Owner’s Club of Owner’s Club of Owner’s Club of
August 2014
Established 1978
Southern CaliforniaSouthern CaliforniaSouthern California
A Monthly Journal
Jim “AJ” Holbrook, host of the Ojai Loop
Street Ride
The Piled Arms is a publication of The BSA
Owner’s Club of Southern California.
We are a member driven publication and rely
solely on your participation. Technical articles,
photos and “Member Experiences” and opinions
are essential
Burt Barrett (661) 742-5539…..…….….…………....President
Steve Ortiz (951) 245-5287………….Membership/Secretary
Barry Sulkin (310) 569-1383………………………….Treasurer
Barbara Barrett (661) 832-6109……………..Events/Director
Clive Brooks (714) 771-2534……Piled Arms Editor/Webmaster
Randy Ressell (714) 502-4502 …………….Regalia / Facebook
Jody Nicholas (714) 730-9257...….……………….…...Director
Piled Arms Production Staff
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Front Cover Photo Jim Estes Rear cover; Sandra Bilewitch and Russell Smith
Meet Our Directors
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President’s Page , continued from last month’s issue
by Burt Barrett
When Barb and I returned from the North Woods Ride, I began searching Ebay for Norton axles. I found a NOS genuine Norton axle, so I bought it, at the “Buy it Now” price. I continued looking at Norton axles, and found a beautiful one piece axle, 9/16", complete with spacer and nut. It was handmade by a craftsman in the Philippines, and appeared to be well made. After discuss-ing the merits of one piece axles with Frank Forster while eating in Etna, I wanted this axle too. Frank's one piece axle is an ex Honda, 14mm rear axle. Norton Comman-dos have 14mm bearings in the back wheel, which are bushed down to 9/16". Frank just knocked out the bush, and cut a wheel bearing spacer on his lathe for the bearing in the brake hub. I believe he may have had to shorten the axle. Because the ex-Honda axle is 14mm it is larger than the Norton 9/16" half axle, so Frank had to file the neces-sary clearance in his Commando's swinging arm to accept the fatter axle. Franks think-ing about the larger, one piece axle is that it is larger, and much stronger than the origi-nal two piece Commando item, and much cheaper. I agree on this point, and his axle will never fail. Well, I thought the one piece axle on Ebay was a beauty, so I bought it. Franks ex Honda axle is smart, and very strong, but it takes a bit of effort to install it. I didn’t like the fact that he had to file the swinging arm to open it up for the larger axle. I preferred to opt for the one piece 9/16" axle because I don’t like to modify clas-sic motorcycles to where they can’t be returned to stock with a parts change. I also liked the ease (apparent) of installation, as the spacer is already made, and will fit the stock wheel bearings. The one piece axle arrived one day after the OEM axle, which was located in the US. I was quite surprised it arrived so fast. The seller DHL ed it. I haven’t installed it yet as I have been busy with customer’s bikes, and it has been quite hot in Bako. Looking at the Norton two piece axle, I could see it was very similar to BSA's two piece axle for their QD rear wheel. I have never heard of a BSA two piece axle failing like my Norton's axle, but then again I had never heard of Norton axles breaking until Frank told me about them. Frank has related that he knows of six or eight failures of Norton axles just like mine recently. When I change out my Norton axle, I will carry the OEM axle in my tool kit, in case someone else's Commando breaks its axle. Good insurance against axle breakage.
Burt Barrett
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My Fellow Enthusiasts… Firstly I’d like to make a correction to
last month’s issue, Arizona club member, and Gold Star specialist,
Gene Davis has passed away, not Gene Dave.
This past July 6th I went on the Ojai Loop ride for the first
time, which was very well attended, the weather was perfect, sun-
ny but not too hot. The roads were great and in all a well put to-
gether ride. Thanks to Jim Holbrook and Jim Estes for pre-riding
the route, and a special thank you to Charlie Caspary who volun-
teered to drive the chase truck, even though he did bring a bike to
ride, thankfully though his services weren't needed.
This years AGM held at Michael Harper-Smith’s house in Tarzana was very well
attended, 25 total with 22 BSAOCSC members, I understand that it was quite a success,
although the election of the 3 officers up for a vote was pretty bloody predictable—no
change. Thank you so much Michael Harper-Smith for hosting this event for us.
