TRIUMPH TIGER MOTO GUZZI
Left : Golden Flash dash Top Right : Golden Flash engine Bottom Right : Golden Flash headlighte
reason could be that the newly launched model was being promoted as suitable for a solo rider , or for the family man needing a sidecar . Many believe that the 646cc Golden Flash was one of the greatest motorcycles built by the giant BSA marque . Mick Walker said in his book ‘ BSA pre-unit twins ’ It was ‘ Conceived , like its smaller 500cc A7 brother , in the early post-war years , the Golden Flash was born into a world just recovering from the greatest conflict in human history ’. There was much austerity , including food and fuel rationing , but in spite of this the A10 was one of the finest and smoothest of all the British vertical twins . In 1963 the last of the A7 / A10 series of overhead-valve vertical twins , the Super Rocket together with the Rocket Gold Star were , after almost 17-years , brought to an end .
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