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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice book in great condition. Pages in excellent condition. No notes or highlighting. See images. Fantastic book.

About the book >.>.> Before the first Gold Star arrived in the late 1930s BSA had been known for sound reliable value-for-money but hardly sporting bikes. The ‘Goldie’ changed all that right from its successful debut at Brooklands in June 1937 the new high performance overhead-valve single set the pace. The first production all-alloy M24 500cc model arrived for the 1938 season and was much sought after offering as it did class-leading performance. Postwar the new 350cc 832 appeared followed by the larger 834. Development saw plunger and finally swinging arm frames whilst the engines progressed from small to big fin types with the ulitmate DBD34 arriving during the late 1950s. Production finally ceased in 1962. What made the Gold Star so successful was its ability to perform in virtually every field – a feat never matched so convincingly by any other model. Whether it be as a roadster-in both touring and sporting guise-clubmans or endurance racing scrambles (moto-cross) trials sprinting or the International Six Days Trial the legendary Goldie performed with distinction. Not only that but a whole generation of postwar youth saw the Gold Star as the caf? racer supreme featuring such icons as the RRT2 gearbox