I urge you all to send me your British Bike stories, photos and “Tech Tips”, they
don’t have to be about BSA’s, most of our club members own other makes and
marques, so they will be of interest to our membership, for us all to share, after all
this is your newsletter. Thanks again to those who have already contributed material
to the Piled Arms, and I hope you continue to do so. I desperately need fresh articles
to keep this going.
News Flash…. BSAOCSC is now on “Facebook”, look us up, if you
know how. www.facebook.com/groups/617790894977044/
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FREE ENTRANCE TO:
$$$$$ LONG BEACH SWAP MEET $$$$$
$$$$ IF YOU RIDE YOUR BIKE IN $$$$
Contact: Barry Sulkin, Treasurer, for tickets
310-569-1383, [email protected]
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
Don Harrell, 1960 BSA
Spitfire Scrambler
I don't have a BSA but when I was1 5 years old my good friend and I both
had older brothers that had British motorcycles. Well, being curious I fig-
ured out how to hotwire the key switch on my brothers 1 967 Triumph
Tiger 650. My friend noticed where his brother hid the key in the barn to his
BSA Spitfire. One thing led to another and joy rides commenced around our
small town north of Boston, mind you without age for a license. One such
ride had us being chase by the cops after a speed trap and getting away.
My friend ended up not making a sweeping curve and "low sided" his
brothers beautiful Spitfire.
I got praise from the guys we hung around with and my brother found out a
month later. He yelled at me, but I know he thought it was cool and his bike was
noticeably cleaner from my care.
My friend got his ass whipped by his brother and punished by his folks and
had to work to pay for the repair to the bike.
I have been a Triumph man since, but I am willing to make a leap to the "Low
Slide".
I now have a 1 979 Triumph T140E and a 1 968/1975 Norton Commando among
other M/C.
The Norton I bought from Bib Bibbiani a week before he passed, it is
known as the Johnny Cash bike as he put it together (one piece at a time)
Cash's song.
The story is true, and written in humor as I have always been the type of motor-
cyclist with the opinion, two wheels and a motor…….I'm in!
Please accept my request to join the BSA Owners Club of Southern California
Kevin Nerden, President of the Southern California Norton Owners Club
A New Member’s Introduction
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Ojai Loop Ride Report by Jim Holbrook,
photos by Jim Estes
Along with good weather and some of the best motorcycle roads that Ventura County has to 0ffer, we had a really good turnout for our annual 91 mile Ojai Loop Ride on
July 6th. 24 bikes showed up at the Starbuck's parking lot in Oxnard, 20 were British, including 5, (count 'em) 5 BSA's! That's about a record for this ride. There were 3
brand X bikes and one rather odd entrant? You have all heard the saying, "if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, then it must be............ Well, this bike with a side
car even, looked very much like a Harley, sounded very much like a Harley , but had Triumph Logo's several places on it, and even a large British Union Jack on the back side of the side car, with nary a H D name or initial showing anywhere. Now I ask
you, would any self-respecting Harley allow itself to be disguised in such a manner? But the operator kept insisting that it was in fact, (is this what the world of Brit Biking
is coming to??) a Triumph! Perhaps he was just trying to conceal the fact that he, Jim Estes brought his very nice Harley side car rig on the BSAOCSC Ojai Loop Ride so he
could also bring his lovely wife Robin, and didn't want it to feel out of place. I guess I shouldn't have expected anything else from a Triumph man???
In addition to Robin Es-tes, we were fortunate to
have three more mem-bers of the fair sex join us. Denise Brooks riding
two up behind our es-teemed editor Clive,
and Barbara Barrett and Sandi Bilewitch, both
riding their own bikes thru the orchards and around the twisties.
Way to go girls!
Jim Estes’s Sportster disguised as aTriumph Rig
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Although he came with his Triumph in tow, planning to ride it on the route, when Charlie
Caspary became aware that there was no official backup vehicle for the ride, he readily volun-
teered to do it. To my knowledge, no one needed his services along the route, except me. When
I got to the rest stop in Santa Paula, I discovered my lights weren't working and looking for the cause I found that the connection to the Zener
diode had come loose. With no battery in the circuit, that put all of the alternator output load
on the bulbs, which of course they couldn't han-dle. So at the lunch stop in Ojai when Charlie
found out that I needed to find an auto parts store to get a new stop and tail light bulb, he said he
might have one with him. When he didn't find one in his truck, he took the one out of the tail light on his Triumph and gave it to me. He wouldn't let me pay him for it and said compliments of Barry Sulkin. Thanks Charlie
for your help!
