Hello youngster! I am nearly 70 and like you, grew up with BSA's, Enfields, Nortons etc. This new BSA doesn't look too bad apart from the bars (Ace drops essential) and the HUGE radiator. I know this is probably due to Euro 5, 6 or 19 (everchanging these days) but a smaller oil cooler would have looked so much better. Anyway it is what it is, still bears a good resemblance to a real bike, a riders bike and not one loaded with electronic aids that rarely get used. Ride safe, all the best.

It is a big single, and it will generate a lot of heat, hence the big radiator.

The size of the radiator is definitely the weak point..It could be better integrated. Look at Triumph.

The radiator is from Mahindra Tractor :)

What is astonishing is that comment after comment dwells on the bike's appearance alone. The engine could be hiding a Briggs & Stratton lawnmower unit and apparently those commenting would not notice.

Did you read what you have written ie last two sentences?

I have a 2013 Royal Enfield B5 Bullet, with an aftermarket exhaust and converted from EFI to an Amal carburetor using a kit from Hitchcocks in the UK. It runs and sounds great, but I don't get too far from home with it. Since it has tube type tires, I stay within the towing range of my road service plan.

@@geraldscott4302, thanks for your reaction!My RE is a classic 500,and I have an aftermarket exhaust too and opener air filter than stock but still the original EFI. The new BSA is probably a lot faster than our bikes:45hp or even 56hp? It has 153cc more capacity in one single cilinder and the compression is 11.5:1 instead 8.5:1. I’m very interested in the smoothness of the BSA at low rpm! They claim a high torque from 1800rpm! That sounds good but the most big singles are not smooth rideable beneath 2500/3000 rpm! That’s why I decided for the Royal Enfield who runs more like a B33 or another mild tuned single. The best solution for the BSA would be a heavy flywheel mass or better variable to get a smooth bike at low revs and lighter above 3000/3500 rpm. But I’m 67 now and enjoy touring a basic old school motorcycle. About tube tyre,the chance on a flat tyre is not bigger than tubeless in mine opinion,only a risk of blowout. Kind greetings from Holland!

@@hubdormans5709 I was unable to get mine to run right with the EFI, it was way too lean. I was told on the Classic Motorworks forum that the only way to solve that problem was a $500 electronic tuner. I'm 62, and not very fond of electronics, so I went with the carb conversion, which cost about $350 total including the carb. Absolutely amazing difference. It really brought the engine to life. I have found a significant difference between tube type tires (I also ride a dual sport bike) and tubeless tires. Several times I have found objects sticking in my tubeless tires while inspecting them at home that had actually punctured the tire. The object that punctured the tire has also plugged the puncture. A tubeless tire is also thick enough to allow sealers like Ride-On to work on all but huge punctures. But if a tube gets punctured, even with something as small as a needle, it is going flat. And it is not easy to fix a flat with tube type tires out in the middle of nowhere, or beside a busy highway. I have been stranded several times because of tube type tires, but never with a tubeless tire. Even if they go flat, you can just put a plug in them and air them back up.

@@geraldscott4302,thanks for sharing your experience!You have more experience with a flat tyre on a motorcycle then me. I didn’t know that a tubeless tyre a thicker wall had then a tube type. About the carburetor conversion:If I ever get problems with the EFI I follow your advice and do the same! It’s original,simple,(no need for a fuel pump!) The only question I have:Was the cold/warm start better on the EFI?(Mine does perfectly both,even with the kickstart)Greetings!

I don’t like the raidiator on the gold star it’s way to big kills the look of the bike

Just wire S'Norton-hubs/discs to Harley "Glide" wire wheels like Sunbeam did with its "S7-gentleman's cruiser", back in the 'Day

After reading that, I do agree Mr potato chips is an artist!

Hahahaa! Dare to dream, chap! There are still some classics available out there!

No, he played Legolas in the Lord of the Rings.

@@Trevor_Austin no he is geralt of rivera

Chick from Fleetwood Mac.

I agree, Triumph managed it on the Bonneville

The radiator is hideous. The rest of the bike passes that mark .

Mark. You do know that the so-called beautiful exhaust is actually just a cover and therefore as fake as the rest of the bike?

@@dave6467 I guessed something like that , it's too fat!

