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Kick-starting a BSA Gold star

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
    @neilharrison1203 Жыл бұрын

    Love that clip ! Happiness jammed into a couple of minutes

  • @nicmorton280
    @nicmorton280 Жыл бұрын

    Brilliant, Henry, well done mate.

  • @vinnylee878
    @vinnylee878 Жыл бұрын

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

  • @tlt689
    @tlt68911 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

  • @dog8nut
    @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 !

  • @frozenbits48
    @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.

  • @andrewvickers4487
    @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

    @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 KZread 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

    @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

    @oscartravis5740

    Жыл бұрын

    I concur. That series is like hen's teeth

  • @duanetrivett750
    @duanetrivett7506 ай бұрын

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

  • @johnmfjw
    @johnmfjw Жыл бұрын

    Best looking bike by far.

  • @bartmotorcycle
    @bartmotorcycle Жыл бұрын

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

  • @franciscarabini7660
    @franciscarabini76603 ай бұрын

    Brilliant 😊

  • @philskype101
    @philskype101 Жыл бұрын

    Love it!

  • @nikkihayes5411
    @nikkihayes5411 Жыл бұрын

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

  • @pembertontyres3164
    @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

  • @suzukin-jiji2206
    @suzukin-jiji22068 ай бұрын

    Great single!!!

  • @shirleyboy8859
    @shirleyboy8859 Жыл бұрын

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

  • @garrymartin3804
    @garrymartin3804 Жыл бұрын

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

  • @stephenmead8183
    @stephenmead81837 күн бұрын

    I concur. My one was a bastard to start.

  • @davesden
    @davesden Жыл бұрын

    Nice!

  • @zarbithechti
    @zarbithechti Жыл бұрын

    ♥ Veinard !

  • @frankburdi1001
    @frankburdi1001 Жыл бұрын

    Happy Days Big Daddy

  • @leondown6869
    @leondown6869 Жыл бұрын

    It helps if you wear the right hat

  • @reidgalbraith250

    @reidgalbraith250

    Ай бұрын

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

  • @maximusmeridius1240
    @maximusmeridius12403 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
    @garethjudd5840 Жыл бұрын

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

  • @WiltshireMan
    @WiltshireMan Жыл бұрын

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

  • @jamesconnors4297
    @jamesconnors4297 Жыл бұрын

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

  • @charlesharper7292
    @charlesharper7292 Жыл бұрын

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

  • @dog8nut

    @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

    @charlesharper7292

    Жыл бұрын

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

  • @gambee6gambeersagar510
    @gambee6gambeersagar510 Жыл бұрын

    Sir is it from the same BSA cycle company

  • @malcsco
    @malcsco Жыл бұрын

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

  • @jagdpanther6327
    @jagdpanther6327 Жыл бұрын

    Put the kettle on.

  • @vintagebike_ger
    @vintagebike_ger7 ай бұрын

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

  • @paulholdstock4751
    @paulholdstock47513 ай бұрын

    No wonder Japanese bikes were so successful

  • @splodge5714
    @splodge5714 Жыл бұрын

    I'd get an electric start put on that.

  • @brucemitchell2320

    @brucemitchell2320

    Жыл бұрын

    There is such a thing for a Gold Star!?

  • @keithchessun5085

    @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
    @Rust_valley_racing Жыл бұрын

    Same way you start a honda xr650r or xr600r 😅😅

  • @markgreenhow7953

    @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😂

  • @jeremyatkinson4976
    @jeremyatkinson49767 ай бұрын

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

  • @tinietiptoes7682
    @tinietiptoes76825 ай бұрын

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

  • @elmerfudd1086
    @elmerfudd1086Ай бұрын

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