RidgeWalker
Look Ma, No Hands!
I recently completed the rebuild on my 1950-1956 BSA, Birmingham Small Arms, StreamLight. I've been commuting to work on it for the past couple weeks. The bike is pretty original though I have replaced the seatpost, saddle, tires, pump, grips, and shifter. The shifter is a BSA "Snap" and is not correct for the bike as the bike originally had the optional twist grip. I added the Lucas "King of the Road" bell, off my '47 Raleigh, to the BSA.
In March I plan to take the bike to my machinist brother-in-law to see if he can make the threaded pin I need to make the twist grip work. There will be some additional tweaking, like gearing it down from 18 to 22t rear cog, but I plan to keep it as original as possible while making it 100% rideable as my daily commuter.
In March I plan to take the bike to my machinist brother-in-law to see if he can make the threaded pin I need to make the twist grip work. There will be some additional tweaking, like gearing it down from 18 to 22t rear cog, but I plan to keep it as original as possible while making it 100% rideable as my daily commuter.