Dave D

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@Zulutime44 2 күн бұрын

Love that Brit bike sound. My Bonneville was made almost 20 years later but has that same irregular sound when cold. kzbin.info/www/bejne/n6GZo4hmr5pnj7c

@lesteranddonna 3 күн бұрын

Magnificent ❤️

@RatsAndFunTV 3 күн бұрын

Very nice bike. This color is very good. And that sound great.

@alanstrong55 3 күн бұрын

BSA motorcycles were top of the line. Expensive, yes. Worth the cost by far. Sorry that BSA died out.😢

@lorenzomagazzeni5425 4 күн бұрын

The Manx has always been 2-3 notches above the rest of the single cylinders, and so was the price...

@brians3285 5 күн бұрын

Nice!

@user-wf6es1gx8j 5 күн бұрын

nice bike

@spotty67 5 күн бұрын

Now that's a motorcycle.

@LouT1501 5 күн бұрын

Beautiful bike! I remember the dealer near me (Honda/BSA) had some BSAs that looked like they'd been shipped as deck cargo on a submarine. Sometime in the late 60s, I believe.

@delli6059 6 күн бұрын

Youv'e got some really nice machines👍 .out of curiosity ,do you restore them yourself ?

@HumberNorton 6 күн бұрын

Thanks for your comment! This particular BSA was an older British restoration, and was in this condition when I acquired it around 15 years ago. Restorations done in the UK back when these were still fairly plentiful and "cheap as chips" were not done to the extremely high "showroom or better" standards of today. Other bikes of mine on here were restored by me, some others were acquired already restored, and some are unrestored originals.

@richardortiz8704 6 күн бұрын

❤❤❤❤😂😂😂🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

@delli6059 6 күн бұрын

beautiful machine,thanks for sharing

@user-kw5hx7ji8h 7 күн бұрын

Loved the A10.

@BillyG869 17 күн бұрын

What’s that stupid exhaust about

@HumberNorton 10 күн бұрын

Billy: That "stupid exhaust" is actually the original factory exhaust system on the BSA B50MX. It's admittedly, a stupid system, an extra 25 pounds of chromed steel on a lightweight racing machine, and I have no idea what the "geniuses" at BSA were thinking while their whole empire was sinking in 1973. Maybe it had to comply with some noise regulations in the USA? Anyway, probably nobody raced their BSA B50MX with that double-megaphone system, and took them off. Then they got lost, discarded, etc. So the few with the original "stupid" exhaust are extremely rare and the exhaust system itself is worth $1000!

@BillyG869 17 күн бұрын

I had a Norton p11, my buddies dad had a hornet. We loved these machines

@robertsims6136 19 күн бұрын

VERY NICE

@Mike40M Ай бұрын

Nice build. Though I'm not sure if it is possible to fit a centre stand to a Manx frame. Nor can I see any of the frame fittings for oiling primary chain. Can't tell what the wheels come from. Anyway I'd say a Manx styled wideline featherbed framed, Goldie powered bike built in fashion of the late fifties and the sixties.

@Toast-ej2lr Ай бұрын

That is so nice. Didn't like the oil smoke at first start up. Valve guide seals? Volt meter is a welcome touch for Lucas, the king of darkness.

@jimwortham8634 Ай бұрын

Triumph over here thanks so much

@commonsensicle2231 Ай бұрын

Had a Goldie In the 60S, and Johnny Rudge who raced the Royal Enfield factory bikes, offered me a Manx minus engine for £100. Couldn't afford it. Always think of it when I fill the car and it costs about the same.😢😢

@dbcooper7477 Ай бұрын

Those motors sound like they were built to last. Unlike window regulators that are built today.

@HumberNorton Ай бұрын

DB ~ I think the Continental used Buick starter motors for its window lifts! LOL

@Jeffmartin-dt8pc Ай бұрын

I'm going to assume that you're doing just a short drive (around in circles), and that's why your left foot is always on the clutch pedal ?

@HumberNorton Ай бұрын

Yep!

@HumberNorton Ай бұрын

I had put the bike up for sale and nowadays it seems everyone needs to see a "cold start." Truth is, most old bikes with carbs start easier from cold than from hot! I should've kept this one. What a nice old Sporty it was...

