and should be sorted soon. � Wrong date of manufacture recorded on the V5CThis is not to be confused with date of first registration as that will be recorded when the vehicle record was set up on the Swansea computer.

I am afraid that for the date of manufacture to be altered, in particular, to pre 1960, that you will need to get a copy from the despatch books or from the relevant page of the Glass’sCheck Book to claim the MOT exemption.

I have a problem on both counts with this procedure as our dating certificates are already transcripts from the factory despatch books and the Glass’s Guides are not accurate. They areonly a guide and for BSA in particular give the model year as this model year started in theAugust of the previous year for some models.

I have spoken to DVLA about this and I think, as we have digital copies of the despatch booksit would be possible to supply a copy of the entry for the frame number. This, however, will have to be sent direct to Swansea, so when you receive a letter requesting this information from the DVLA forward a copy or the original to me and I will send the copy direct to them.(This is to prevent fraudulent applications where an engine has been changed).

There are certain military machines particularly M20’s supplied to the War Office and Ministry of Supply during the Second World War which were sold at dispersal sales during the1960’s so they have a date of first registration at the date of there first receiving the civilian registration. There are no despatch books for machines manufactured after October 1942.These being produced under Contract numbers. This was, I feel, as the factory were only M20 machines for the military and as they were also producing a large quantity of armaments,then entering each machine into despatch books were seen as wasteful.

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I am trying to trace these contract cards as the DVLA will not accept evidence for these machines from the definitive work ‘British Forces Motor Cycles 1925-45’ which lists all the contract numbers, quantity of machines and dates from starting the contracts and completion.

Also, the Glass’s Guide is irrelevant, due to the restrictions on private transport, the lack of new machines and the fact that a large proportion of the car and motorcycle buying clientele were occupied elsewhere it probably would not have been produced during the war. As these were military machines they would not have appeared in the guide anyway.

The FBHVC are taking these points up with the DVLA. So these machines will have to remainon their 1960’s registration marks for the time being.

� The V765 Retention of original registrations procedure

This remains the same, however, the option to register and tax at the local office has been removed (as have the local offices). All documents have to be sent to Swansea. As we do this on behalf of the applicants then you will receive a notification that the documents have been sent along with a report on your machine.

The taxation class ‘not licensed’ has been removed so that it will either have to be ‘historic’ or ‘bicycle’ for those few machines manufactured after the 1st January 1973.

The requirement for continuous registration does not become valid until the first tax disc is obtained. After which it will be a requirement for either a valid tax disc or a Statutory Off Road Notification to be obtained. During this period it is illegal to use the machine on the public highway.

The provision for providing authorised copies of documentation previously under taken by the local DVLA offices can now be done by the Club’s V765 signatory. This means that original documentation will be returned to you when the Club has processed the application.

� New DVLA VIN format used when there is a lack of a visible frame number or the original frame number has been altered.

This will consist of DVLASWA 397 13 (year) 000 (Julian date) and 00 issue number. An explanation is needed the first 7 characters is the DVLA reference. The 397 is fixed using theold Swansea Local Office number. The year is self evident and the Julian number is current datein the year. The final 2 digits are the number of issued VINs on that date. So now you know.

Remember before you can use your machine on the road it must have a valid tax disc and be in a road worthy condition, even if it is MOT exempt.

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(or, How I got my present owner)They wanted to go to Norway for the 50th International Camp in August 2013 and to exploresome of the countryside. He didn’t really want to take his Gold Star because it’s very valuableand also heavy. So he started looking for something lighter. Perhaps a C11 or C12. Then he saw in The STAR an advert for me, a 1960 B40, for sale in Wales.

Off they set, trailer hitched and after a pleasant chat with my previous owner a sale was negotiated, V5 changed hands and off we went to my new home in the Midlands.

Now I hear some talk of a new type of trailer which will allow me to be carried across the back width of their campervan and also enable me to be hydraulically lifted into place.

For the next few months I am tested on club runs and outings to make sure I will be able tocope with the Norwegian terrain. I understand there are mountains in Norway and I am a bitunsure how I will cope with 2 up.

