[AT] , now JD (actually off topic BSA 441 Victor) way off topic

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Still have my 500cc single BSA  
 
 
In a message dated 7/8/2014 10:39:15 A.M. Central Daylight Time,  
bealke at airmail.net writes:

Y'all,

>From my two or three years working for a friend and  neighbor at his 
motorcycle shop will share the following:

- Unless  you are just buying one to show, would check on the 
availability of parts  - especially transmission, clutch, and other high 
wear items.  A  friend who sold both BSAs and Yamahas in his cycle 
dealership said that he  sold many times the parts (and made way more 
parts bucks) for each BSA  over each Japanese bike. Seem to remember in 
the picture of the one for  sale that the foot peg part of the cranking 
arm no longer remained folded  up and stuck out - a common sign of a worn 
or hard to replace one.
-  Drove a nice used 441 Victor (no electric start) we had for sale about  
twenty miles once. 'Twas not an easy starter.  Would definitely  consider 
it a younger and larger man's machine, as it was tough to crank  (one 
BIG, single cylinder) and could pitch you off or hurt you with a kick  
back.  Had to really put my full weight (170 lbs) into cranking  it.  
NEVER try cranking that one in tennis or thin-soled shoes.
-  Like MG cars and the Triumph cycles, BSAs were fun to drive on winding  
roads, and the 441 in particular had one satisfying, ultra-macho  sound.

Chuck  Bealke
Dallas
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