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1952 BSA A7 Star Twin, 499cc. Registration number WXG 560 (n...

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1952 BSA A7 Star Twin, 499cc. Registration number WXG 560 (non transferrable). Frame number BA7S 678. Engine number BA7S 386.
The secret of BSA's post war success was not only its extensive model range, proclaimed by the advertising slogan 'From Bantam to Golden Flash', but also its accessibility to the average man, providing him with everything from daily transport to competition variants; sometimes with the same bike. Building on the successes of pre and post war machines, and continuing the theme established years before with the Blue Star, Empire Star, Silver Star and Gold Star, BSA announced the A7 Star Twin in 1948 for the 1949 model year. It was a sports version of the existing A7, which featured twin carburettors, higher compression, and rear plunger suspension. The twin carbs were dropped two years later, being an added complication, which did little to increase performance.
WXG was dispatched from the factory 8th December 1952 to West End Motors, Peckham, London and still has the original frame/engine combination and painted green as she left the factory. In February 2015 Stephen Clews of Southam registered her with DVLA and was given the current license plate. In the April he sold her to Bryan Parish of Houghton le Spring.
Sold with the V5 and dating certificate, she was ridden to the saleroom.

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Auction Date: 16th Oct 2021 at 1pm

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