![]() ![]() Top ten most underrated bikes you can buy today Bantam (1948-1971) The move to unit construction ended production in 1963 and today the Gold Star is considered one of the most desirable and successful BSAs of all. Post-WW2, bespoke production of 350cc (B32) and 500cc (B34) versions resumed, could be specified in road, trials, enduro, MX (then ‘scrambles’) or road racing trim and proved the most popular production racer of the ‘50s. Hand-built with an alloy 496cc engine and lightweight frame it was one of the best performing motorcycles of the day. The following year, TT star Wal Handley lapped Brooklands for the first time at over 100mph on the 500cc version and awarded a Brooklands ‘Gold Star’ pin in recognition which prompted BSA to make a commemorative Gold Star version the following year. ![]() By the late 1930s BSA had built a deserved reputation for its performance singles, most notably the 1932 Blue Star, designed by celebrated engineer Val Page and available in 250, 350 and 500cc forms, which then morphed into the Silver Star in 1936, so named to commemorate the Silver Jubilee of King George V that year. How better to start than with the Gold Star, but not just because the alloy-barrelled single is arguably the most famous and successful BSA of all, but also because it has one of the longest histories of all, too. ![]()
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