BSA DB34 GS
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Make Model | BSA DBD34 GS |
Year | 1960 |
Engine | Single cylinder, 4-stroke 2v OHV |
Capacity | 499 cc / 30.5 cub in. |
Bore and Stroke | 85 x 88 mm |
Compression Ratio | 9.0:1 |
Cooling System | Air cooled |
Carburetor | Amal GP |
Exhaust | Single, steel, chrome |
Ignition | 6V, magneto |
Starting | Kick start |
Clutch | Wet, multi-plate |
Transmission | 4-Speed |
Final Drive | Chain |
Maximum Power | 31 kW / 42 hp @ 7000 rpm |
Frame | Tubular steel, twin downtube |
Front Suspension | Telescopic forks |
Rear Suspension | Swinging arm, twin shock |
Wheels | Spoked, allloy |
Front Tyre | 3.0 x 19 in. |
Rear Tyre | 3.5 x 19 in. |
Front Brake | 7.5 in., sls drum |
Rear Brake | 7.0 in., sls drum |
Wheelbase | 1422 mm / 56 in. |
Seat Height | 787 mm / 31 in. |
Dry Weight | 172 kg / 380 lbs |
Fuel Capacity | 18 L / 4.8 US gal. |
Average Fuel Consumption | 5.7 L/100 km / 17.7 km/l / 41.6 US mpg |
Top Speed | 177 km/h / 110 mph |
Colours | Black frame/chrome tank |
Source | Scribd.com |
When café racing culture was at its height in the late Fifties and early Sixties, BSA’sGold Star was king. The Goldie’s 500cc single-cylinder engine had more than enough performance to top the magic ‘ton’ and the bike’s striking beauty made it stand out from the much more common parallel twins of the era.
Tales of slipping Goldie clutches up to 30mph in first and snicking into top while accelerating at 95mph created a mystique around BSA’s road-legal racer, so it was already a legend by the time the last one was made in 1963.The legend remains strong today.
Away from town a good BSA Gold Star is everything the legend suggests. Fast, exhilarating and rewarding. Good ones start from around £7000, but think of them as an investment. Buy right and you won’t lose money on a Goldie; if anything you’ll make money. Not that, once you’ve bought and ridden one, you’ll ever want to sell.
Extract from article by Mick Duckworth