Eventually the day arrives and we are off to Harwich to get a ferry to Esbjerg in Denmark. The next two days are spent with me on the trailer travelling up the west coast (a journey theydid 4 years ago to the Danish rally), a beautiful flat area with many push bikes on their ownpaths smiling at me as I pass. I need to be untied, free to ride myself. At last we arrive at thehome of friends in the North of Denmark and I am admired, introduced to a dog named Bantam and unleashed from my shackles.

I had three successful journeys in Denmark one of which was an Old Timers run where I metsome others BSA bikes. After 4 days we were on our way to catch the ferry to Kristiansund atthe bottom of Norway and I was under straps again. I noticed that the Norwegian terrain iscompletely different. Mountains and hairpin bends replace the flat straight roads. 4 days andabout 1000 km later we arrive at Valdall. Yippee! – this is what I was bought for. The time hasarrived for me to gear up and get into action.

I am one of the smallest bikes here. They are mostly A10s, A65s, Rocket 3s etc., high CC bikesand me a 350. Can I cope and keep up with these big beasts?

Monday was testing time. A small ride. Petrolled up, map in hand, we’re off, all three of us. We encountered 3 tunnels for which my 6 volt lighting was not really adequate. Here in Norway everybody has to ride with dipped headlights on. But worse was to come as we made our way along a fjord both up and down mountain roads with very tight hairpin bends. My gear box is overworked by the constant changes. I think my clutch is getting very hot and I feel myself being adjusted to cope with this situation. I am enjoying the wonderfulscenery and hope that my riders are as well. I hear them shout that we have reached the top and there we find about 50 or more other BSAs awaiting our arrival at the Dam. I havemade it! Success until the next time.

We return to Valdall at our own leisurely pace through a dark tunnel spiralling down. Of course we came up this way and what goes up must go down.

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It is funny the things people say. We used to have an A10, which we used as the company hack. Everybody used it to go into town for parts, and generally, anywhere that we needed tocut through the traffic. Although it was well used and worn, it was always well maintained mechanically and still had its original paint. It was also used to test out new parts, so if somebody was going to a rally over the weekend, they took it out. I had the occasion to go to a local BSA Owners’ Club Branch, to deliver some leaflets, and generally chat to the guys there about new models coming out. We, like the factory, always supported the local clubs, after all they were our customers and potential customers. Did you know that the factory printed the early national club magazines, and that the club’s AGM was held in the works canteen for a few years? The club members normally didn’t hold back with any comments, so their advice was often very useful. As it was a nice sunny evening, I took the A10 as it wasthe only BSA available (couldn’t very well go on anything else, could I?) and one of the guys in the club was restoring one, finished in Nutley Blue as this was, so needed some pictures of it. We were sat on a wall outside the pub chatting. A chap pulled up in his car, strolled over to the bike and gave it a good looking at. When he finished looking he said, “I used to have one JUST like that, but it was an AJS and was in red” then walked off into the pub. We just looked at each other and shook our heads.

On another occasion, the local club organised a rally, at which there was a raffle, I went along to donate some prizes, as the proceeds went to a local charity. On this occasion I took a late A7 that we had just restored, and had for sale. I parked up next to a nice A10 which was leaking oil from every joint. I went to donate the prizes and then returned to the bike. The owner of the oily bike asked if it was mine. “Yes” I replied. ”How do you keep it so oil tight?” he enquired. “Well, first of all, we use a thicker gasket which is slightly spongy, then, my workshop foreman Mick discovered a jointing compound which solved the problem of cylinder heads blowing, on the Merlin engines fitted to Spitfires during WWII, it’s called Blue Hylomar” I said. “I’ve heard of that, is it any good?” he said. I replied, “we use it on all the bikes we build, we put it on both sides of the gasket.“ “Oooh, You don’t want to do that” he said, “You can’t get the gasket off without ripping it, what you want to do, is what I do, put gasket goo on one side and grease on the other side, that way you can take the cases apart, they will stick to one side and can be reused”. I said “but gaskets are cheap, “then I looked down at my bike, and then to the oil under his bike, and said, “I thought the whole idea was to keep the oil inside the bike, not to save a few bob. I think I prefer my method.” The same bike was there a few weeks later still with a load of oil beneath it.

The moral of the story is, if you are not going to take notice of it then don’t ask for advice.

