BSA B44 Shooting Star first attempt to start in nearly 40 years.
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 24 มิ.ย. 2021
- Here we have the second BSA B44 in need of recommissioning to visit Performance Classics in quite a short space of time. All the basics were checked and attended to, but nothing can be taken for granted - would it start? - It certainly wasn't looking too promising ...
I owned a 1967 Shooting Star long ago. 67 year was a very pretty bike with white, moulded, knee impressions on the tank and a red, fiberglass oil tank.
I have one of these it's a 68 I've ridden it for 40 years and 40,000 miles I can tell you they're Bulletproof
Always a thrill to hear a long dormant bike fire up for the first time. You're a master of your craft Paul - great job!
Good job Paul. You worked your magic and now it's good for another 40 years. Cheers. 🏍👍
It's ALIVE !
Had a 250 Starfire but never the B44. You can see the love for you on his face as you brought him back to life. Well done.
Thanks!
Thats a keeper for sure....thanks
It's great to see these old bikes arise from their long slumber, excellent. 🇬🇧
I am amazed it started at all, It clearly has next to no compression with the way it was kicking over. Mine is near impossible to kick over without using the decompressor lever. Fantastic bikes.
The compression soon came back once it had run for a short while.
So nice to hear it running after all those years. Thanks!
Cheers Paul !
Nice job ...!
It’s a pleasure whatch the motorcycle alive again ...
Congratulation friend !
What a lovely BSA and sounds great. Well done reviving it. I am somewhat coveting.
Another motorcycle taken from the darkness. Significant!
Well done! I once had a scramblerized version of the 441 (a '71?) back in the '90s. It was a pretty little bike, and just the thing for getting around town. Not much of a tourer, since I gather it may have been really geared down to favor off-road tractibility, perhaps even more so by a previous owner, such that any speed over 50 would commence shaking out your tooth fillings. But it had its virtues. I'm astonished how tidy that bike looks after 30 years in ANY storage situation. Looking forward to watching you stretch its legs.
Back to life Great stuff Paul
Always interesting, Thanks.
Another fine resurrection, Paul. Good to hear it. I hope the fuel flow turns out OK.
Nice bike, be good to see the next steps with this beauty.
Sounds just right.
Lots if things to check before road test.
Love the old tax disc. 30th Nov, 1984.
Great job Paul it is nice to hear the thumper start up
Nice to see another but bike woken up from a long slumber.
The "Welsh Bike Whisperer" strikes again! Nice bike that you don't see many about these day mind they where not that common in the first place. Remember Mead and Tonkinson doing very well in endurance racing on a modified BSA single of this era.
I've know having to wait a long time for the fuel to come through but you wound that air screw in lot and it did the trick. New on on me - duly noted.
Nice one!
How can you kick it over so easily
My 68 needs the decompressor to get it over compression
Good stuff 👍
can this old man call you Merlin.now take me for a ride.thanks,from a oap in e.sussex
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Great, its good when a bike goes from being a non-runner/collection of bits to a useable machine again.
Memories..Used to have a Star back in '68 as a 16yo..no way could I kick it over like you did, compression 'woof' used to get me all the time. Do you know how many of these bikes were actually made ? Was there more of the 44 Victors ?
Nice vid..Cheers from Down -Under
The engine starts easier by using the compression release lever on the handle bar.
Possibly. Starting methods are an 'each to their own' thing, and I have my way of starting machines, which works for me.
Brilliant work mate
Were the clutch plates free? Did the compression come up a bit once you ran it? I couldn't kick my b44 through compression, not without the clutch slipping anyway cheers
Thanks! The compression alone ended up freeing the clutch plates, and yes, the clutch slipped on kicking, once the compression returned to normal - like there was a brick inside the cylinder!
That sounds about right
Is it 1up and 3 down or the other way around.
1 down.
Looks a USA spec model. Unlike the one I was familiar with?
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Well, we all know that if it didn't start this time, for sure by your next video, you'd have it all sorted.