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£5,000 - £6,000
1955 BSA Gold Star B34 Trials, 499cc. Registration number MUN 187. Frame number CB32.1737 (over stamping another?). Engine number BB34.GS.1446.
Sold with the V5C, V5.
The BSA Gold Star was a very popular sporting road machine, and was also one of the mainstays of Clubman's racing during the 1950s.
Post-war Gold Stars, in both 348cc B32 and 499cc B34 forms, featured new engines with alloy cylinder barrel and head, making it 20 pounds lighter than the earlier cast iron B-series singles. They were available with different compression ratios, camshaft profiles, carburettors and exhaust systems, and two different cylinder heads, one for the Trials version and the other for all other models. They were then run on a dynamometer and the test results with power output were shipped with the bike.
MUN was owned by Michael Lakin of Melbourne in 1983 who sold it to our vendor in 1987. He has fully restored it to period spec.
Since completion it has been dry stored and will need commissioning before use.
It should be noted that it appears the frame number has another beneath it, see image.
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