I recall back in 1972 when a bunch of us had enduro bikes made in Japan were hanging out at our regular patch of dirt when a friend rode up on a Victor. We were all about being lightweight and two stroke power and seeing that shinny Victor was an amazing moment of my youth I will never forget. Thanks for posting!

The front brake "inconveniences forward motion!" That is the most funny description I've ever heard of a brake system!

@TheMightyGarage

4 жыл бұрын

Haha, that was funny!! Thank you Paulo. Best wishes, Mike

I’ll bet the neighbors love you!

I owned one of these in 1972--BSA 500 Victor. It was fun to drive, handled well, but would eat up bulbs due to the vibration. At 70 years of age and SEVERAL other Italian, Japanese, British, and German bikes, I love my current two Guzzis.--Mike Battle

Woke up the chainsaw owning local, well carpenters will enjoy this because a B50 hits the nail on the head every time.

WoW !! What an outstanding machine this is ! I had a 69 Victor 441cc. I didn’t know they made a 500cc. What a vibrating machine it was! The clutch was very hard to adjust.

@TheMightyGarage

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Jean-François! I hope all is well. Cheers, Mike

I could sense the passion for motorcycles through the screen I love that. When the bike bug bites, some of us are bitten quite hard.

@TheMightyGarage

4 жыл бұрын

Hehe, so true Phill! Thanks a lot for your great comment. Best wishes, Mike

I remember tuning and testing my B50mx at midnight trying to get it sorted out for riding the next morning in the Tillamook Burn. That was back in the 70's, (now it is the Tillamook Forest). Back then traffic was non-existant on Hwy 212 at that hour, but tearing up and down the road on a bike without lighting, wasn't my biggest concern, it was the roar emanating from the super trap exhaust, waking up my neighbors. I apologize now, but it had to be done. lol...... I loved riding that bike more than any other. Oh the memories!

I rode unit singles for 30 years as primary transpo. Very reliable once modified for millage. Dunstall fibreglass tanks fit. -441rider

It can smell fear! I really enjoyed hearing it run, on the move. Been decades, very nice indeed.

@TheMightyGarage

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks John, Jeff has some great one-liners 😉

That's the sound of a bike that I like!

@TheMightyGarage

4 жыл бұрын

Hehe, wasn't that fun! Thanks for your note. Best wishes, Mike

Love your videos only just found them, she can smell fear LOL when she attempted to kick you back on first kick Looked really nice bike sounded great , can see why they fetch good prices here in UK (not very many here most are US imports) . Had its little brother when i was 17 the B25

Wow. Somebody said C15. I used to ride to school on one aged 16. 50 years ago.And yes I was the envy of the school.

Can throw you over the handle bars when they kick back,I have a 72 trail model,l added a can to catch the oil over flow then I just put it back in the frame, love the bike took it out of the crate in 72 sounds great, torque in every gear

Love bsa singles ive had a few full of character. Thank you for another great video.

@TheMightyGarage

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot Simon! I really appreciate it. Yes, isn't that a fun bike! I just wanted to keep riding ;) Best wishes, Mike

I had a 500 Goldstar. It, indeed, could smell fear! It got me so badly on one kick that I swear that my toe touched my knee. It's been years and I can still feel it!

@TheMightyGarage

4 жыл бұрын

Ouch! Thanks Mark. I love BSA Goldstars! They are such an iconic bike. Best wishes, Mike

@Liam1304

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheMightyGarageI loved the sound! Just like my old one. I had a standard B50SS in 1976 (first bike when I got my license when I was 15), it actually had a 3 Imp. gal. steel tank.

Great video of a lovely bike, I have the same bike, same conical hub brakes, same exhaust in much the same condition except it has a CCM engine fitted. It isn't going and think its an ignition problem. I inherited the bike along with many other desirable bikes to add to my own small collection. This was the last bike my brother rode before passing away, he was disabled, eccentric but determined and could only ride it to places where there was someone he knew could start it for him.

@TheMightyGarage

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Nightster for your nice note. It is much appreciated. I'm glad you enjoyed the video. Best wishes, Mike

I remember these being sold new and we all derided them. I quite fancy one now.

IT CAN SMELL FEAR 🤣 great to see these bikes on the road Mike

@TheMightyGarage

4 жыл бұрын

Hehe!! Thanks a lot Stephen! Best wishes, Mike

Great video, love the bike. Takes me back to my Matchless 500 scrambler and Victor 441. Keep the videos coming.

@TheMightyGarage

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot Paul! Hopefully there will be more fun and interesting bikes to come! There are a couple more videos in the works and more visits are being planned ;) Best wishes, Mike

Great bike (but then i love beezas of any time/type) Funky paint job and 'Dan dare'🚀 switch gear. Brilliant!

