It's as easy as ABG
It is a curious thing, to me anyway, that using names seems to fit in with some manufacturers, while for other marques it is the letters and numbers thing which seems to be the way.
For instance, AMC used letter and number combinations for years - G80CS as an example - then when their marketing department came up with the 'Southerner' for AJS' 18CS and 'Marksman' for the G80CS Matchless it just didn't seem right and was changed back pdq.
Most of us will manage to work out, if we didn't know, BSNs sporting 500 Gold Star has a designation of DB34GS to describe it as a 500cc sporting single with alloy barrel and special assembly, and before you DB34GSers write in, it's one simple sentence covering a complicated numbering sequence which 'A Galland' took a full book to do - and anyway this is about Velocettes.
The point is, talk about a Gold Star or Goldie and it's likely most enthusiasts will know what you're on about,
