Bought a gold flash in 1962 for £30 and it was gold with panniers. Got a mini cooper next year and my dad had the Gold Star for 30 years until he was too old to ride.
Had my flash for years never let me down. But the kickstand quadrant is wearing and now jams now and again. I will try to have a look when it warms up a bit.
@@frankmarkovcijr5459 I did, turned out to be a a65 though, I rebuilt it through the winter, decided I wouldn't really trust the engineering, so I bought an xs650 yamaha, and a Honda hornet 🙂
@@bakeredwards I liked the XS 650. It was in production for 12 years in an age when Japanese motorcycles lasted in production for 3-5 years. It was a Japanese copy of a German motorcycle called the Hosk enlarged to 650. A quality engine rebuildable forever ♾️. Old school 🏫 design not made to be obsolete. Strong and well made. I have a rolling BSA Thunder ⚡ chassis with a spy engine. Someone took the engine apart at 6,000 miles and put it in a milk crate. 6,000 miles. My buddy who raced Ducati ✔️ the crankshaft and it was good 👍😊. How stupid they were.