@TheMightyGarage

4 жыл бұрын

Hehe! Thanks Mr A! Cheers, Mike

Thanks for the video 👍🇬🇧

@TheMightyGarage

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you George! Hope all is well. Best wishes, Mike

Had visions of you flying over the bars, when you were kicking it over 😀 Nice to see a single in the cul-de-sac, makes a pleasant change 👍 Have good day Mike 😎

@TheMightyGarage

4 жыл бұрын

Haha, yes I must say I was a little nervous and definitely wanted to wear boots when kicking that one ;) Jeff made it looks easy at the end! Best wishes, Mike

sound nice love the sound

@TheMightyGarage

4 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked the vid! Thanks a lot for your comment. Best wishes, Mike

Nice bike Geoff 👍 Love the Beezas Mike , I'm restoring my 1961 c15 .oldies are goldies! Cheers Mike love the Vids Greg.

@TheMightyGarage

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot Greg! Hope all is well. The C15's are such a cool bike. Good luck with the restoration. Best wishes, Mike

Nice!

That was great fun - it seems so rare to see a B50 on the road and in action - amazing to think it is a descendant of the little Triumph "Terrier" . . . A joy to watch, thanks for uploading ! . . .

@TheMightyGarage

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much. Yes, it's different isn't it! I don't think I've seen another on the road over here. There seem to be quite a few but rarely see them out and about. Best wishes, Mike

@vonryansexpress

4 жыл бұрын

@M Bacon . . .hello, thanks for your reply . . Yes indeed the B50 is a descendent of the C15, quite unusual for an engine to end up double it's original size ! . . When BSA purchased Triumph in 1951 they were selling a great number of commute to work lightweights, however their little 250 four stroke of the time was the C11/C12, this of course had a separate gearbox and engine arrangement which to some seemed old fashioned- BSA needed a new design and for that they took a look at the son of the "Terrier" 150cc . . . The "Tiger Cub" - a model which they now owned . . . The resulting C15 model, launched in 1958, was based on the little Triumph design and became popular with the ride to work men and the 250 restricted learners. Just a casual look at the engine leaves no doubt about it's ancestry, save for an upright cylinder barrel, the engine, complete with chromed push rod tunnel and little ignition distributor pod is all but identical . . . Internally the Triumph plunger oil pump was changed to the BSA style gear pump but the layout remained "Cub" in origin . . . Edward Turner was of course the man behind it's developement so I think it's true to say the B50s grandad is the little "Terrier" Triumph . . My brother owned a Cub many years ago, I have long had a hankering for a unit single - the Triumph Trophy 250 is top of my list, I think it's the prettiest of them all . . .

Nice to see you all ride each other bike every one should have a chance to play love your vids I am now addicted stay safe

@TheMightyGarage

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Ian! Best wishes, Mike

Oh that sound!!! I so want to get started on my 441 Victor project. I think after listening to that 500 it is going to move up on the priorities list.

@TheMightyGarage

4 жыл бұрын

Hehe, glad it provided a little motivation ;) We all need it at the moment! Best wishes, Mike

@steveshepherd2712

2 жыл бұрын

My Victor Special only awaiting the arrival this week of new Amal Premiere carb ( bike only has 7000 miles on it !) Really looking forward to Sunday rides to coffee shop 😁

Great video lovely bike stay safe 🇬🇧👍🏻

@TheMightyGarage

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Richard, you too! Best wishes, Mike

The auxiliary horn is great! I've always liked the paint scheme on these tanks. There is also a yellow with red lettering BSA tank that I think is aluminum.

@bobtranquilli9985

2 жыл бұрын

The 441 Victor!

well done.

@TheMightyGarage

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Neil! Best wishes, Mike

Front brake on my B50 SS works very well. They are very fun- but not so fun on the hiway.

How ironic to see this after just discussing John Bonham's bike tonight, I thought it a Triumph, but two others say BSA. Seeing this I lean towards it being a BSA also now.

Kidney Killers. If you were lucky enough to not break an ankle kicking one over you’d likely snap a molar and spit out a few filings riding one of these . . . ahhh, the good ol’ days! Thanks for resurrecting the memories . . .

@TheMightyGarage

4 жыл бұрын

😂😂Thank you Walter! That was very funny! Thanks for a really fun comment. Best wishes, Mike

@rcnelson

2 ай бұрын

Heh. Much exaggerated view of kickstarting this bike. I owned one B50 as well as two Yamaha 500 thumpers and a 441. Worst kickstart injury I ever got was from my old Honda CB450.

I had one with the original high level exhaust, which was black with a chrome cover with big round holes . Yes, they have a vicious kick back, at times.