It is pointless to make a modern long-running bike without liquid cooling it's just stupid. For this brand to come back and actually work it has to be liquid cooled period

I rode a 1966 Thunderbolt back in the day. It had a side hack to boot. Legendary fun bar hopping in that rig with my lady!

Don't know why it needs to be that big. The one on the Triumph Bonneville 900 is half the size.

Rad looks terrible 😕

@@UPTHETOWN or with zip-ties

As an Aussie, I would be quite happy with that sized radiator and placement. knowing I’d be able to ride on summer days >40C in traffic and not worry about it overheating. The market is India 🇮🇳 with whinging pommies secondary. 🦘

@@tonydoggett7627 here in Mexico with 40degrees in daytime I will still replace the radiator to the back with some less obvious air intakes

@@tonydoggett7627 Benelli imperiale or Royal Enfield Classic both look better not having the radiator Or the Norton Commando classic with the much smaller cooler

The liquid cooling nonsense is there so the engine can meet the Euro 5 emissions standard.

@@p.istaker8862 RE 650 does with just a small oil cooler. BSA missed the mark by a long shot with that ugly radiator. Shot themselves in the foot.

First the CB then DB followed by the DBD34!

Yep, got into a bad habit throughout the project of shortening it to a DB and it continued into this adhoc piece to camera. Apologies.

Constructive and welcome Jeff.

NEVER happen, 'Mate. Often the Past can sell the Future, otherwise they'd NOT have bought the BSA name. If you don't like the new "Goldie", there's probably an A65 Twin coming...

You’re one of the few. I’ve described it as cynical marketing and been roasted for it. I get some of these retro’s: The RE because it’s essentially unchanged wind genuine; the Triumph Boneville because it’s a competent take on an old bike with far more performance; the Kawasaki 900RS because it’s a styling exercise on a thoroughly modern bike, but not this one. If they had made a 100hp single weighing 150Kg with some styling cues then that would have been something. Anyway, I’m sure it will sell in droves regardless of what I think of it and that’s perhaps the acid test of taste or gullibility .

Agreed about the pastiches, but I like a simple looking motorcycle, and think they could do better trying the Mini, Mustang approach, that is make it more of an evolution of an earlier design rather than trying to copy an old design, because, partly due to modern regulations, they never get it right. The Husqvarna Vitpilen, is an example of what should be done, modern but simple.

Here here.

@Trevor Wood Assuming you own a car, is it a new VW Beetle, or a new Mini? Or perhaps a Chrysler PT Cruiser?

It's a 🔥 shield, methinks.

@@bobtranquilli9985 must be a Euro 5/6 thing lol! As and when I get one it's getting swapped out! Also the bars for something more 60s style (but not clip-ons!) Other than that, good job Indian - BSA! I like it

Agreed

Or Doughnuts!

@Trevor Wood afraid so, after market parts have just been banned too, and watch the MOT emission standards increase. Game over

@Trevor Wood huh???

@@deaterk There is a massive world out there that U.S citizens really know very little about.

It will be good wont it, no new petrol bikes or cars, authoritarian regimes exploiting the poor and powerless and managing the extraction of precious metals for the batteries and support structures. In places like Australia where I am, we have hundreds of klms between towns and while electric charging stations are popping up on main routes this will not be of much use to the farmers and those regional dwellers, or the multitude of travellers, from Brit backpackers to the grey nomads , it’s a big big place. It’s time we spent some money on research into synthetic fuel / eco petrol etc so we can continue to use our old bikes and cars because we certainly won’t be able to afford the ones they ( fascist mongrels) want us to buy. Here they are charging per kilometre for EVs instead of paying tax at the pump. Rock and a hard place. Apparently BSA have EV plans as well.

Its a heat shield, the pipe is hidden behind it, and it isn't that big.

I agree

Why can they never design the rear end properly?? Looks like something heavy has been dropped in the arse end! Number plates look like bill boards and way too low down. Needs a tail tidy to make it look sensible!

The way the down pipe angles back is a gorgeous and distinctive feature of the original, and they've got it wrong here, ruins the whole thing for me. Yeah, I wondered what happened to those old 'hair band' guys from the '80's, guess this one got into motorcycle design.