Period advertising material

[Greybeard]

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[Greybeard]

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[JulianS]

From March 1960 Motorcycle Merchanics - their staff took 2 x Golden Flash combinations fro the RAC Club in London to the Algerian Sahara desert at the ntime of the Algerian/France coloninal war.

[JulianS]

This is the account of the journey.

[Angus]

This guys just done something similar on a WM20
https://www.facebook.com/groups/176982039427770/user/100039049608418/

[muskrat]

G'day Angus.
Yes I've been following that. I think a fer of us here have had a look.
Certainly one of the better FB groups.
Cheers

[a10 gf]

Got some very nice ones on my old a10 site > https://www.a7a10.net/BSA/ads/advertisements.htm

[JulianS]

From Cycle magazine February 1953.

[Greybeard]

The Super Flash must have blown a few socks off at the time. How does a 'Daytona' cam translate to later camshafts? It's interesting that they didn't fit double carbs. History shows that twin carbs make little difference to these engines; did the development team on this model discover that?

[muskrat]

G'day GB.
I wonder if it was the same as the 358.
Cheers

[JulianS]

I think the Super Flash had the 356 cam from the Star Twin, certainly what the parts list shows.

The 1953 BA7D Daytona engine brake test sheets show them with the 357 (where cam recorded) and the 1954 CA7D engines shown with the 358 (where the cam listed)

[JulianS]

The 1957 Spitfire scrambler from Cycle magazine May 1957.

[JulianS]

The other page from Cycle magazine May 1957 showing the 1957 Super Rocket.