@TheMightyGarage

4 жыл бұрын

hehe, thanks Geoff. I was a little nervous but Jeff made it look easy! I guess he has learned the technique! Cheers, Mike

Great looking bikes for sure, but oh so hard to start when hot. (mine was anyway, never did figure that out.) Had a 1971 B50T I restored from crank up, then sold at Vintage Motorcycle days Auction at Mid Ohio back in 2004. For $1300 ... I think I made like 5 cents an hour for all the work I put in it. Pretty to look at though! I think the right and left hand controls on Geoff's are switched though, can't see how the thumb can reach the dipper switches. All good other wise, even looks like it was charging good, from view of the digital voltmeter on the handlebars. Thanks for sharing, I LOVE the show and tell Brit Bike videos !!!

@TheMightyGarage

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Patrick, thanks a lot for your great note. Really appreciate it! Best wishes, Mike

My favorite culdesac bike so far. I'm a big bsa fan so I might be biased.

@TheMightyGarage

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot! I'm glad you liked it. There's another BSA coming up in the next couple of weeks, as soon as I finish editing the video ;) Best wishes, Mike

the push rod cover on the rocker box looks identical to my old c15 happy memories

@TheMightyGarage

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot Richard. Glad you liked the video. Jeff did mention that his bike was descended from the C15! Best wishes, Mike

I never had issues with that front brake, mind you, I have 4XL hands. Thank you for the post on the Vincent forum. I gained some information. The name Neville Higgins rang bells. I also found out that they are running the Barbon Hill Climb again, so I'll contact the organizers and see if they can help. If you could post a thank you on the forum for me that would be great.

@TheMightyGarage

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Bernie, thanks very much for your note and I will definitely pass along your thanks to the Vincent guys. Good luck with your search for more information. Best wishes, Mike

A slight inconvenience to forward motion..Love it!

@TheMightyGarage

4 жыл бұрын

Hehe, the great British understatement 😀

@dionmoore879

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheMightyGarage Kinda like Bright headlight. And room temp beer because Lucas wired the refrigerator.

I hope all the neighbours were awake before Geoff arrived!

@TheMightyGarage

4 жыл бұрын

Hehe, if they weren't before... they certainly were as he arrived! I was chuckling when he arrived because it was so loud ;) Best wishes, Mike

@whalesong999

4 жыл бұрын

I worked at a BSA dealership as these came out in the early '70s and I liked them more than the 441cc ones prior. We only sold a few and one that I did get to service was brought over from Holland - I was in the suburbs of N.Y.C., Westchester Co. One bike pulled up lame with a stripped cylinder stud at the base which was corrected under warranty - IIRC, it was a quality control issue on just the stud itself. Anyhow, the stock muffler was a larger and better silencing affair as was the 250 which was nearly identical. I also don't recall the front brake as the one here shows, that looks to be off a twin of the period.

@whalesong999

4 жыл бұрын

@M Bacon By "those bikes", did you mean this line of BSA products? I worked for dealerships including BSA, Honda, Suzuki, Kawasaki, OSSA, and Bultaco. I put plenty of inspection stickers on new bikes as they met New York State Inspection Standards. The eye on brake performance was always how it lived up to the intent of the machine's purpose. I don't recall in detail the braking effort of the BSA dual purpose machines, perhaps they were lacking but I always considered the rider was faced with knowing a machine's capabilities and riding with diligence of that. My opinion is that most all machines had adequate brakes. As time went on and braking performance increased, it has invited a lot of revisiting of how well or how poor they functioned. Of the accidents I can recall involving customers or friends of mine, mechanical braking fault was never an issue, it was always some other circumstances that brought on calamity.

@whalesong999

4 жыл бұрын

@M Bacon I kept my comment to bikes I tended to as a professional mechanic. I was exposed to more brands over time. Had considerable interest in Velocette in the late '60s, Thruxton was top on the list but we weren't dealers for them. I wanted a Ducati Mach I so bad. I saw only one and it had Oldani brakes, sexy "motorsickle"..!

I want one!

@TheMightyGarage

4 жыл бұрын

Hehe! It was a ton of fun! Best wishes, Mike

Hi Andy Really enjoy the old British bikes with all their oddities I had a 1973 Commando and a I think it was a 1969 lightning I miss. I think I am selling my Harley and start looking around for a British project bile.or rwo. Motoguzi6

@TheMightyGarage

4 жыл бұрын

Good luck in your search for a Brit bike Dale. I think you will enjoy a video in a couple of weeks of a very nice BSA Lightning in the cul-de-sac! Best wishes, Mike

My father has one of these it’s his old race bike , but it’s a Alf Hagon 475 grass track sand racer 12-1 compression ratio yes they will kick back on you ,runs on menthol

@TheMightyGarage

4 жыл бұрын

Ouch! I bet you have to be careful kicking that one just right! Thanks a lot for sharing. Cheers, Mike

that looks really good in Road trim, odd really that BSA didn't offer a road option but presumably the off road dominance at that time determined the production themes. Model designations are a bit of a mare for those 1971/72, petrol Tank looks MX rest looks fairly stock B50 SS 'Gold Star' (?) except the exhaust, I think the trim inbetween with lights and the smaller brake was the B50T Victor so the model makes it a conversion but another model fits 95%.