Lucas Tenebres

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Retracing our route we made a blunder and took a wrong turn up a mountain road with many tight hairpins many feet up. Thank goodness we ended up in a farmer’s yard. This confirmed it was the wrong road so we could turn back and find the right route to camp. Who knows where we would have ended up?

The next run was Geiranger which included a ferry trip and more mountainous hair pin bends. The highlight of this trip was reaching La Dobassa 1500 meters above sea level. The final couple of hundred metres of track changed from tarmac to gravel causing me to slip and slide and causing my rider’s heart to flutter at bit. But we made it. Triumphant at the top. We had a wonderful view down to Geiranger Fjord where we could see miniscule cruise ships on the water. We returned after soup that was provided for the humans (but nothing for me) to camp only to find that half way down the mountain my front brake nipple disconnected from the cable. What timing. I have 50kms plus ferry to get back againthrough hairpins and mountain roads with no front brake. As we all know you cannot re-start your bike on a hill if you have no front brake and a pillion passenger. So we had to make sure that we only stopped if we were on flat ground. We eventually got back (rider with a chunk taken out of his shin). Phew, that was close. A very exciting day finished with help from other BSA members with beg, steal or borrow to solder a new nipple and fit the brake cable. Now I’m ready for the next days run to Trollstigen.

My rider thought it might be better if our pillion passenger thumbed a lift in a car and had a more comfortable journey. He and I had a successful and uneventful run. Everything went well and we made the line-up. Gosh, weren’t we proud. We had achieved what we set out to do all those months before.

So now I am going to be part of their motor bike collection. I have proved that a 350 should not be dismissed as too small to cope with 2 up. I did it and I did it in Norway. So, who knows,you may meet me in my red and black livery at a BSA event some time in the future.

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12 MONTH GUARANTEEHaving just returned from a superbweekend in the Peak District, hostedby Steve Foden and the WarringtonBranch, I set about cleaning my B50before drying it off. The weather wasn’t as good as it should be for the time of year, but the venue andSteve’s routes for the runs made upfor the odd downpour!

Poking a rag between the rear spokesto dry the hub, I noticed a hole where one of the five rear sprocketbolts should have been. How couldthis have come out without jammingagainst the chain guard?

I soon found the answer when checking the tightness of the nextbolt, this promptly sheared off withthe minimum of force.

Removing the remaining three bolts, I noticed they were in fact ¼” UNF stainless setscrews,very shiny, but more suited to holding office furniture together, rather than resisting 36 bhp between a chain and a rear wheel, which the standard bolt, Part No. 14-0207, is designed to do!

These fixings would have failed, probably at the top of Snaefell at next years TT festival knowing my luck! Anyway, I replaced them with the correct length medium carbon steel BZP bolts, spring washers and locknuts for peace of mind.

So, check any fancy stainless fixings that you haven’t personally fitted to your bike – setscrewsare no use around highly stressed areas such as drive and brake components, and stainless steel has a lower tensile strength than medium carbon steel.

The fixings holding a sprocket onto a hub are ‘in shear’, and mine would have sheared at some point as you can see by the attached photograph. Notice the distortion under the head, this should be a plain shank of bolt (not a screw thread) at this point.

Steve Parkins

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS 2014

The BSA Owners’ Club National Executive Committee accepts no liability for any loss, injury, or other occurrence at any event organised by, or on behalf of, the National Committee of the BSA Owners’ Club.Neither the BSA Owners Club Committee nor the Editor or contributors to The STAR magazine shall be held liable for any accident, injury or death which may occur from a reader or member altering or modifying their, or someone else’s machine as a result of reading an article or tip in the magazine from one of it’s contributors or technical advisors. Suggestions are given in good faith but it is essential for the person making any modification that they satisfy themselves that component parts and modifications are suitable for purpose.

