My dad once let me ride his A10 to high school, around which I did a few circles to show it off and how cool I thought I was. As opposed to the several Brit bikes he and I owned later, the BSA was fairly reliable.
Hello from Wales. I'm 66 now and learned to ride in 1973 on a 1953 BSA Star Twin 500 A7. I like BSA twins for not having leaky external pushrod tubes, like Triumphs do. This is a great A10 and the new owner should fit an anti wet sumping valve if it's left to stand for a good amount of time, but would need to rig a switch so as not to start the engine with no oil circulation when firing it up again. I say this, mainly because I sometimes forget what I went upstairs for. Senility beckons !
A proper mud gaurd on the front. It looks great and will keep the engine clean. So many new bikes today put little mud guards on the front. A grat looking and sounds Greeeat! Tony the Tiger
Lovely bike ! - The 1962-63 Big Valve Super Rocket engine is identical to the Rocket Gold Star engine (in fact the engines for both were all built together at the BSA factory and it was just a matter of chance whether a particular engine ended up in a Super Rocket or a Rocket Gold Star..) There are a lot of subtle differences in the rolling chassis though and the Rocket Gold Star would usually have the racing spec RRT2 gearbox fitted, whereas the Super Rocket had the standard A10 gearbox (stamped 'STD') - You have to be careful when buying both bikes, the RGS is very heavily replicated (to varying degrees of accuracy) and visually, the Big Valve Super Rocket is only a different tank transfer away from the 'standard' Super Rocket !..
A beautiful motorcycle with awesome mods adding to the style! '62 was the last year of the non unit 650 twin, as Lucas intended to stop producing magnetos requiring an engine re-design so in '63 the A10 was replaced by the A65 unit twin, it was originally called the BSA Star but in '64 was renamed the Rocket. The first British bike with a left side gear lever was the Triumph T140 in '74/'75 to comply with new US regs.
I like the idea of the totally enclosed chain. Much cleaner for the chain as well as bike & rider. Great sound. You would have been the king of the highway riding that machine back in 1962.
Thank you for an awesome video! Great to see new videos of Super Rockets appear! I also have a 1962 BSA A10 Super Rocket, not running, it’s in pieces and has been off the road since the late 70’s. My Grandfather bought it brand new and gave it to my Father and my Father made it into a Cafe racer. I’ve been collecting parts for it, want to restore it to how it left Small Heath in 62 and have used Baxter Cycle a few times. The hardest part to find was a NOS front fender. My Father has since got a 1957 BSA A10 Golden Flash and restoring it since he has had to hear my stories of finding parts for the past 16 years for it. Had to put it on hold for a few years, got married, got a family of my own now and getting back onto it.
I love to see old BSAs out on the road. Probably my favourite videos of the genre are lighter on talk. This time I found myself struggling to crane my ear around the constant narration to enjoy the engine sound. Sorry to be a little negative but I'm hoping it's useful to get honest feedback?
I bought a new leftover 1971 A65 BSA Thunderbolt (single carb) in 1972, it was about $250 less than a Norton 750: $1,075 vs $1,325. The long stroke gave them gobs of low-end, 4th gear was right on top of 3rd and the sound is so typically British Twin...true about it feeling like the RE 650 Interceptor; THE reason I bought a 2020 almost 4 years ago, really brings back memories of living the early 1970s.
Balogna pipes. Looks like it may be doing the crab a bit, check the final drive adjustment, used to use a florescent light tube to square front and rear wheel parallel.
An Awesome Machine this A10. You Always feature Lovely bikes from Baxter Cycles. ❤
Glad you like them!
My dad once let me ride his A10 to high school, around which I did a few circles to show it off and how cool I thought I was. As opposed to the several Brit bikes he and I owned later, the BSA was fairly reliable.
Love this. Wahoo!
The W800 Kawasaki has old British feel. I have been looking at one.
Love the W800!
