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    Jun 29, 2019 4 minutes
    Photos by Henry Gregson, RC RChive, Bonhams auction house

    Dave owns four BSAs, so I suppose you could say that he is a fan of the marque. One of those Beesas is a 1955 Bantam which he never uses. That’s because, being a big chap, he reckons he needs one for each foot! Then there’s a 1954 plunger-framed M21, and a 1961 Golden Flash which he rebuilt from ‘a red and rusty wreck’. Tying with the Flash as his favourite ride is the machine featured here, a 1957 499cc B33.

    Just to clear up any confusion about pre- and post- war models, there was a B33 built in 1933. This was a 249cc bike known as the Blue Star Junior (B33-3). It wasn’t until after WW2

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