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TriSA...? BSAtri...?
« on: 08.06. 2015 01:11 »
What ever you want to call it... in my opinion it looks GREAT..
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Re: TriSA...? BSAtri...?
« Reply #1 on: 08.06. 2015 01:31 »

 How about "Rocket 3"....?
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Re: TriSA...? BSAtri...?
« Reply #2 on: 08.06. 2015 03:38 »
Noooo... BSA allready have several models of the Rocket 3... 
this one's got a Triumph Trident motor shoe horned into a BSA frame..
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Re: TriSA...? BSAtri...?
« Reply #3 on: 08.06. 2015 14:14 »
So it's a bitza then?
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Re: TriSA...? BSAtri...?
« Reply #4 on: 08.06. 2015 17:27 »
Looks very well done. Nice.

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Re: TriSA...? BSAtri...?
« Reply #5 on: 04.07. 2015 06:27 »
Noooo... BSA allready have several models of the Rocket 3... 
this one's got a Triumph Trident motor shoe horned into a BSA frame..

The T160's still came out of Small Heath, apparently when they did the design work for the T160 at the NVT norton works the T160 was nicknamed the Rodent (rocket 3/trident).
But this is still a BSA works built engine. So BSA Rocket Goldstar Three...
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Re: TriSA...? BSAtri...?
« Reply #6 on: 04.07. 2015 06:32 »
A bit more work has gone into that bike than first appears. Look carefully and you can see it has a seperate gearbox, possibly a Norton one ? That means the whole gearbox/clutch casting has been removed, it would be interesting to see a picture of the other side of the bike.

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Re: TriSA...? BSAtri...?
« Reply #7 on: 04.07. 2015 08:33 »
Does the front brake cable actually go under the mudguard?

I wouldn't ride it like that.


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Re: TriSA...? BSAtri...?
« Reply #8 on: 04.07. 2015 08:48 »
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it would be interesting to see a picture of the other side of the bike.

certainly would, the front wheel hub has a large flange on the other side, what hub is that?
Agree TT about the brake cable just wonder if there's another brake on the reverse side, maybe the cables is two
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Re: TriSA...? BSAtri...?
« Reply #9 on: 04.07. 2015 09:38 »
 Chopping the gearbox off is just wrong and where's the oil cooler

Someone loves it, I guess that's all that matters *wink2*

but if you were going to chop about a triple engine this is more like it.

Or to see some very clever non BSA related engineering take a look at https://www.facebook.com/v8indian/photos_stream
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Re: TriSA...? BSAtri...?
« Reply #10 on: 04.07. 2015 10:20 »
Now i found this BSA triple that looks like it belongs on an A10 forum! https://www.flickr.com/photos/18077626@N00/7521587042/in/photostream/
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Re: TriSA...? BSAtri...?
« Reply #11 on: 05.07. 2015 17:47 »
A bit more work has gone into that bike than first appears. Look carefully and you can see it has a seperate gearbox, possibly a Norton one ? That means the whole gearbox/clutch casting has been removed, it would be interesting to see a picture of the other side of the bike.
standard a10 gearbox