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Post by comstar on Jan 19, 2021 18:37:40 GMT
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Post by davefirestorm on Jan 25, 2021 22:35:33 GMT
I first went there in 1970 a 17 year old Starfire owner on a busy Saturday and the guy I got serving me was rude,whatever I was after I can’t remember he demanded I give him the part number which I didn’t know so I took his advice and fu##ed off home😁😁
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Post by comstar on Jan 25, 2021 22:50:12 GMT
I first went there in 1970 a 17 year old Starfire owner on a busy Saturday and the guy I got serving me was rude,whatever I was after I can’t remember he demanded I give him the part number which I didn’t know so I took his advice and fu##ed off home😁😁 LOL great story. Someone once said back in the day, there was a queue on a Saturday morning down the street to get parts off them. The glory days. |
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Post by davefirestorm on Jan 25, 2021 23:06:01 GMT
Yes it was busy with a queue and lot of rough looking greasers lol. I first rode past there coming back from the BSA factory in Armoury road after collecting my Starfire after repairs when I wrote it off at 9 days old 😂😂 Massive place with all the bikes lined up in model order waiting for collection/delivery.There was also a competition shop open to public but I didn’t go in.Also rode to Triumph factory when I had a T90.
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Post by comstar on Jan 25, 2021 23:09:57 GMT
I know that area quite well, I attended Aston Uni for four years from 2010 and just caught the last few years of Vale Onslow, bought a few parts off them including a Rickman top box that looked like it had been in the shop window for at least 35 years.
So geographically, where was Armoury Rd in relation to Vale Onslow? The shop being on the Stratford Road with the corner of Kyotts Lake Road.
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Post by comstar on Jan 25, 2021 23:14:26 GMT
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Post by davefirestorm on Jan 25, 2021 23:53:11 GMT
Reckon it was around a mile from VOs to BSA just off A45 it was by Small Heath railway station it had a test track running along the railway line and on top of the factory in huge red letters BSA
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Post by davefirestorm on Jan 26, 2021 0:00:56 GMT
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Post by comstar on Jan 26, 2021 0:26:27 GMT
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Post by comstar on Jan 27, 2021 3:10:49 GMT
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Post by BritPete on Mar 8, 2023 10:13:27 GMT
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Post by davefirestorm on Mar 9, 2023 21:11:38 GMT
I’d take my brother pillion to the BSA specialist C and D Autos and Vale Onslow in 1976/77 when he was rebuilding an A7 BSA.
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Post by BritPete on Jul 26, 2023 9:31:45 GMT
Spotted this at founders day on Sunday  |
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