BSA Gold Star
The sporting single that became the café racers’ favourite.
The name comes from the gold star awarded to riders who lapped Brooklands at over a hundred miles an hour. The Gold Star was one of the commonest machines outside British cafés in the 1950s.
Materials: Steel frame, single-cylinder engine
Manufacture: Made in Birmingham until 1963.
The chromed tank with the BSA badge.
The sweeping exhaust pipe.