Rare BSA A10 Super Rocket Big Valve from 1962 - Wahoo!

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This beautiful motorcycle runs as good as she looks. Will be at Mecum Auction in Las Vegas January 2024. Wahoo!
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  • @andrewbernard9571
    @andrewbernard957118 күн бұрын

    An Awesome Machine this A10. You Always feature Lovely bikes from Baxter Cycles. ❤

  • @forgottenmotorcycles

    @forgottenmotorcycles

    17 күн бұрын

    Glad you like them!

  • @randyalt370
    @randyalt3707 ай бұрын

    A proper mud gaurd on the front. It looks great and will keep the engine clean. So many new bikes today put little mud guards on the front. A grat looking and sounds Greeeat! Tony the Tiger

  • @forgottenmotorcycles

    @forgottenmotorcycles

    7 ай бұрын

    Right on

  • @WOLFIE-96B-UK
    @WOLFIE-96B-UK7 ай бұрын

    A beautiful motorcycle with awesome mods adding to the style! '62 was the last year of the non unit 650 twin, as Lucas intended to stop producing magnetos requiring an engine re-design so in '63 the A10 was replaced by the A65 unit twin, it was originally called the BSA Star but in '64 was renamed the Rocket. The first British bike with a left side gear lever was the Triumph T140 in '74/'75 to comply with new US regs.

  • @forgottenmotorcycles

    @forgottenmotorcycles

    7 ай бұрын

    Very cool!

  • @ronpage101

    @ronpage101

    3 ай бұрын

    What did this bike go for at Mecum?

  • @rcnelson
    @rcnelson3 ай бұрын

    My dad once let me ride his A10 to high school, around which I did a few circles to show it off and how cool I thought I was. As opposed to the several Brit bikes he and I owned later, the BSA was fairly reliable.

  • @forgottenmotorcycles

    @forgottenmotorcycles

    3 ай бұрын

    Love this. Wahoo!

  • @michaelarchangel1163
    @michaelarchangel11637 ай бұрын

    Hello from Wales. I'm 66 now and learned to ride in 1973 on a 1953 BSA Star Twin 500 A7. I like BSA twins for not having leaky external pushrod tubes, like Triumphs do. This is a great A10 and the new owner should fit an anti wet sumping valve if it's left to stand for a good amount of time, but would need to rig a switch so as not to start the engine with no oil circulation when firing it up again. I say this, mainly because I sometimes forget what I went upstairs for. Senility beckons !

  • @forgottenmotorcycles

    @forgottenmotorcycles

    7 ай бұрын

    Nice! Would love to visit Wales. Wahoo!

  • @astro61362
    @astro613627 ай бұрын

    Man, I love all these old British bikes!

  • @forgottenmotorcycles

    @forgottenmotorcycles

    7 ай бұрын

    Beautiful machines!

  • @jjrider6758
    @jjrider67583 ай бұрын

    Lovely bike ! - The 1962-63 Big Valve Super Rocket engine is identical to the Rocket Gold Star engine (in fact the engines for both were all built together at the BSA factory and it was just a matter of chance whether a particular engine ended up in a Super Rocket or a Rocket Gold Star..) There are a lot of subtle differences in the rolling chassis though and the Rocket Gold Star would usually have the racing spec RRT2 gearbox fitted, whereas the Super Rocket had the standard A10 gearbox (stamped 'STD') - You have to be careful when buying both bikes, the RGS is very heavily replicated (to varying degrees of accuracy) and visually, the Big Valve Super Rocket is only a different tank transfer away from the 'standard' Super Rocket !..

  • @forgottenmotorcycles

    @forgottenmotorcycles

    3 ай бұрын

    Very interesting!

  • @anthonykeel1058
    @anthonykeel10587 ай бұрын

    Thank you for an awesome video! Great to see new videos of Super Rockets appear! I also have a 1962 BSA A10 Super Rocket, not running, it’s in pieces and has been off the road since the late 70’s. My Grandfather bought it brand new and gave it to my Father and my Father made it into a Cafe racer. I’ve been collecting parts for it, want to restore it to how it left Small Heath in 62 and have used Baxter Cycle a few times. The hardest part to find was a NOS front fender. My Father has since got a 1957 BSA A10 Golden Flash and restoring it since he has had to hear my stories of finding parts for the past 16 years for it. Had to put it on hold for a few years, got married, got a family of my own now and getting back onto it.

