SUPER ROCKET!
The Super Rocket may be the ultimate version of the A10 family, though some say that the Rocket Gold Star is the finest. Having said that, the RGS is only a Super Rocket engine in a Goldie frame. They say – and I have no idea who ‘they’ are – that the RGS handles better, but being a humble scribe with no pretensions to having above average riding skills, I probably wouldn’t notice the difference.
The story goes that a customer of BSA Banbury dealer Eddie Dow, asked if he could have that special combination of Goldie frame, but with the twin engine. Dow put the idea to BSA, who then went on to produce a limited number. So today there are a few original Rocket Goldies still around, for mucho money, as well as lots of replicas, not quite so mucho money, but well worth having.
It’s a fine thing – at least it can be – when two gentlemen from the very same motorcycle club decide to build the very same motorcycle, and use the very same colour scheme to boot. With good syndrome. So, did Mick and Pete come to blows when their bikes were completed? We’ll see, but I’m not going to get involved. This is a short story of Pete’s bike. But first…
