1971 Bob Braverman BSA Gold Star - 2-Page Vintage Motorcycle Article

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1971 Bob Braverman BSA Gold Star - 2-Page Vintage Motorcycle Article
Original, vintage magazine article.
Page Size: Approx. 8" x 11" (21 cm x 28 cm)
Condition: Good
A GOLDIE. BUT A GOODIE
Something really different for those of you who like to go out and cowtrail on those
warm, sunny afternoons, by
Right off the bat I would like to say
this idea is not an original one with
me. It came from a long-time friend,
Jim Hunter, who at this writing is
building a similar machine for himself.
Anybody living in the Southern Cali-
fornia area knows about Jim Hunter
and his amazing string of successes
using B.S.A. Gold Star singles.
Bob Braverman
After selling my Maico, I suddenly
found myself without a big bore ma-
chine to ride in the dirt and began
looking around for something to re-
place it. For five years now I've had
this little nagging voice in the back
of my mind telling me I ought to get
myself another Gold Star. (I've owned
three of them in the past with varying
degrees of success.) I finally suc-
cumbed and went down to Jim's
shop, where he must own virtually
every Gold Star sent into the sunny
southland.
The one I wound up buying was
in sad need of refurbishing. My origi-
nal plan was to rebuild the complete
motorcycle, using the standard frame,
swinging arm and suspension compo-
nents. But there on the floor sat a...
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