@johnranallo424 Ай бұрын

Why would anyone think a cold start on an electric start bike is a big deal?

@jeremykeller211 2 ай бұрын

Icing on the cake? We ancients remember that the DBD 34 had first rate handling. Putting that fine motor into a featherbed is fun, but not really necessary. Here, Norton 650ss.

@antoniosamuels6157 2 ай бұрын

Beauty. Smaller front wheel would be more accurate

@HumberNorton 2 ай бұрын

I agree. I sold it.

@antoniosamuels6157 2 ай бұрын

@@HumberNorton going to be building a Evo road king into a duo glide tribute

@SabineCorni 2 ай бұрын

Traumwagen. Aber der Motor ist ja eine Schlangengrube.

@HumberNorton 2 ай бұрын

Ach ja, aber die Viper ist sooo sanft und verführerisch! 🤣

@SempreGumby 2 ай бұрын

What a lovely sound. I road race a West coast hornet. And I just bought a 1966 Jan-Feb ET Hornet project. Still has the Handed Monoblocks and the ET coils. Quite rough shape as it had a rough life.

@garyhartley6636 2 ай бұрын

4sale?

@dodgeboy9052 2 ай бұрын

I thought that was a Gold Star engine ... I remember that when throttling off sometimes you'd get a whistle from the Exhaust ...we never worked out what caused the whistle... brings back memories of the 60s,,, Nottingham to Matlock Bath... cheers .

@HumberNorton 2 ай бұрын

That "whistle" sound you recall was what was known in the industry and hobby as the "twitter." It was a function of the cam overlap and the shape of the silencer and baffles within. And indeed, the stock Gold Star silencer has been referred to as the "twitter pipe" ever since.

@dodgeboy9052 2 ай бұрын

@@HumberNorton I have one remaining picture of my Norton 500cc Dominator .. re-worked after being done by a car ... Palocramatic Blue Manx style tank ... we didn't know one day we'd make history worth telling ... cheers ... the smell of Castrol R

@corvanha1 2 ай бұрын

He cannot shift very well. What a disgusting steering wheel cover.

@frankmarkovcijr5459 2 ай бұрын

The tank looks too small like the Hummer125 tank on some Sportsters. The room for your ass & a gallon of gas gets old and sometimes aggravating when you run dry and you are too old to push it to the gas station ⛽. Stopping for gas every 100 miles is annoying as well.

@HumberNorton 2 ай бұрын

All a matter of personal taste. The BSA Hornet was a race machine, pure and simple. It excelled at Class C racing (flat track, TT) as well as rough scrambles and desert. The tank was as big as it needed to be, so why add unnecessary bulk and weight? This example has a factory lighting kit added. The fiberglass tank was over 2 gallons (not one gallon as you stated), and looks in perfect proportion to the machine. I think most other vintage bike aficionados would disagree with you, but when you buy yours, you can always fit the 4- or 5-gallon UK-market tank off a Spitfire Mk II, which makes the bike look like a pregnant guppy...but that's just MY opinion.

@frankmarkovcijr5459 2 ай бұрын

@@HumberNorton That was an old saying.l know that it has 2 gallons.

@The_Schimpanski 3 ай бұрын

This is what I hoped to see, thank you.

@rover100bunson 3 ай бұрын

Spectacular

@bryanbrowning5746 3 ай бұрын

Beautiful! I envy you! That would be a great Sunday rider on some wooded country lanes! Well done!

@duanearcher7576 3 ай бұрын

For me, the BSA Lightning Rocket 650 is the most attractive bike ever produced. Thanks for sharing!

@paulmarriner5906 3 ай бұрын

Nice Etype but radio needs swapping out for period piece

@paulmarriner5906 3 ай бұрын

Get rid of them bumpers

@paulmarriner5906 3 ай бұрын

It’s a must take those bumpers off

@HumberNorton 3 ай бұрын

Paul: I, like everyone else, agree those Federal-mandated 5-mph bumpers are unattractive. But with a near 100-point car (JCNA average of 99.875), you keep to absolute originality everywhere! It will be on Bring A Trailer in a few weeks, for sale on auction. So if you buy it, I will expect you to backdate it to 1973 bumpers! ~ Dave