Don't forget my Malibu Mtn . Ride coming up August 24th with some more great mo-torcycle roads and great scenery.
AJ Jim
Jim Holbrooks Ojai loop, July 6th, 2014. by Tim Kenney We had a great ride.. John Prideaux on his Royal Enfield Continental GT and I on my 1952 Velocette MAC. We left Ojai at 7am, went to Art's and had break-fast, and got to the start/stop spot around 9am in time to smooze all the BSA officers (Hi Burt, Hi Barbara) and the people who had arrived to ride. A small but enthu-siastic crowd, as they say. We stayed long enough for the riders meeting then we headed out across the rural landscape that surrounds Oxnard. You can quickly move into the realm of large fields of strawberries and flowers, and head out on 118 towards Simi. Oh yeah.. all those funky little farm roads that connect Oxnard to Grimes, now a quick recount; from Oxnard, north on Vineyard to Central, then east. North on Santa Clara till it became 118, other-wise known as West Los Angeles, just in time to navigate the only killer corners on that part of 118 (yay) then a quick left back into the fields on La Vista, that wraps around
Don Madden experienced some trouble
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into La Loma.. heading roughly east again. Follow it to Aggen, turn back south, pick up Berylwood, turn left on Bradley, which twists and winds it's way to Balcom.. yeah.. that Balcom, but instead of going up and back over to the next valley, follow Balcom south to Stockton Road, which is a nice ride, winding up and down to Broadway, which in turn dumps you on 23, aka, Grimes. Even though I am from the area, I am not that familiar with all these little roads with their curves and interesting sections. At one point a red Commando pulled up next to me and said that everyone was following me, as I seemed to know where I was going. I kept pulling the ride sheet out of my pocket and checking and it was great fun. Bob Rymer on his Vincent and the Commando blew by me before we reached Balcom, they thought we were supposed to go up and over that road, but no, the ride sheet said to go on Balcom the other direction, and cut over to Grimes... which is what I did.
All this time, I was being fol-lowed by JP and a host of other bikes, who, as you can guess, wanted to follow rather than lead, as the route was rather busy. So, let them fol-low a MAC. That way no one gets a speeding ticket! There were times when there was no one near me, especially down Balcom and onto Broadway, but I didn't mind, they quickly caught me before the next route change. It is pretty easy to catch a MAC.
On to Grimes, and the real fun looks like it is going to start. Up the grade, plugging along at 50 to 60, then the crest, then like taking a deep breath of air, the MAC starts the descent. But on this ride, at this time of day, there were cages, and I didn't feel like going red haze and passing, so, the fun was over. South mountain road comes next, after a familiar transit on side roads (Bardsdale to Sespe to South Mountain). Fast roads, all of them, but with enough surprise texture to keep one on their toes. I was airborne on several occasions, not wanting to hold anyone up. Once again, they followed. Now we are into familiar territory, the run to Ojai from Santa Paula. Idle through town, being a good citizen, and trailing the cages. But, like magic, they pull off, well most of them, before the fun begins. Then there were a smattering of pesky vehicles that I could dispatch without drama (I didn't see any double yellow, honest.. JP claims I passed over it.. I don't recall), and we had the road to ourselves, at least those that were still in the forward party.
Club member Pat Hennessey’s new acquisition
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Harrington farms
Lunch stop
It got better, there were no cages in sight so I motored along at the speed limit over the top (ala ‘Upper Ojai’), which helps establish a reasonable space between you and what-ever vehicles may be ahead and out of sight, and as we approached the descent, still not a car in sight. Too good to be true, but true it was. As I approached the end of the straight I down shifted to third and got up on the limited power band, then the descent began and I could blip out of corners and pretend I had horsepower. I have to admit a limited red haze, as I touched a peg down in one spot. That is always a surprise on the MAC. The corners flowed together like a big fast roller coaster, and I had the E ticket. I rolled into the pizza place, and no one was behind me, but JP soon appeared, tailed by a pair of tri-umphs.. a good ol’ boy that can ride and his girlfriend (wife?) on a modern Triumph who can also ride, it appears. Their faces were flushed and they pulled off their helmets gig-gling about what a great road that was, and what size engine was in that MAC anyway? Perfect day, and a world winning descent. No cages and I only scared myself a little bit. And a huge ‘thank you’ to AJ Jim for organizing and designing such an entertaining ride. We stopped our ride in Ojai, but I am guessing everyone made it back safe and sound to Oxnard. Tim.
