Not all stars are gold

Brooklands and Gold Star. Two legendary names and the latter came close to stealing the show at the former’s Motorcycle Day. Finally freed from the fetters of Covid, those historic acres of Surrey were open to all, and many hundreds came to join a celebration of all things two- (and three-) wheeled.

A large crowd pressed against the barriers lining the revitalised Finishing Straight to see various representatives of one of BSA’s finest designs have their throttle cables exercised with a canter round an oval circuit on the original Brooklands concrete. Even the regular motorcycle parking area at the end of the