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Title: cheap bsa for someone Post by: Al on October 19, 2012, 04:11:19 PM http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1979-BSA-AERIAL-3-MOPED-49CC-3-WHEEL-TRIKE-LOG-BOOK-RUNS-/170924853046?pt=UK_Motorcycles&hash=item27cbea4736
Title: Re: cheap bsa for someone Post by: The North on October 19, 2012, 04:14:26 PM ;D ;D Good job i looked at it first AL i could just as easy posted i am on it and then had a look. ;D ;D
Title: Re: cheap bsa for someone Post by: Olds on October 19, 2012, 07:28:21 PM I remember selling one of these new in 72 or 73. It was bright orange and really s**te to ride having a strange pivot in the centre that allowed it to lean but not far enough. It was also supposedly one of the reasons BSA went under. I do know that due to an ordering mistake the company was left with thousands of 2 stroke engines (Dutch I think) that the receiver sold of at a ridiculous price( they were being advertised in MCN for something like £12 complete with carb). Must have been the last BSA that Giffords sold.
Now they are COLLECTABLE ??? Title: Re: cheap bsa for someone Post by: morrag on October 19, 2012, 08:01:00 PM That's exactly right,I bought one of those BSA 3 motors from some asset stripper in London back then, why,I have no idea!! its just that they were so cheap I just had to have one, ended up using it to drive a small boat generator..............ho. hum. days of yore and all that, now wheres my slippers and pipe?..... ;D ;D ;D ;D :D
Title: Re: cheap bsa for someone Post by: The North on October 19, 2012, 09:02:20 PM I remember them, the same thing was badged up and sold as ariel 3 was it not. ?
Title: Re: cheap bsa for someone Post by: BikerGran on October 19, 2012, 11:06:07 PM That's not a collector's item, that's just old!
Title: Re: cheap bsa for someone Post by: Olds on October 20, 2012, 05:47:52 AM I remember them, the same thing was badged up and sold as ariel 3 was it not. ? BSA decided to relaunch the Ariel name with it (dont think it ever had BSA badges on it anywhere) . Some might say it was to distance themselves from it in case it wasn't as popular as hoped ;D Title: Re: cheap bsa for someone Post by: morrag on October 20, 2012, 09:54:14 AM I'm old........and a collectors..................no I'm not!! :D :D :D :D :D
Title: Re: cheap bsa for someone Post by: dobber on October 20, 2012, 12:41:55 PM is it worth the money. looks like a fun little restro job. looks complete too.
Title: Re: cheap bsa for someone Post by: Olds on October 20, 2012, 04:49:23 PM As you say could be fun to do if not to ride, not sure but i think there's some cowling between the engine and rh side that's missing but generally looks to be all there. As to is it worth it, that's up to you
If I found one very local then I might be tempted, maybe, perhaps. :D At least it,s tax free, not that it means much on a moped. Title: Re: cheap bsa for someone Post by: spanners on October 20, 2012, 08:47:45 PM sold an all original unrestored in tidy order up and running for £65 about 6yrs ago ther seemed to be loads of cheap ones about at that time,,
Title: Re: cheap bsa for someone Post by: KC. on December 04, 2012, 06:41:47 PM At the time they were called "Granny killers".Blue Skies,KC.
Title: Re: cheap bsa for someone Post by: kevsky on December 04, 2012, 07:03:16 PM a friend of the better half used to own one but traded it in for a honda melody and for a coupla days brought it to ours to have the bars straighted ot the mirror replacing cos she forgot to put her feet down at traffic lights
Title: Re: cheap bsa for someone Post by: BikerGran on December 04, 2012, 08:58:56 PM £395? I'd take it away if he paid me £395.
;) Title: Re: cheap bsa for someone Post by: Cabman77 on December 05, 2012, 02:31:56 PM I remember selling one of these new in 72 or 73. It was bright orange and really s**te to ride having a strange pivot in the centre that allowed it to lean but not far enough. It was also supposedly one of the reasons BSA went under. I do know that due to an ordering mistake the company was left with thousands of 2 stroke engines (Dutch I think) that the receiver sold of at a ridiculous price( they were being advertised in MCN for something like £12 complete with carb). Must have been the last BSA that Giffords sold. Now they are COLLECTABLE ??? This was the final nail in the coffin for BSA. The real rot started for them when the Proffessor that designed the XS650 took the design to the board because he`d based the design on the A65 Lightening. The Board of BSA answered in typically English fashion of ignorance and self assuredness saying "Overhead cams? Don`t think they`ll catch on, our customers won`t like that" and so on down the slide to bankruptcy they went having turned down what can only be called one of the best selling models of the 70`s/80`s. |