Top : BSA Golden Flash Bottom left : Golden Flash tank detail Bottom Right : Golden Flash engine
and faster machine , with a claimed 160km / h , or the old ‘ ton ’, and 35bhp . The 1960 model was quoted as just a little faster at 163km / h . Other changes were minimal . The later model had put on some beef , 195kg dry weight compared with 185kg for the 1950 model . It was 1949 when British motorcycle magazines reported the arrival of the A10 . They claimed it would bring worldwide sales and prestige for its maker , as well as accolades from enthusiastic owners . The A10
Golden Flash was introduced to the public at the 1950 Earls Court Show . By 1954 a two-page advert in the Show edition of the magazine Motor Cycling proclaimed ‘ BSA , the most popular motorcycle in the world ’, an assertion that , at the time , could be made with a great deal of confidence . A question that was put to the design team was why increase the engine capacity from 500cc to 650cc . The response was “ public demand ”, but it seems a more practical
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