What is the engine number on a 1962 BSA RGS Rocket Gold Star?
Engine Number: DA10 R 8964 ( with correct stamp marks under the engine number ‘ HHC ‘ meaning high compression crankcases ) RGS Motor. Rocket Gold Star numbers started from GA10 101 up to GA10 1800 making our one with Vin No: GA10 215 an early RGS.
Is the BSA Rocket Gold Star still on sale?
While other manufacturers’ big twins were reduced to hauling sidecars, or as a lardy tourer at the end of their production runs, the RGS saw the pre-unit BSA twin bow out in full-throated style. Read more and view more images in the July 2019 issue of CBG – on sale now!
What was the top speed of a 1962 BSA Rocket?
Motor Cycle tested a Rocket Gold Star in November 1962, summing up the new BSA as a ‘scintillating high-performance road burner: good brakes, excellent rider comfort and docile traffic manners.’ A top speed of 105mph was achieved.
What kind of engine does the Rocket Gold Star have?
The BSA Rocket Gold Star (RGS) was the motorcycle that marked the final stage of development of the A10 twins. “The engine for the RGS was the DA10 R engine only any other A10 engine prefix letter would not have been correct for a RGS.
Engine Number: DA10 R 8964 ( with correct stamp marks under the engine number ‘ HHC ‘ meaning high compression crankcases ) RGS Motor. Rocket Gold Star numbers started from GA10 101 up to GA10 1800 making our one with Vin No: GA10 215 an early RGS.
When was the BSA Rocket Gold Star restored?
The restoration was completed after two years of hard work in June of 1993 by Mr Hayward of Waterlooville in Hants and has since been in the hands of two or three other owners since.
The BSA Rocket Gold Star (RGS) was the motorcycle that marked the final stage of development of the A10 twins. “The engine for the RGS was the DA10 R engine only any other A10 engine prefix letter would not have been correct for a RGS.
Is the BSA Gold Star rolling chassis damaged?
My heart sank, believing it was accident damaged and possibly a write-off. A mate with a greater knowledge of the BSA product, informed me it was not damaged, but was in fact a Gold Star rolling chassis with a Super Rocket engine installed. He explained the bend was required to clear the oil pump housing of the Goldie engine.