A brief chat with... Dave Smith

Rupert Ratio – dedicated to unit Beezer singles. The ‘Smith’ route to motorcycling and, ultimately, authorship of the BSA singles bibles wasn’t exactly straightforward and he admits to not always following the herd in his approach.

An ‘apprenticeship’ in the scene was completed on a series of what could be kindly described as project bikes, beginning with a non-running BSA Bantam. Rest assured, all the problems a novice owner is likely to encounter, Dave has run into as well.

Entering the working world as a design technology teacher – “It’s metalwork and I always referred to it as metalwork despite the tags given by others!” – Dave began contributing technical articles to the BSA OC magazine and did so under a series of nom de plumes depending on the aspect he