Dave Zamiska’s A65
A Few Photos of Our Annual General Meeting, Held at
the Home of Michael Harper-Smith…
photos from Sandra Bilewitch and Russell Smith
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Art Sirota Personally Reading His Poem
(See Page 17)
Just a few bikes from Michael's collection
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Club Members Jody Nicholas,
and Sandra Bilewitch
A Nice Looking
Super Rocket
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Clubman’s Points Race by Barbara Barrett
Every year our club has a Clubmen’s Point competition to determine which member receives the most points for participation in club events. A member receives points each time they participate in a club event. If the event is a ride or a meeting, members riding BSAs receive 6 points, members riding other British made motorcycles receive 4 points, members riding other non British European and Japanese bikes and Harleys receive 2 points and members driving a car or truck to the event receive 1 point. Mem-bers driving the chase truck for a ride, working the event booth, or hosting/organizing the event, ride or meeting receive 6 points. For events that are multiple days, such as the International Rally and the North/South Rally, members receive points for each day’s event. Since there were multiple rides at the International and everyone attending was required to have a BSA, the members who attended received 6 points for each of the 3 days.
We start the Clubmen’s point race at the AGM in July and the points accumulate through the year. We announce the winner at the next AGM. The first and second place winners receive a framed certificate and a gift. When you attend club events, it is very important that you sign in on the sign-in sheet available at each event in order to re-ceive your points. As the club events coordinator, I receive the sign-in sheets from the event hosts and keep a tally of the points. The point tally is usually posted in the Piled Arms so members can keep track of their status in the point race.
This year we had a close competition for the Clubmen’s Points Race. Many of our members attended the International Rally in Petaluma raising their points total by 18 points. The BSAOCSC Clubmen’s Points first place winner this year is Barry Sulkin with 78 points. Barry has been very active in the BSAOCSC for many years. As a board of directors board member and club treasurer, Barry attends almost all of the club events. He works the booths at our club sponsored swap meets, he attends the bi-monthly meetings, he hosts one of my favorite rides, The Cool Ride, he drives the chase truck on many rides and last but definitely not least, he rides a BSA on all of the rides. Barry attended the International Rally as well. He also plays a huge part in organ-izing many of our events such as the North/South Rally and the All Brit Ride. For win-ning first place, Barry received a framed first place certificate and a $75.00 gift certifi-cate for Cycle Gear. Congratulations Barry and thank you for all that you do for the BSAOCSC.
Our second place winner this year is Steve Ortiz with 73 points. Steve has also been a very active member of the club for many years and was our club president quite a few years. He is also serves on our current board of directors and has served as our club secretary for the last couple of years. Steve had a setback in the fall and he was unable to ride and attend many events, but he certainly has made up for lost time. He attended the International Rally and put together a great video of the event that everyone should check out. Steve attends most of our club events, helps organize at least 4 of our rides, works our club booths, drives the chase truck and helps organize our big events, such as the swap meets, the North/South Rally and the All Brit Ride. He also is unofficially our club PR man as he has many contacts in the motorcycling community. He stepped in as our club technological advisor and he keeps us current on the latest programs to communicate and maintain club data. As the second place winner, Steve received a framed second place certificate and a $50.00 gift card foe Cycle Gear. Congratulations Steve and thank you for all that you do for the BSAOCSC.
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The rest of the high points scorers were:
John Gardner in third place with points; Burt Barrett in fourth place with 71 points; Bar-bara Barrett in fifth place with 69 points; Clive Brooks in sixth place with 55 points; Jim Wilson and Dave Zamiska tied for seventh place with 52 points; Mike Haney and Kirk Sloan tied for eighth place with 48 points; Frank Forster in 9 th place with points and Art Sirota in tenth place with points.
Come on out and attend our club events and ride those BSAs. Or you can help us work the booths, help out with our big events or drive the chase truck and earn those big points. Maybe next year we will be presenting you with the BSAOCSC Clubmen’s Points Race First Place Certificate and gift!
When you see Barry and Steve, be sure to congratulate them and thank them for helping to make this one of the best motorcycle clubs around!