  • @forgottenmotorcycles

    @forgottenmotorcycles

    7 ай бұрын

    These bike are a worthy place to spend time and money. Real rolling art and fun to work on too. We'll try to do many more BSA rides this year. Wahoo!

  • @rupertrankin489

    @rupertrankin489

    Ай бұрын

    I love to see old BSAs out on the road. Probably my favourite videos of the genre are lighter on talk. This time I found myself struggling to crane my ear around the constant narration to enjoy the engine sound. Sorry to be a little negative but I'm hoping it's useful to get honest feedback?

  • @randyalt370
    @randyalt3707 ай бұрын

    The W800 Kawasaki has old British feel. I have been looking at one.

  • @forgottenmotorcycles

    @forgottenmotorcycles

    7 ай бұрын

    Love the W800!

  • @martinrice9190
    @martinrice91907 ай бұрын

    I like the idea of the totally enclosed chain. Much cleaner for the chain as well as bike & rider. Great sound. You would have been the king of the highway riding that machine back in 1962.

  • @forgottenmotorcycles

    @forgottenmotorcycles

    7 ай бұрын

    Right on

  • @SP2X1353
    @SP2X13536 ай бұрын

    Don't get any rarer than that, what a survivor.

  • @forgottenmotorcycles

    @forgottenmotorcycles

    6 ай бұрын

    True beauty!

  • @frederickwoods5943
    @frederickwoods59437 ай бұрын

    I bought a new leftover 1971 A65 BSA Thunderbolt (single carb) in 1972, it was about $250 less than a Norton 750: $1,075 vs $1,325. The long stroke gave them gobs of low-end, 4th gear was right on top of 3rd and the sound is so typically British Twin...true about it feeling like the RE 650 Interceptor; THE reason I bought a 2020 almost 4 years ago, really brings back memories of living the early 1970s.

  • @forgottenmotorcycles

    @forgottenmotorcycles

    7 ай бұрын

    Beautiful!

  • @martinrice9190

    @martinrice9190

    7 ай бұрын

    I had a 1971 BSA Firebird Scrambler back in 1972. Great bikes.

  • @ruahinesrider
    @ruahinesrider7 ай бұрын

    Great how the front fender becomes a tyre jack. The 2-1 pipe looks great too Wahoo.

  • @forgottenmotorcycles

    @forgottenmotorcycles

    7 ай бұрын

    Double wahoo!

  • @dalozer666

    @dalozer666

    8 күн бұрын

    actually thats not true it is just a fender stay

  • @barry5111
    @barry5111Ай бұрын

    Just amazing, but nobody wanted them and bought the CB750. This one is a classic, but nobody would buy a new one.

  • @forgottenmotorcycles

    @forgottenmotorcycles

    Ай бұрын

    Fun motorcycle 🙂

  • @spookydog6959
    @spookydog69599 күн бұрын

    some one cared🤩

  • @forgottenmotorcycles

    @forgottenmotorcycles

    9 күн бұрын

    for sure!

  • @DanBeanner-zo3ms
    @DanBeanner-zo3ms7 ай бұрын

    Nice bike

  • @forgottenmotorcycles

    @forgottenmotorcycles

    7 ай бұрын

    I like it

  • @nickbarber2080
    @nickbarber208016 күн бұрын

    Give it some welly! 😄

  • @forgottenmotorcycles

    @forgottenmotorcycles

    16 күн бұрын

    Wahoo!

  • @SP2X1353
    @SP2X13536 ай бұрын

    Balogna pipes. Looks like it may be doing the crab a bit, check the final drive adjustment, used to use a florescent light tube to square front and rear wheel parallel.

  • @forgottenmotorcycles

    @forgottenmotorcycles

    6 ай бұрын

    Wahoo!

  • @WorldGoods
    @WorldGoods7 ай бұрын

    Sounds great

  • @forgottenmotorcycles

    @forgottenmotorcycles

    7 ай бұрын

    Wahoo!

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