Kick-starting a BSA Gold star

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Жыл бұрын

Henry Cole learns the art of kick-starting the legendary BSA Gold Star in this clip from series 7 of The Motorbike Show (ITV4).

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@neilharrison1203 Жыл бұрын

Love that clip ! Happiness jammed into a couple of minutes

@vinnylee878 Жыл бұрын

My uncle had one in the 60's it was his pride and joy and was forever polishing it

@nicmorton280 Жыл бұрын

Brilliant, Henry, well done mate.

@frozenbits48 Жыл бұрын

I had an early 60's 250cc BSA. First time start of the day was fairly simple. Ride for a while, shut it off and then try to start it again and it was impossible. Darn thing always flooded out. A BSA owner finally showed me the "tickle valve" on the bottom of the carburetor that drained it a bit. That would stop the flooding and it was a lot easier to start after that. Eventually I would always shut off the gas every time after I rode it. Liked the bike, just the right size for around town and country roads.

@dog8nut Жыл бұрын

Rode a DBD Goldie with the 1-1/2 GP carb for daily transport with no issues starting!! Correct settings of ignion -tickling carb -use of de-compression lever would get easy relieable starts. Ya want a fussy starter try a Vello !

@tlt689 11 ай бұрын

John Birchall, our Goldie club chairman and dad to Ben and Tom Birchall, world champion sidecar racers. IMO Goldies are the best bikes ever designed and that sound, music to my ears but only if it has the twitter

@johnmfjw Жыл бұрын

Best looking bike by far.

@duanetrivett750 6 ай бұрын

Henry when you started it on the first try, I Subscribed to your channel Brother.

@franciscarabini7660 4 ай бұрын

Brilliant 😊

@bartmotorcycle Жыл бұрын

Nice one! Man I wanna ride one of these so bad

@andrewvickers4487 Жыл бұрын

Guys are you planning on putting together a complete DVD boxset (or downloadable package) for World's Greatest Motorcycle Rides? I LOVE the Motorbike Show and long may it continue but if WGMR is no more then it truly deserves no less! Watching Henry ride into the Big Apple on his crazy Saxon chopper settled my fate on two wheels.

@kealanmcateer124 Жыл бұрын

Brilliant comment, would love to see a dvd complication, but I think Henry or his team never read our comments on here ,they are more production TV chaps ,not really KZfaq people, this little snippets are more like for to get awareness out there, but I maybe wrong, be nice if they did use this to communicate back to their people who watch their programmes

@andrewvickers4487 Жыл бұрын

@@kealanmcateer124 Yeah I think you're right, if any viewers here ever get in touch with Henry HQ then make sure to let 'em know what the people want! :)

@oscartravis5740 Жыл бұрын

I concur. That series is like hen's teeth

@philskype101 Жыл бұрын

Love it!

@suzukin-jiji2206 8 ай бұрын

Great single!!!

@nikkihayes5411 Жыл бұрын

Happy new year to the beardys (and alan and guy) from Devon🏍️💨😁👍🍺🎆

@shirleyboy8859 Жыл бұрын

Man and Machine in Perfect Chaos....... God loves a tryer.... :-))

@zarbithechti Жыл бұрын

♥ Veinard !

@frankburdi1001 Жыл бұрын

Happy Days Big Daddy

@pembertontyres3164 Жыл бұрын

Hi Henry we nearly met when you were flying back to the uk.i was holding a steve mcqueen helmet bag which you noticed i think. I think you had been making your steve mcqueen programme .i had been racing at the world vets motocross championship at glen helen and the week later i was racing at the lake elsinore gp which is the 100 mile steve mcqueen race called the harvey mushman gp.and a couple of weeks later the day in the dirt all on my 1981 490 twin shock maico, best regards alan bott

@davesden Жыл бұрын

Nice!

@stephenmead8183 15 күн бұрын

I concur. My one was a bastard to start.

@garrymartin3804 Жыл бұрын

You forgot to show the hour before sorting out the wet sumping lol

@leondown6869 Жыл бұрын

It helps if you wear the right hat

@reidgalbraith250 Ай бұрын

What? And become a twat with a hat! RX😂

@maximusmeridius1240 3 ай бұрын

I had one terrible to start i had a pair of boots with a metal sole just to stop geting my foot getting broke with a kick back when starting

@garethjudd5840 Жыл бұрын

It's no surprise that Honda became so popular. 😂

@WiltshireMan Жыл бұрын

"NOISE"...Listen to the Sound : )

@jamesconnors4297 Жыл бұрын

Henry off topic . did you keep that Velocette Le you bought ?

@gambee6gambeersagar510 Жыл бұрын

Sir is it from the same BSA cycle company

@charlesharper7292 Жыл бұрын

Bike was in gear when it fired up. Good thing it was on the center stand!🤣

@dog8nut Жыл бұрын

More likely oil drag in the gear box. All the old Brit bikes would do that specialy when cold. Had them all years ago Ariel to Vincent .

@charlesharper7292 Жыл бұрын

@@dog8nut forgot about that! I still ride Triumphs. But in Texas it may not be cold enough for that to happen.

@malcsco Жыл бұрын

Now you can understand why people bought Japanese bikes with an electric starter.

@jagdpanther6327 Жыл бұрын

Put the kettle on.

@vintagebike_ger 7 ай бұрын

i´ll never understand where the problem should be in starting a goldie..

@paulholdstock4751 3 ай бұрын

No wonder Japanese bikes were so successful

@splodge5714 Жыл бұрын

I'd get an electric start put on that.

@brucemitchell2320 Жыл бұрын

There is such a thing for a Gold Star!?

@keithchessun5085 Жыл бұрын

I've fitted electric start to mine. Some spectators are disappointed when waiting for the kickstart antics to begin, when I just press the button!!

@Rust_valley_racing Жыл бұрын

Same way you start a honda xr650r or xr600r 😅😅

@markgreenhow7953 Жыл бұрын

Mate brought a XT500, he never did get the lack of starting it and gave up with it in the end in the end😂

@tinietiptoes7682 6 ай бұрын

BSA Gold star nice bike but certainly the most over rated bike of all time followed by BMW GS

@jeremyatkinson4976 7 ай бұрын

I'm no sure if Henry is an idiot or just pretends to be one.

@elmerfudd1086 Ай бұрын

Noise is right!!! That sounds horrible. I would rather listen to Yoko Ono sing than listen to a thumper.