That Jeff seems a thoroughly OK sort, and it was very gracious of him to let you have a go. I'd want to screw on a slightly more "neighborhood-friendly" exhaust, but then I've got infants and toddlers napping on either side of me here in Virginia. I had a Victor 441 Special as my daily driver around Austin, Texas back in the early '90s. It was superb for just toodling around town, but absolutely useless as a tourer. I believe a previous owner may have geared it down quite a bit for better off-road tractability, but over 50 mph it would commence rattling the fillings out of your teeth. Pretty little flickable bike though. After this whole Wuhan Flu business lifts, I hope you'll still continue these little Cul de Sac showcases.

@TheMightyGarage

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Bill, I sure hope that we will still get visitors! There are a couple more in the works at the moment and hoping for more visitors as the weather improves! Hope all is well. Best wishes, Mike

@swooshdave

4 жыл бұрын

Jeff is thoroughly ok. 😁

I had a kickback that literally snapped the mainshaft in half. No not clutch, not return spring then found gearbox came out without nut off clutch!.

I put a 570 kit on mine with mx cam and made it hard to start.

The original exhaust was a monstrosity!

the 'comical' front brake can be improved with longer actuating arms. " they can smell fear", yuk, yuk, gotta use that one.

That is a great Bike i want one but they seem hard to find here in the UK .

@TheMightyGarage

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, there seems to be quite a few over here. I wonder if most were exported? Hope all is well and your project is coming along! Best wishes, Mike

@toooldtodieyoungmotorcyle

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheMightyGarage Back to square 1 with the BSA and the starting problems. I am with the An A65 specialist in the morning and will hopefully get a point in the right direction.

is this a filmset or something, as you never see anybody else around, love the bsa.

@TheMightyGarage

4 жыл бұрын

Ha ha, it's a pretty quiet neighborhood for the most part, except for those noisy old British motorcycles :-) best wishes, Mike

@jimh.5286

4 жыл бұрын

I think I recognize this "neighborhood" from some movies I've seen, fake house fascades with no rears, plastic grass and bushes, etc. The "motorcyclists" who supposedly stop by to chat do a good job, probably professional actors...it does seem that they actually do know how to ride a motorcycle. LOL

@swooshdave

4 жыл бұрын

The Mighty Garage You forgot your mention the kids. Especially when there’s a drone around.

I had the 250 version in 1979 when I was 17 and kicking it over was always a mission. I sold it for £180.00 to buy a charm bracelet for my new girlfriend who I ended up marrying. We are still together so I suppose it was a good investment . But I still miss that bike and remind her of it every time she puts jewellery on when we go out 😉

What a beautiful bike but please put the standard pipe back on...

BSA?

Is this Heaven?......no, it's a cul-de-sac.

That sounds like a real Motocycle. Like my MOTO GUZZI CALIFORNIA III.

my 72 honda 350 I never used front brake

Hadmine sine 75, needs a minor refurb

😜👍

@TheMightyGarage

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Mick! Best wishes, Mike

Seems a lot of your visitors are UK chaps

@TheMightyGarage

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, there are a few Brit friends in the club 😉🇬🇧

It would sound better with the original muffler. 👍

Thumper!

Thumper ... I always kicked my 250 BSA from astride the bike ... the dry sump oil cap left a bruise on the inside of my thigh.

Cool bike. Doesn't really do anything well.

@TheMightyGarage

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks, I think?

@toddgittins5692

4 жыл бұрын

Well hate to lie. It's neat, but that's where it ends. Of course somebody probably thinks it's priceless. I remember guys would make flat trakers out of them and race at county fairs. Just because they couldn't afford a XL/XR. I like it, but I like motorcycles.

@duggdog9102

2 жыл бұрын

@@toddgittins5692 yeah thats why theve won loads of races

@toddgittins5692

2 жыл бұрын

@@duggdog9102 against other Victor's. 15 Victor's in a race a Victor is gonna win. Been racing/spectating since 1979, never seen one win a race of any kind. Just my experience.

Not loud enough. Take off the gutted muffler and head pipe.

@TheMightyGarage

4 жыл бұрын

Ha ha, it might've been quieter with the muffler and the header pipe off :-)

Needs a muffler.