By some coincidence, there have been a lot of BSAs appearing lately. So I've been looking for more, these 1979 photos come from the 1982 Bruce Main Smith book.
It's refreshing to see what might have been a typical bike and attitude 10 years after the factory closed. No danger of over-restoration accusations here.
This looks like a good fun bike to own and ride.
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Mr G et al., have you ever ridden a plunger frame? "They" say the handling can be awful if you push it, but I never heard a firsthand appraisal. The one and only plunger I've ridden was on a repugnant Triumph chopper, and the bolt-on back end was 6" longer than stock; so, not an experience from which to draw broad conclusions about handling.
Also, yes I bet those B31/B33 racebikes would be hilarious fun to ride. Thanks for the pics.
I've ridden a 16H- no suspension except the seat and it was fine (ridden calmly at legal speeds).
"No suspension other than the seat" = rigid frame or plunger frozen into functional rigidity?
Rigid hind ends handle GREAT, sharper than swingarms, until you encounter an irregularity in the road surface in the middle of a corner. Pothole hell, even a damp tar snake might trouble the traction.
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