1959 BSA A10 Super Rocket

Registration No: TVJ 483
Frame No: FA7 13628
MOT: Exempt

• Matching numbers Super Rocket with BSAOC Certificate
• SRM restoration featured in Oct '15 Classic Bike magazine
• Supplied with receipts, a buff log book and a current V5C

The Birmingham Small Arms factory was established in the Small Heath area of Birmingham 1861 and as the name suggests, manufactured weapons. Around the turn of the century they started making bicycles and progressed onto powered two wheelers a few years later. BSA went on to be one of the world's largest producers of motorcycles up until its demise in the early 1970s. The Super Rocket was a 646cc air-cooled parallel twin introduced in 1957 and marketed as the more sporty member of the BSA A10 family, ultimately becoming the Rocket Gold Star in the early 1960s.

This matching numbers Super Rocket was subject to an extensive restoration by SRM costing a staggering £15,000 and featured in the October 2015 issue of Classic Bike, with a copy of the magazine and receipts included in the sale. Paintwork was refinished with the frame stove enamel primed and sprayed with two pack black gloss, the petrol tank coated, stainless steel rims and spokes shod with Avon Roadriders and a new wiring loom. The forks were refurbished with SRM damper rods, SRM stainless seal holders, taper roller head races and adjustable rear shocks. The engine was given the full treatment with SRM alloy conrods, new pistons and rings, SRM tappet adjusters, a Spitfire 357 camshaft, Colisbro valve guides and bigger inlet valves fed by a Mikuni carb. The oil feed to the big ends has been re-routed, increasing oil pressure/flow by 40%, with an SRM oil pump and sump filter kit and a timing side needle roller main bearing conversion. Drive is looked after with a belt primary drive and a NEB dry clutch and the electrics improved with a belt drive dynamo and a dummy magneto housing an electronic ignition. Winner of the 'Public Choice Award' at the 2012 Stafford Show (trophy included), it is supplied with SRM technical instructions, copies of magazines featuring the bike, various gearbox and other spares, a BSAOC dating certificate, buff log book and V5C.

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For more information, please contact:
Ian Cunningham
ian.cunningham@handh.co.uk
07415871189