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June 6th – 8th

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Nov 2nd

Nov 7th – 9th

Warrington Branch Social Evening*

Members’ Meeting – Long Compton*

AGM – Long Compton*

Birmingham Camp (TBC)*

International Rally, California*

John Bull Rally, Belgium*

Cheshire Camp*

North East Camp*

BSA Open Day & Rally, Market Harborough RC*

South Derbyshire Camp*

Norfolk Camp*

Cleveland Camp, N. Yorks (TBC)*

Wiltshire Camp*

Belgium Camp*

West Yorkshire Camp*

Hampshire Camp*

North Staffordshire Camp*

Manchester Camp*

East Sussex Open Day

Warrington Camp*

Wight Lightning Rally*

East London Camp*

Members’ Meeting – Long Compton*

Annual Awards Weekend*

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Bsaocbirmingham@aol.com HQ: The Blue Bell, Hockley Heath, B94 6BP (2nd and last Sundays, 12pm)BRISTOL Nick Crook T: 01225 859206 HQ: The Butchers Arms, Bath Road, Longwell Green (2nd Tuesday 8.30pm)CHESHIRE Paul Stafford, E: paul.stafford@hotmail.co.uk

HQ; The Whipping Stocks, on A50 between Knutsford and Holmes Chapel (2nd Tuesday last Thursday 7.30pm)CORNWALL Brin Camps, Trelaggan, Penhale Rd, Penwithick, St. Austell, Cornwall PL26 8VP

HQ: Sawles Arms, Carthew, St Austell (1st and 3rd Thursdays)CLEVELAND & Tony Outhwaite,19, Rounton Grove, Fairfield, Stockton-on-Tees TS19 7QL E: ag.outhwaite@ntlworld.comNORTH YORKSHIRE HQ: Blacksmiths Arms, Preston Lane, Prestonle Skerne, Newton Aycliffe (Every Wednesday 8pm)EAST LONDON Sheila Martin, 105, Valence Ave, Dagenham, Essex RM8 1TR

HQ: Shackleton Scout Hall, Moreden Rd, Chadwell Heath RM6 6ED (Fridays from 8.30pm)EAST MIDLANDS Malcolm Burley, 14 Attfield Drive, Whetstone, Leicestershire LE8 6NE T: 01162 864976

HQ: The Hollybush. Main Street, Ashby Parva, Nr Lutterworth, Leics LE17 5HS (1st and 3rd Mondays at 7.45pm)EAST SUSSEX Geoff King, 40 Marine Drive, Seaford BN25 2RT T: 01323 897098 E: bsagoldie@tiscali.co.uk

HQ: The White Hart, Lower Horsebridge, Hailsham, East Sussex (1st and 3rd Wednesday at 7.30pm)FENLAND Trevor Bullen, 21 St Johns Close, Needingworth, St Ives, Cambs PE27 4TT E: trevor.bullen9@virginmedia.com

HQ: The White Swan, Conington.HAMPSHIRE Andy Turton, 17 Priory Road, Netley Abbey, Southampton S031 5EN E: mail@hampshirebsa.org.uk Tel: 02380 452596

HQ: The Bold Forrester, Soberton Heath. Hampshire (1st and 3rd Thursdays)ISLE OF WIGHT* James Dunford, 14 Greenways Close, Cowes, IoW PO31 8AW E: jdunford1@btinternet.com

Meetings HQ: See Branch News for details.KENT Terry Soan, 139 Queenborough Rd, Halfway, Sheerness, Isle of Sheppey, Kent T: 01795 665680 HQ: Red Lion at Herne Hill

(1st and 3rd Thursday), The Cock Inn, Luddesdown (2nd and 4th Thursday at 8.00pm) E: tssoan@btinternet.comMANCHESTER Ray Greenhalgh, 47 Folly Lane, Swinton, Manchester M27 0DE HQ: For meeting place please telephone

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HQ: The Griffin PH, Yarmouth Road, Norwich. (1st and 3rd Tuesdays)NORTH EAST lan McGregor, 27 Meadow Rd. Monkseaton, Tyne & Wear NE25 8NB E: iantpol@tiscali.co.uk

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HQ: The Prince of Wales, Porthrhyd (on the A48) (2nd and 4th Thursdays)ST. ALBANS Graham Kingstone, 17 Ullswater Drive, Linslade, Leighton Buzzard LU7 2QR

HQ: The Engineer, St, John’s Road, Harpenden. (2nd and 4th Mondays from 8pm).SUFFOLK & John Walker, Brooklands, 223 Bures Rd, Gt: Cornard, Sudbury CO10 OJQESSEX BORDERS HQ: The ‘Live and Let Live’, Millers Lane, Colchester (Atn Monday from 13th June 11)THAMES VALLEY Ian Clare, 123 Falkland Road, Basingstoke RG24 9PL E: ian.clare1@virgin.net

