I owned a 1967 Shooting Star long ago. 67 year was a very pretty bike with white, moulded, knee impressions on the tank and a red, fiberglass oil tank.

I have one of these it's a 68 I've ridden it for 40 years and 40,000 miles I can tell you they're Bulletproof

Always a thrill to hear a long dormant bike fire up for the first time. You're a master of your craft Paul - great job!

Good job Paul. You worked your magic and now it's good for another 40 years. Cheers. 🏍👍

Had a 250 Starfire but never the B44. You can see the love for you on his face as you brought him back to life. Well done.

@paulhenshaw4514

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Thanks!

It's great to see these old bikes arise from their long slumber, excellent. 🇬🇧

I am amazed it started at all, It clearly has next to no compression with the way it was kicking over. Mine is near impossible to kick over without using the decompressor lever. Fantastic bikes.

@paulhenshaw4514

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The compression soon came back once it had run for a short while.

So nice to hear it running after all those years. Thanks!

Thats a keeper for sure....thanks

It's ALIVE !

Cheers Paul ! Nice job ...! It’s a pleasure whatch the motorcycle alive again ... Congratulation friend !

What a lovely BSA and sounds great. Well done reviving it. I am somewhat coveting.

Well done! I once had a scramblerized version of the 441 (a '71?) back in the '90s. It was a pretty little bike, and just the thing for getting around town. Not much of a tourer, since I gather it may have been really geared down to favor off-road tractibility, perhaps even more so by a previous owner, such that any speed over 50 would commence shaking out your tooth fillings. But it had its virtues. I'm astonished how tidy that bike looks after 30 years in ANY storage situation. Looking forward to watching you stretch its legs.

Back to life Great stuff Paul

Nice bike, be good to see the next steps with this beauty.

Always interesting, Thanks.

Great job Paul it is nice to hear the thumper start up

Another motorcycle taken from the darkness. Significant!

Another fine resurrection, Paul. Good to hear it. I hope the fuel flow turns out OK.

The "Welsh Bike Whisperer" strikes again! Nice bike that you don't see many about these day mind they where not that common in the first place. Remember Mead and Tonkinson doing very well in endurance racing on a modified BSA single of this era.

can this old man call you Merlin.now take me for a ride.thanks,from a oap in e.sussex

Sounds just right.

Lots if things to check before road test.

Nice one!

I've know having to wait a long time for the fuel to come through but you wound that air screw in lot and it did the trick. New on on me - duly noted.

Good stuff 👍

Nice to see another but bike woken up from a long slumber.

Love the old tax disc. 30th Nov, 1984.

How can you kick it over so easily My 68 needs the decompressor to get it over compression

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Memories..Used to have a Star back in '68 as a 16yo..no way could I kick it over like you did, compression 'woof' used to get me all the time. Do you know how many of these bikes were actually made ? Was there more of the 44 Victors ? Nice vid..Cheers from Down -Under

The engine starts easier by using the compression release lever on the handle bar.

@paulhenshaw4514

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Possibly. Starting methods are an 'each to their own' thing, and I have my way of starting machines, which works for me.

Brilliant work mate Were the clutch plates free? Did the compression come up a bit once you ran it? I couldn't kick my b44 through compression, not without the clutch slipping anyway cheers

@paulhenshaw4514

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! The compression alone ended up freeing the clutch plates, and yes, the clutch slipped on kicking, once the compression returned to normal - like there was a brick inside the cylinder!

@nickmarshall9192

3 жыл бұрын

That sounds about right

Great, its good when a bike goes from being a non-runner/collection of bits to a useable machine again.

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Looks a USA spec model. Unlike the one I was familiar with?

Is it 1up and 3 down or the other way around.

@paulhenshaw4514

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1 down.

Well, we all know that if it didn't start this time, for sure by your next video, you'd have it all sorted.