The BSA Rocket Gold Star is a British

United Kingdom

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 motorcycle

Motorcycle

A motorcycle is a single-track, two-wheeled motor vehicle. Motorcycles vary considerably depending on the task for which they are designed, such as long distance travel, navigating congested urban traffic, cruising, sport and racing, or off-road conditions.Motorcycles are one of the most...

 that marked the final stage of development of the BSA

Birmingham Small Arms Company

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 A10 twins. With a specially tuned A10 Super Rocket

BSA Super Rocket

The BSA Super Rocket was a Birmingham Small Arms Company motorcycle that was a development of the BSA Road Rocket that evolved from the Golden Flash...

 engine in the well proven BSA Gold Star

BSA Gold Star

The Gold Star is a motorcycle made by BSA from 1938–1963. They were 350 cc and 500 cc single-cylinder four-stroke production motorcycle known for being among the fastest bikes of the 1950s...

 single frame, BSA created a very fast bike (for the time) with good handling fast bike that became 'classic'. Surviving models are in such demand today that 'fakes' (using Super Rocket parts) are sold as originals.
Launched in February 1962, the total BSA

Birmingham Small Arms Company

This article is not about Gamo subsidiary BSA Guns Limited of Armoury Road, Small Heath, Birmingham B11 2PP or BSA Company or its successors....

 Rocket Gold Star production was 1,584 bikes, of which 272 were off-road scramblers.