BSA M24 GOLD STAR

Brooklands 2009

CMJ 159 BSA Gold Star JM24 102

Dijon - May 2008

The JM24 1938 bike, CMJ 159, bears engine and frame numbers JM24-102, and is the second production bike. It was dispatched to The Imperial Cycle Co, Bedford, UK in December 1937. It is one of only four M24s to have matching engine and frame numbers, and also the oldest surviving BSA Gold Star. (Engine JM24-101, which still exists in Australia, is now housed in a frame bearing a later number, and the bike is incorrect in various details. See photo below.)
George owned CMJ 159 for over 20 years and use it on the road and for track events. It has been featured in Classic Motorcycle magazines in France, Germany,Italy and more recently in UK.

France: Moto Legende Nr 204 Sept. 2009
Germany: Klassik Motorrad Nr 5 Oct 2009
Italy: Moto Storiche May 2010
UK: Classic Bike Guide April 2013
Classic Bike - article entitled "Beeza Fever" October 2014

1938 Gold Star restored 2010-11

This bike has also seen regular action at the Dijon GP circuit over the past 10 years, often ridden by Nick Unstead.

A Superb restoration to factory specification

Another very original looking '38 Gold Star

JM24 194 as seen in the Isle of Man Sept 2010

JM24 194 again-note 1939 cylinder barrel

EON 59 - 100% original unrestored KM24 Gold Star

EON 59, was first registered on 22/12/1938 in Birmingham. The first owner, Frank Biddle kept meticulous records of every journey, all repairs & adjustments, fuel costs etc from 1939 until 1964, when he stopped riding it. The recorded and documented mileage was then 27,800. The bike remained in storage until he sold it in 1988 to his nephew Roger Barlow, also in Birmingham, who started a gradual recomissioning process which eventually took him almost 20 years, during which time it was never ridden. Health problems meant that he was unfortunately never able to take to the road, and he decided to sell the bike in 2008.
Before he sold it, "The Classic Motorcycle" magazine in the UK published a comprehensive feature article on the bike and its previous owner, Roger Barlow, which can be found in the November 2007 issue.
This bike has been a delight to ride, and has comfortably topped 85mph on the GP circuit at Dijon. All chrome and paint is original from 1938.

KM24 369 Competition model
A lovely unrestored 39 Goldie, with chrome plated competition mudguards. One of very few factory-built in a KM23 Silver Star frame with sidecar lugs.