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Road Rocket badge on top of fuel tank. Launched as the top of BSA's range in 1954 the BSA Road Rocket was the first A10 engine with an alloy cylinder head. [2] Unlike the Golden Flash, the inlet manifold was separate from the cylinder head [7] enabling twin carburettors to be fitted if required. [6] It had a single Amal TT carburettor as ...
1954 Road Rocket. The Road Rocket was a sports motorcycle developed from the Golden Flash. Launched as the top of BSA's range in 1954 the BSA Road Rocket was the first A10 engine with an alloy cylinder head. [31] Unlike the Golden Flash, the inlet manifold was separate to the cylinder head [7] enabling twin carburettors to be fitted if required ...
A10 Road Rocket: 650 cc 1954 1957 Tuned version of "Golden Flash" A10 Spitfire Scrambler 650 cc 1957 1963 Tuned off-road racer (US only) A10 Super Rocket: 650 cc 1958 1963 Amal TT 'racing' carburettor and new "357" full-race camshaft A10 Rocket Gold Star: 650 cc 1962 1963 Special - tuned Super Rocket in a Gold Star frame.
The BSA Super Rocket was a 646 cc (39.4 cu in) air-cooled parallel twin motorcycle produced by Birmingham Small Arms Company (BSA) at Small Heath, Birmingham introduced in 1957. It was an improved sports bike member of the BSA A10 series of motorcycles which was developed from the BSA Road Rocket .
Hopwood wrote Whatever Happened to the British Motor Cycle Industry which was published in 1981 by Haynes. [4] A significant work of 315 pages with hundreds of illustrations, it was intended to provide a definitive account of the demise of the British motorcycle industry but has been described by reviewers as an "autobiography of Bert Hopwood, who attempts to distance himself from the events ...
The BSA unit twins were a range of unit construction twin-cylinder motorcycles made by the Birmingham Small Arms Company (BSA) and aimed at the US market. A range of 500 cc (31 cu in), 650 cc (40 cu in) and 750 cc (46 cu in) twins were produced between 1962 and 1972, [1] but they were really developments of the older pre-unit A7/A10 model range with less weight. [2]
“Wouldn’t budge from $62,500 for a downtown loft. Owner wanted 65k. Unit sold for $275,000 1 year later.” – u/EMH55 2. Kids Do the Darndest Things
BSA A7; BSA A10 series; BSA A65 Rocket; BSA A65 Star; BSA A70 Lightning; B. BSA B21; BSA B25; BSA B40; ... BSA Road Rocket; BSA Rocket Gold Star; BSA Rocket 3/Triumph ...