HQ: The Four Horseshoes, Long Sutton, RG29 1TA (2nd and 4th Mondays)WARRINGTON Paul Smith, E: pbsberllan@aol.com HQ: The Antrobus Arms, Antrobus, Cheshire (Thursdays at 8pm)WEST SUSSEX Piers Richardson, E: piersrichardson@btinternet.com

HQ: Broadbridge Heath Village Cdentre, Wickhurst Lane, Broadbridge Heath, Horsham (2nd Thursday)WEST YORKSHIRE Ian Clifton, E: Ian@integsci.com

HQ: ‘Shoulder of Mutton’, Methley Road, Castleford (Every Thursday 8.30pm)WILTSHIRE Graham Jackson, 111 Heronscroft, Covingham, Swindon SN3 5AW

HQ: South Cerney Angling Club, off Spine Road South Cerney. (2nd Tuesday, monthly)WYRE FOREST Ross Webb, 125 Beeches Rd, Kidderminster, Worcs. DY11 5JB

HQ: The Blount Arms, Nr. Cleobury Mortimer (Tuesday weekly 8pm – ride outs in Summer expt. 1st Tuesday)

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K1F Auto Magneto Good Spark £165 p&p £8.50, K2F Magneto Good Spark Auto £185 p&p £8.50, A10 Regulator £55 p&p £4.50, New C15 Distributor£85 p&p £4.50, BTH Type KC2 S4 Magneto ExcellentSpark £235 amazing for year p&p £8.50. Email Peter at pnptrudgeon@gmail.com

BSA B40 WD mk1 350cc (see photo below) 1967manual/parts list, user handbook, MOT to August2014. Photos available on request. £2,500. Tel: Bob0780 1648612 – Hants/Surrey border.

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8. Sales adverts are the disposal of bikes and partswhich are member’s personal property.

Do not forget a contact number or email address.

Steel ball ended clutch lever to suit ‘ 71 OIF Lightning.Tel: Graeme 01509 889058.

B44 Engine Parts, Amal Velocity Stacks, various Fairingstickers or source for these e.g. Renold, Lucas, Konietc.Lucas, or source of Lucas 12hr clock 1.1/2” dia.12V.Tel: Dave Wilson 0161 431 3687.

BSA Fury/Triumph Bandit engine. and cycle partswanted by enthusiast for ambitious project. Head andtail lamps, RH thread rear hub and conical front hubneeded. Absolutely anything considered and wouldpay cash on collection. Tel: Richard on 01772718478 (eves better, will return calls if number on answerphone). Email: richardporter2@yahoo.co.uk.Preston. Thanks

CRev Counter (Chronometric) for Super Rocket, worksoff the front inner timing case, any condition or speedowhich I can convert. Tel: Gary 01992 812212.

350cc Gold Star engine, No: DB32 GS1707. Not declared with the Goldie Club but hopefully stillout there. I would like to re-unite this engine with it’soriginal Clubman bike. Please call me if you know ofit’s whereabouts. Tel: Jeff 07860 837693.

BSA book, The Giants of Small Heath – History of BSAby Barry Ryerson. Should be in reasonable conditionand I will pay a good price. Please contact Fred Beier– International Member – Germany. Fred Beier,Marienstrasse 28, 63069 Offenbach, Germany.

B31 plunger petrol tank wanted for a 1954 bike.Anything considered. Email: Jason at jason-dawn@sky.com or call 0775 997457.

Collectors item a BSA A65 1971 Workshop Manual,Part no. 00-4189, still in it’s brown wrapping paper UN-OPENED (if you can find a second-hand o/e onethey are £25 to £30 plus) @ £45.00 Tel: Bob 07801648612.

Centre Stand for D7 Bantam 1965. Free to collect.Tel: Larry 01564 773297 – Solihull.

