Hi. Wobblyboot from Australia. I have a lady online trying to sell her late husbands bsa. She thinks its is not a goldie but it may be. I dont want to see her get ripped off. Could someone help please.
Engine ZB34GS3876
Vin or frame ZB32S541
Kind thanks in adv. PS i am a member bsaoc
At a guess it is a 1951 Gold Star engine with a 1950 sprung frame. However I am no expert.
Neither of those numbers seem to appear in the despatch books ... any way you can check?
I would agree with @Madpete, of course pictures of the bike and importantly close ups of the serials themselves to confirm if pukka or not.
Have the numbers been run by Ian Jackson?
Not sure if some competition machines escaped normaldespatch book. Sadly the competition documentation is no longer available.
I dont know Ian Jackson or how to contact him. I am just trying to help a lady who does not know what she has. I will ask for pictures of engine numbers. Thankyou.
As far as i can tell its a 49 frame and a 51 motor.
An interesting combination... do you have a picture or two of the beast?
Quote from: neil1964 on 15 Jun, 2025, 10:33 Not sure if some competition machines escaped normaldespatch book. Sadly the competition documentation is no longer available.
My ZB32 apparently escaped that despatch book too, according to the BSA machine dating service, but I didn't know the comp docs are no longer available. What happened to them, do you know?
Quote from: V500 on 16 Jun, 2025, 09:28 Quote from: neil1964 on 15 Jun, 2025, 10:33 Not sure if some competition machines escaped normaldespatch book. Sadly the competition documentation is no longer available.
My ZB32 apparently escaped that despatch book too, according to the BSA machine dating service, but I didn't know the comp docs are no longer available. What happened to them, do you know?
I believe that they were in the possession of John Gardner and were lost in the wake of his untimely death.
Ian Jackson is the machine registrar for GoldStar owners club.
He has documentation for every official BSA Gold Star, when made, despatched, for a lot of bikes the spec sheet and dyno report too.
Quote from: WobblyBoot on 15 Jun, 2025, 22:56 As far as i can tell its a 49 frame and a 51 motor.
That is exactly as i see them too .
Quote from: neil1964 on 16 Jun, 2025, 15:45 Ian Jackson is the machine registrar for GoldStar owners club.
He has documentation for every official BSA Gold Star, when made, despatched, for a lot of bikes the spec sheet and dyno report too.
Interesting. Brian Pollitt was the person who issued the "dating certificate" on mine. Maybe Ian Jackson's info would be more useful then.
I checked with Ian and his records match what we (BSAOC) have ... numbers do not match any records. Any chance of a picture of the stampings? PM me if you prefer.