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This is a BSA GOLD STAR FROM 1953.
Made in England May 1953 it was shipped to France to be raced by works riders in road racing events.
In 1965 it was taken to the Isle of Man and raced in the Manx Grand Prix.
The bike was also used in the Island in 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 and 1972. Stored until 2020 and then completely re furbished.


This is how it looks now.

<>On Wednesday June 30, 1937, a specially prepared Empire Star 500 ridden by the great Wal Handley achieved a 100mph lap of the Brooklands track on its way to a debut race victory and an award of the Gold Star that would give BSA's new super sports model its evocative name. Possibly the most successful production four-stroke single racing motorcycle ever, the post-war Gold Star formed the mainstay of clubman's racing in the 1950s. In fact, it was the model's domination of the Isle of Man Clubman's TT which led to the event being dropped after Gold Star rider Bernard Codd's 1956 Senior/Junior double victory. Post-WW2, the Gold Star did not return to the BSA range until 1949. First displayed at the Earls Court Show in 1948, the B32 350cc Goldie boasted the telescopic front fork first introduced on BSAs larger models for 1946 and came equipped with a new alloy cylinder barrel and cylinder head. For 1950 a 500cc version – the B34 – was added to the range, and this larger Goldie was the first to switch to the new die-cast top-end, with separate rocker box, in 1951. The 350 followed suit in 1952 and the pair continued as the "BB'" Gold Stars after the new swinging arm frame was introduced in 1953. In 1953 a hand-built 500 Goldie OHV, air-cooled, single cylinder motor was quoted at 38bhp at 7,000rpm with an 8:1 compression ratio, an Amal GP carburetor, mag-dyno, classics – both aural and visual - GS megaphone exhaust, 4-speed gearbox, and for the first time a twin shock swinging arm. It weighed 383lb dry. The front drum brake was 8 inches in diameter, the rear 7 inches. And once running it was stirring sight and sound.

Just a few pictures of the re-build below in no particular order

Every bearing has been renewed and all parts have been restored.