BSA Rocket 3 oil cooler £65. Morad Oil Thermostat£25. Silencer Stay £8. A65 Inner timing cover £25.A65 New Gearbox sprockets £17 each. A65 CompleteGearbox £220. A65 Racing cutaway Primary Cover£45. New early A65 Rocker Cover £12. Rear OIF A65Sprocket £18. OIF sidestand £25. A65 Valve Collets£24, A65 OIF Parts Books original £10. A65 neworiginal gearbox cam-plate £35. A65 tank badgesmetal pear shape £20. New alloy Speedo Tachoholder £28. T160 new kickstart (not Indian) £130.B50T seat £90, B50MX New front hub £98. Tel: Dave Wilson 0161-431-3687 – Manchester.

These members will attempt to answer your questions on the topics listed. Please enclose a SAE when writing and allow two weeks or more to receive a reply as all TCs are volunteers with other occupations. Please do not phone during antisocial hours. If you would like to become a Technical Consultant, especially for topics not listed, please contact the Secretary.

•Pre 1930 models Jules Dassen T: 00-31434093892 E: jules.bsa.dassen@planet.nl

•Amal Concentric Carburettor David Drew, 1 Yew Tree Close, Goodworth Clatford, Andover, Hampshire SP11 7RR T: 01264-357024 E: David@TheClatfordDrews.co.uk

•A50/A65 pre OIF Eric Maddison, 26 Norman Court, 395 Nether Street, London N3 1QQE: almosteric@hotmail.co.uk

•A65 Oil in Frame Steve Heckford, Meiktila, Polegate Road, Hailsham, East Sussex BN27 3PEE: steve@rockaround.fsnet.co.uk

•A7/A10 rigid, plunger and sidecars Dan Pincham Phipps, 9 Little Fretches, Eastwood Road North, Leigh on Sea, Essex SS9 4LY E: sidstarbsa@yahoo.co.uk

•A7/A10 swinging arm Roger Neve, Bury St Edmunds E: Rogerneve@btinternet.com

•A75 Rocket 3 Pete Churchill E: pete.churchill3@btinternet.com

•Ariel 3, Bantam D1 D3 D5 John Phelan, 18 Bowshaw, Dronfield, Sheffield S18 6GB

•B1 B2 XO C11 C11G C12 Ken Walters, 4 Mountpleasant Street, Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire BB5 3EN

•B25 B44 B50 John Wallis, Primrose Hill, Green Lanes, Burnham on Crouch, Essex CMO 8PXT: 07816363262 E: bsahippy@live.co.uk

•Bantam D7 D10 D13 D14 B175 Brin Camps, Trelaggan, Penhale Road, Penwithick, St Austell PL26 8UPAndy Lorenz, 31 Rowley Bank, Stafford ST17 9BG E: andy.lorenz@virgin.net

•Beagle C15 B25 B40 B44 Dave Smith, 5 The Colony, Sibford Gower, Banbury, Oxford OX15 5RY

•Beaver, Brigand, Boxer and Tracker Alistair Fitzgerald, 61 Furnace Road, Bedworth, CV12 9APE: bsa@fortfitz.com

•C10/11/10L/11G/12, B31-44 Chris Jefferies, 12 Barton Cross, Horndean, Waterlooville, Hampshire P08 9PQ

•Dandy Rex Webb, 47 Long Road, Comberton, Cambridgeshire CB3 7DGE: rexwebb@sky.com

•ex GPO Bantams John Lawrence, 9 Skiddaw Gardens, Barrow in Furness, Cumbria LA14 4LZT: 01229 831927 not after 10pm please

•Gold Star, Rocket Gold Star, Spitfire (pre unit) Steve Foden, 113 Holmville Road, Bebington, Wirral CH63 2PX

•M Series Gerry Start, 58 Vetch Walk, Haverhill, Suffolk CB9 7YEE: tcm23@mypostoffice.co.uk

•Paints and Finishes Polly Palmer, Cwmsannan, Llanfynydd, Carmarthen, Dyfed SA32 7TQE: britie.motorcycles@btinternet.com

•Sidecar, A7/A10 swinging arm Justin Riggs, 48 Bapton Close, Exmouth, Devon EX8 3LQ T: 01395 277713(up to 10pm) M: 07773459253 E: justinriggs@btinternet.com

•Sunbeam Scooters VACANT Any volunteers?

•Welding and other fabrication methods Graham York, 24 Eastern Road, Haywards Heath, West Sussex RH16 3NNE: york_graham@hotmail.com

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