The Classic MotorCycle (Digital)

The Classic MotorCycle (Digital)

1 Issue, May 2024

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For whatever reason, I got to thinking about motorcycle colours the other day. I think it was to do with the Gold Star feature; specifically, why weren’t they finished gold? For 1938, BSA announced its new Gold Star, to run alongside/one rung above the (silver-painted) Silver Star… Then gave it the same paint scheme, exactly, apart from, I think I’m correct in saying, a gold star badge on the tank. I also think that early (as in preproduction) photos showed a motorcycle with a green tank – but why no gold? It would’ve stood out, surely, but was it to do with the difficulty of achieving a gold finish? I’m pretty certain I read somewhere, how the gold lines on Sunbeams were achieved with a yellow-painted line which, when tacky, had gold…
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