Hello from Wales. I'm 66 now and learned to ride in 1973 on a 1953 BSA Star Twin 500 A7. I like BSA twins for not having leaky external pushrod tubes, like Triumphs do. This is a great A10 and the new owner should fit an anti wet sumping valve if it's left to stand for a good amount of time, but would need to rig a switch so as not to start the engine with no oil circulation when firing it up again. I say this, mainly because I sometimes forget what I went upstairs for. Senility beckons !
Nice! Would love to visit Wales. Wahoo!
A proper mud gaurd on the front. It looks great and will keep the engine clean. So many new bikes today put little mud guards on the front. A grat looking and sounds Greeeat! Tony the Tiger
Right on
Lovely bike ! - The 1962-63 Big Valve Super Rocket engine is identical to the Rocket Gold Star engine (in fact the engines for both were all built together at the BSA factory and it was just a matter of chance whether a particular engine ended up in a Super Rocket or a Rocket Gold Star..) There are a lot of subtle differences in the rolling chassis though and the Rocket Gold Star would usually have the racing spec RRT2 gearbox fitted, whereas the Super Rocket had the standard A10 gearbox (stamped 'STD') - You have to be careful when buying both bikes, the RGS is very heavily replicated (to varying degrees of accuracy) and visually, the Big Valve Super Rocket is only a different tank transfer away from the 'standard' Super Rocket !..
Very interesting!
A beautiful motorcycle with awesome mods adding to the style! '62 was the last year of the non unit 650 twin, as Lucas intended to stop producing magnetos requiring an engine re-design so in '63 the A10 was replaced by the A65 unit twin, it was originally called the BSA Star but in '64 was renamed the Rocket. The first British bike with a left side gear lever was the Triumph T140 in '74/'75 to comply with new US regs.
Very cool!
What did this bike go for at Mecum?
Man, I love all these old British bikes!
Beautiful machines!
Great how the front fender becomes a tyre jack.
The 2-1 pipe looks great too
Wahoo.
Double wahoo!
I like the idea of the totally enclosed chain. Much cleaner for the chain as well as bike & rider. Great sound. You would have been the king of the highway riding that machine back in 1962.
Right on
Thank you for an awesome video! Great to see new videos of Super Rockets appear! I also have a 1962 BSA A10 Super Rocket, not running, it’s in pieces and has been off the road since the late 70’s. My Grandfather bought it brand new and gave it to my Father and my Father made it into a Cafe racer. I’ve been collecting parts for it, want to restore it to how it left Small Heath in 62 and have used Baxter Cycle a few times. The hardest part to find was a NOS front fender. My Father has since got a 1957 BSA A10 Golden Flash and restoring it since he has had to hear my stories of finding parts for the past 16 years for it. Had to put it on hold for a few years, got married, got a family of my own now and getting back onto it.
These bike are a worthy place to spend time and money. Real rolling art and fun to work on too. We'll try to do many more BSA rides this year. Wahoo!
I love to see old BSAs out on the road. Probably my favourite videos of the genre are lighter on talk. This time I found myself struggling to crane my ear around the constant narration to enjoy the engine sound. Sorry to be a little negative but I'm hoping it's useful to get honest feedback?
Don't get any rarer than that, what a survivor.
True beauty!
I bought a new leftover 1971 A65 BSA Thunderbolt (single carb) in 1972, it was about $250 less than a Norton 750: $1,075 vs $1,325. The long stroke gave them gobs of low-end, 4th gear was right on top of 3rd and the sound is so typically British Twin...true about it feeling like the RE 650 Interceptor; THE reason I bought a 2020 almost 4 years ago, really brings back memories of living the early 1970s.
Beautiful!
I had a 1971 BSA Firebird Scrambler back in 1972. Great bikes.
Balogna pipes. Looks like it may be doing the crab a bit, check the final drive adjustment, used to use a florescent light tube to square front and rear wheel parallel.
Wahoo!
Give it some welly! 😄
Wahoo!
Just amazing, but nobody wanted them and bought the CB750. This one is a classic, but nobody would buy a new one.
Fun motorcycle 🙂
Sounds great
Wahoo!
Nice bike
I like it