Barbara Barrett
BSAOCSC Events Coodinator
Unanimously re-elected Club President Burt
Barrett and Events Coordinator Barbara Barrett
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As time has passed I have found more and more difficulty starting my more challenging bikes. The onset of Gout and my general feebleness meant that my Goldie and Velo had not been started in years. This awful situation could not be allowed to continue so I began to research ways of starting big British singles without inducing heart failure. My criteria was that it must be a one person operation, portable and be as cheap as possible (like me). I wanted to be able to start my bikes without having to round up a pit crew or bother anyone to help me. The old staple of two rollers that you backed your car onto had been banned at most race tracks after a few spectacular runaways and would not be a one person operation any-way. I found some electric rollers in Australia but they were ultra expensive and the ship-ping more so, that disqualified them. Several places had gas powered ones but they were all heavy and expensive. I finally found something on the web on an English forum, where a very talented guy had made some rollers for his racing sidecar outfit using a large car starter motor direct driving one roller with the other freewheeling. Not wishing to reinvent the wheel (or roll-ers) I decided to adapt his design to suit classic bikes. I was a bit concerned that the much smaller tire contact area of a skinny British bike tire compared to the very wide racing sidecar tire might not have sufficient grip to start a big British single. I decided to hedge my bets and leave nubs on the axles so that I could retrofit a coupling like a chain or belt between the two rollers if found necessary. As it turned out it was not needed but the nubs might come in useful later. I went around to my buddy Bob Kee who has a yard full of interesting "stuff", he let me have a large Chevy starter motor. We then found a 4" diameter old prop shaft as a do-nor for the rollers and he let me have some pillow blocks and some 1" diameter steel for the axles. I thanked him for his generosity and headed home. I had some steel angle for the
frame already and decided to make the device 18" by 12" big enough for the job in hand but still very portable. I made the rollers by cutting 12" sections from the old prop shaft, it was corroded which pleased me as the lightly pitted surface was better for drive friction than a shiny one. I faced them square on my ancient lathe and turned the ends from 1/4" thick steel. I bored the ends to suit the axles and welded them together. I cut the Bendix housing off the starter motor, removed the Bendix and filed the cut surface flat. Then I
cut about 1 ½" from the shaft and filed a flat on it . The drive axle was bored to suit the starter motor shaft and two holes were tapped for two 1/4" bolts to clamp onto the filed flat on the motor shaft. Grub screws would be better. The frame was welded together and two mounting pillars were welded on to take the motor, I made the mounting bolt holes oversize to make sure there was plenty of room for adjustment. I drilled some 1/2" holes to fit the pillow blocks. When the Bendix and its
Building My Own Starter Rollers…..
On A Budget. By Malcolm Croxton
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housing was cut off it meant that the motor armature had only the rear bearing for support, the drive roller pillow block would support the front end in future use. I assembled it and made sure everything revolved freely, I had to use some shim on the starter motor attachment lugs to true it up with the roller. I then cleaned it up and painted it. The next morning was going to be the test. Two leads for the battery were attached, also a foot switch to operate the solenoid. A Velocette Venom Clubman was chosen as the test article, this bike was a particularly evil one to start as I had yet to master the Choke/advance/kick start technique.
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It was placed onto the rollers and a tired battery was tried, no luck it barely turned it over. I got a nice new fresh battery which turned it over, but the rear wheel kept kick-ing sideways and jumping off.
This had not been a problem with the sidecar outfit as the two wheels left on the ground steadied it. I mounted two shopping cart wheels onto the frame and that stopped the sideways kick but still let the wheel freely revolve. The bike was put back on and this time bingo, after pulling in the exhaust lifter and putting it in 2nd gear it chuffed over a few times and started! It was tried at least 10 times and started every time the only minor problem was getting it off the rollers, as if you tried to drive it off it just revolved the rollers faster. The aforementioned nubs I left on the axles might be used for some kind of brake to allow it to self launch. But that's something for the future. I made a wooden ramp to ease getting it on and off and raised wooden blocks to support my stubby little legs as the bike was about 4" higher when on the rollers The whole thing cost about $30 due to my buddies’ generosity but even if you bought the components it shouldn't cost too much. The pillow blocks are expensive to buy new but a good scrounger could find used ones for much less. Just think, a couple of days tinkering for a lifetime of easily starting big singles, better than a coronary any day! ....... Malcolm Croxton
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Clubman Points Tally Blues….
