Firing up a pre-war motorcycle the first time; 1930 BSA Sloper 500, hand-shift bike

Very hard to find pre-war motorcycles these days. We put this one back together for a customer and she started right away.
Introduced in 1926 the BSA Sloper began a trend that had many of motorcycle manufactures use inclined motors. The Sloper's long-stroke 500cc engine features a single port cylinder head with an exposed valve gear. A three-speed hand-shift change gearbox and a gear-driven magneto complete the picture. This motorcycle was only produced from 1926 to 1935.

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Things really were so beautiful back in the day.

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