Blansky
1776
You can see the knob for the damper under the gauges.
It was a pretty powerful bike at 650 cc.
Who knew I'd be so ahead of my time????
I saw this ad in a magazine today. I bought that same 1968 BSA Lightning new in 1968. I guess I should have driven it down to Savannah and got me one of those hot southerns chicks. Damn! ...
Classic!
Was it fitted with dual carburetors and a tachometer, more for white knuckles biking?
Yup. I remember it also had a damper under the speedo and tack that you tightened when you were highway riding which basically made the handle bars unable to turn.
This was done to stop any kind of speed wobble. The problem was you had to remember to loosen it when you returned to slower driving or you couldn't turn the handle bars. In town speeds weren't all leaning you did turn the bars a bit. If it was locked, oh...
You can see the knob for the damper under the gauges.
It was a pretty powerful bike at 650 cc. ...
Good to know Iām not the only BSA fan here.
My 1961 is about to go out for her first run of the year ...