Author wishes to remain anonymous
There's a BSA Club ride tomorrow, but I'm tired and feeling beat And I know that if I stay at home, I'll miss the sign-in sheet
Which means I'll fall farther behind, in the Clubman's Points Tally Just when my name was near the top, after going to the Petaluma Rally
I don't feel threatened by Steve Ortiz, John Searock or Dan Gehrs But I can't let Barry Sulkin, come in first again this year!
I need to fix a leaky roof, and my lawn could use a mowing
My truck needs four new tires, but still I must be going So I'll take some Ibuprofen, incase my hips start aching
And when my knees refuse to bend, it's Vicodin I'll be taking I don't feel jealous of Barbara or Burt, John Gardner or Dan Gehrs
But I won't let Barry Sulkin, come in first again this year!
I made it to the AGM, where the hot dogs were inedible And I dragged myself to the Wintergreen,
those off-road trails were incredible And I slogged through freeway traffic, in the smog and stifling heat
On my vintage two-stroke Bantam, to the BSA Swap Meet 'cause I don't mind if Clive Brooks wins it, Craig Rich or Dan Gehrs
But please, Lord, don't let You-Know-Who, come in first again this year!
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Members Only…...For Sale / Wanted
Wanted: I am looking for a BSA DBD34 to purchase for restoration. It really does not matter what year or condition as long as it is all there (well as much as possible). Please contact Julian at 760-815-7356 4/1/14
12/1/13
Wanted: Useable 4 plate clutch with cush drive hub to fit Royal Enfield 700,
750 twins and 500 singles. Please call Dave Spilka, at (661) 965-1102. 7/1/14
Wanted - 1966 Triumph Bonneville 650 T120TT Special. Bone stock preferred, how-ever, will accept one that needs a bit of work as long as it’s possible to make it stock i.e., no “bobbers” or Ceriani’s, please. In all cases frame and engine numbers must match and be between DU24875 and DU44393 i.e., no T120C’s. Please contact Jim at 408.605.2010 8/1/14
For Sale: 1960 BSA A10 Iron Head Motor runs good, with custom sidecar Lights &
horn need to be wired. $6000 Russ Smith 818 780 5542
For Sale: 2010 Triumph Bonneville T-100 - 1850 miles (trading up to a more comfortable Thunderbird) Scalloped black and white paint scheme. $8,300.00. Located in Lake Elsinore, Ca. Ken Ballantyne - 951-6784-7625 Many accessories since buying, including, retro round mirrors; Triumph TOR exhaust (keeping the old school pea-shooter look, but much throatier Triumph sound); custom paint-ed bag (to match paint scheme); rear luggage rack; center stand; Rentek (looks much nicer than Triumph original) engine dresser bars; clear signal light covers with amber bulbs; Triumph headlight cowl/fly-screen (virtually impossible to find now in black), long reach seat removal screws. This bike is in perfect condition. It had 500 mile check about 7 months ago and is barely even broken in yet.
8/1/14
8/1/14
Members Only….For Sale / Wanted
For Sale: 1988 Matchless
G80 with 600cc electric start
engine and orig500cc Rotax
engine spare. Excellent cond,
only about 200 made. Ca.
licensed and reg. $5000.
See walk around at :
http://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=pDOqgxGyNuQ
Barry Sulkin 310 398 6406 4/1/14
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For Sale:
Unrestored, 1961 BSA DBD34 Gold Star. Center-mount Oil Tank (have original tank)
5 gallon Lyta Gas tank, Dunlop Alloy rims, Alfin rear hub (have original hub).
