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This square four is the bike originally built by J. Anthony (Tony) Bostock in 1960. He built the bike originally as his touring bike, but it evolved into a show bike. The bike was written up in many british motorcycle magazines over the years and was known as "Tony's Tourer". It had been badly neglected and run down before my purchase. Since it is a 1953 chassis, I chose to restore it in the rare Wedgewood Blue which was only done that year in commemoration of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth. I understand that Wedgewood Blue was her coronation color.

The B31S is a Spring Frame 350cc OHV machine. It is near the end of the line for the Plunger frame which was subsequently replaced by the swing arm models.This bike would start on the first kick every time no matter whether cold, hot, flooded etc. Very dependable, and you could ride it forever at 55 to 60 mph. Really liked it, but after building the MAC, decided that having 2 350cc Iron engined bikes was 1 too many, so the BSA was off to a new home.

This is a Sunbeam S7, which is an overhead cam inline twin with shaft drive. The drive is a Worm drive. There is a separate page on the restoration of the bike.

This is an all original unrestored Norton. I purchased it at the Mid-America Auction in 2008 as a restoration project. Many have convinced me to not restore it, but probably will if anyway. Last year I found the proper headlight and battery tray, and re-wired it. It runs well, but am too busy with other projects to give it much attention. A friend wanted to save it from restoration so I sold it to him. Its now in his living room.

I had been looking for a Vincent for
several years, and happened upon one to restore in late 2004. I finally got one for my collection and hope there will be others to follow. Navigate to the Comet page for more pictures, including a "Before" picture.

This was my first attempt at restoring a british bike. My brother bought one of these new in 63 or 64. According to Cycle World's Road Test, it was the fastest bike in that year. They claimed an honest 120 miles per hour. The bike had sat in Idaho with the top end off the engine apart for about 30 years. The tank had been sculpted with bondo, and the tool box had been converted to an air box/air cleaner. A very comfortable smooth and powerful bike.

Above left is a 1957 Ariel Square Four which I restored in 2007. Its finished in Cherokee Red, which was an option for US delivered Ariels in 57. The 56 on the right is mostly an original paint bike. I re-built the engine on it, and realized that it was too good to restore. I ran across the 1953 Square Four (shown at the top of the page) that badly needed restoration, so the 56 was sold at the 2009 Mid-America Auction.

This is the short stroke sport solo version of the 500 sidevalve single. Very nice smooth bike to ride. Lots of torque for climbing hills. Purchased it as an almost complete bike, but some of the engine parts had to be made.

Purshased this one on E-bay to use as a dirt bike. Originally made for the Military in Denmark, it was surplussed off and eventually found its way over to the US. This appears to be part of the very last batch of military bikes made by BSA.