Owned for over 40 years,
$12,000
Chuck Minert 951-763-2738
Calendar of Events 2014
Aug 10 (Sun) * BSAOCSC COOL RIDE meet at 9 AM at Gateway Plaza Shopping Cen-ter, 101 Fwy. at Topanga Cyn. Blvd., ride at 10 AM Info: Barry Sulkin (310)398-6406 or Barbara Barrett (661)703-9249
Aug 10 (Sun) Vintage Bike O.C. at Beach Burgers 19102 Beach Blvd Huntington Beach. 2 – 4pm
15-17 Aug (Fri - Sun) BSAOCNC Sierra Ride, departs from Grass Valley Jerry Meadows, 775-359-8150
August 24 (Sun) * BSAOCSC MALIBU MOUNTAIN STREET RIDE Start at Freedom Park parking lot, just off Pleasant Valley Rd, on the very west end of the Camarillo Airport property. Be ready to ride at 10 AM with a full tank of gas. Ride is approximately 75 to 80 miles. Freedom Park is south from Hwy 101 on Las Posas Road in Camarillo. Right on Pleasant Valley Road, then straight thru 2 signal intersections, then past the airport to the west end of the property, then right turn. Info: Jim Holbrook (805)485-1688 or Barbara Barrett (661)703-9249
Aug 24 (Sun) Long Beach Motorcycle Swap-meet. Info: http://www.socalcycleswapmeet.com/
Sept. 14 (Sun) * BSAOCSC BIG BEAR DUAL SPORT RIDE Meet at 9 AM at Den-ny’s Restaurant, 41196 Big Bear Blvd., Big Bear Lake, Ca. Info: John Gardner (310)920-3393 or Mike Haney (760)365-9191
Sept 14 (Sun) Vintage Bike O.C. at Beach Burgers 19102 Beach Blvd Huntington Beach. 2 – 4pm
Sept 20 (Sat) “EL CAMINO” located at Irwindale Raceway, located at 500 Speedway Dr. Irwindale, CA. 91706. Info at “classiccycleevents.com”
Sept 25 -29 (Thurs-Sun) ** CALIFORNIA BSA CLUB“NORTH / SOUTH” RALLY. This year is hosted by BSAOCSC. Location, Morro Bay again. Rally HQ Sea Aire Inn, 845 Morro Ave, Morro Bay CA. 93442. Info: Burt Barrett 661-742-5539 (South) , David James 510-562-6769 (North)
Sept 28 (Sun) Long Beach Motorcycle Swap-meet. Info: http://www.socalcycleswapmeet.com/
Oct 5 (Sun) * BSAOCSC MT BALDY STREET RIDE Meet at Buchanan’s Spoke and Rim, 805 W. 8th Street, Azusa, Ca., at 9:30 AM, ride at 10:30AM. Info: Barry Sulkin (310)398-6406 or Barbara Barrett (661)703-9249
Oct 12 (Sun) Vintage Bike O.C. at Beach Burgers 19102 Beach Blvd Huntington Beach. 2 – 4pm
Oct 18-19 (Sat, Sun) ** CALIFORNIA BSA CLUBS NC/SC SOUTHERN SIERRA ROAD RIDE - Meet at Paradise Cove Steak House, Hwy 178, just north of Lake Isabella, at 8 AM, Ride at 9 AM. Info: Frank Forster (831)688-2120, Burt Barrett (661)742-5539
Oct 12 (Sun) Griffith Park Sidecar Rally 9am -3pm. Info: Doug Bingham 818-780-5542
Oct 26 (Sun) * BSAOCSC “AFTER THE GOLD RUSH” DUAL SPORT RIDE Cali-fornia City Info: John Gardner (310)920-3393 or Mike Haney (760)365-9191
Oct 26 (Sun) Long Beach Motorcycle Swap-meet. Info: http://www.socalcycleswapmeet.com/
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BSA Owners Club of Southern California
Email & Phone Directory
Specialists
Gold Star/Winged Wheel: Dick Newby
No Email (714) 839-7072
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Pre Unit Twin: Clive Brooks
[email protected] (714) 771-2534
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C10, C11, C12, C15: “Position Open”
To any willing volunteer, contact Editor
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Unit Singles/B50: Jack Faria
(805) 551-4982
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Rocket III/Trident: Burt Barrett
(661) 742-5539
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Triumph/Sidehack: Russ Smith
(818) 343-8045
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BSA Unit Twins: Bill Getty
********** Specialty Tool Consultant: Craig Rich
Questions: (562) 868-9389
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Please make calls between 9am and 9pm
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BSA Owners Club Regalia
Official BSA Owners Club “T” Shirt. Comes in Blue, Red, Grey and Black. Large, XL and XXL. Price is $20 for short sleeve and long sleeve $25. BSA Club sweat shirts are available in limited colors and sizes. Price includes shipping and handling. Take delivery at a Club gathering and save $5. Sizes and colors are limited, so place your order quickly!
Contact—Randy Ressell: Regalia Coordinator
Hm. (714) 502-4502, E-mail: [email protected]
Sweatshirts $25 —$28
+ $5 S & H
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This Year’s Clubmen of the Year Winners,
1st Place, Barry Sulkin, 2nd Place, Steve Ortiz
