Wanted Golden Flash Tank Badges

[rainmanshaun]

I need a a pair of tank bades for my 1955 Golden Flash - anybody out there have some they would like to sell??

[Brian]

Are these what you are looking for.

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/BSA-Side-Panel-Tank-Badge-A50-A65-A7-A10-68-9235-6-New_W0QQitemZ350287210971QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Motorcycle_Parts?hash=item518ebea9db

[Josh Cox]

Brian, those are for the A65/50 side panels.

I just purchased a brand new set for my A10 Golden Flash from a company called " Overlander ", I think it was in Melbourne, great product and a reasonable price.

http://www.dropbears.com/o/overlander/badges.htm

[MG]

Josh, could you post a photo of these? I wasn't aware they are made as pattern parts. THe price seems reasonable, I paid much more for a set of crumpled original ones.
I guess there are more people around that would be interested in these.

[Josh Cox]

MG,

I had a heap of trouble finding new ones, Captain Orabanda put me onto this guy.

[rainmanshaun]

Hi Brian & Josh - the badges on Ebay worry me as they look flat and wont work with the curve of the tank so as you say Josh are probably better suited to the side panels of A65's etc. Yours look good and they have Golden Flash written on them which is grand. Think I will contact them and see how much it would cost to ship to UK

Cheers, Shaun

[MG]

Josh, those look great. Do you know whether they are available in all the different styles that exist(ed) (gold, silver, black and red paint, round part painted only, etc.)?

btw, thanks for the pics!!!

Cheers, Markus

[Josh Cox]

You'll need to bend these to the tank, I bent them over the edge of my work bench.

[terryk]

Ok I spoke to bloke that makes these I want to tell him the right answers. He can make them with a different colours but it would be good to know for sure what the original colours are and stick with that. I am led to believe there are only two types. One has the circle red and the other is black. The words BSA and Golden Flash are chrome and the lightning bolt and wings are gold. The high parts of the circle (edges) and wings are also chrome is this correct?

[MG]

terryk,
there seem to be a lot of different combinations of silver and/or gold background and red or black paint.
There's been a discussion about that recently: http://www.audioworld.net/BSA/forum/index.php/topic,445.0.html

I think the manufacturers had been very flexible back then, so there have been a lot of different styles around, especially with export versions. My A7SS for example had been imported to Austria in 1955 as a new bike and had been delivered with chromed mudguards and chainguard (like ordered), a black frame and the importer fitted a Bosch horn.
I also know of bikes that came without any decals, for example.
Especially with the export bikes it is very hard to argue about what is original and what is not, because the importers obviously had a voice when it comes to styling, so that the bikes would meet their customer's taste.

[trevinoz]

Terry,
              I have seen plenty of original badges and the ones that were unmolested were chrome plated with red around the centre "BSA" and "Golden Flash".
The original red was not the bright red mostly used by restorers. The closest match I could find was a model paint called "Hull Red".
As they were more than ten years old when I first encountered them the colour may have faded some but it didn't seem to have ever been bright red.
Again, time had erased any evidence of gold around the wings, if it had ever been there.
I need to photograph the original untouched badge a mate has when I get the time.
Trev.

[terryk]

Hey Trev, do u think you could do those pics of the badges soon so I can send them to the bloke that makes them. I'm pretty sure they are how I descibed them before. Here is a pic.

[trevinoz]

Terry,
              I went to see the bloke with the badges today but was too late, he had already redone them.
I photographed a rough one he has.
The colour is faded but appears to be similar to yours. There appears to be remnants of gold in the wings.
Looking at the back, it appears to have been anodized gold. Perhaps that is how they were done with the red painted over the gold.
I also have shown one of mine.
Trev.

[MG]

Trev, the original ones I bought are made of gold anodized aluminium, too. The round part then was painted black, everything else remained gold.

[terryk]

Thanks for that Trev I guess its a bit hard to say for sure the books seem to be silent on this.

[rainmanshaun]

Well I have had a bit of a result! I went to the Carole Nash Classic Bike Show this weekend just gone and got these: http://i594.photobucket.com/albums/tt27/rainmanshaun/Gold%20Flash/GFTankBadge.jpg

Not original of course but are made of some sort of cast metal and fit the curve of the side of the tank really well and the added bonus is that they are chrome which is just what I wanted to go onto the black tank (when its been re-sprayed)

[Stu55Flash]

Hi

Is someone selling these - is there anymore left? If so can you let us have the phone number?

Thks

Stuart

[rainmanshaun]

Hi there - I got them at the show from a Trader known as "Bantam John" I don't have any details for him and he doesn't seem to have a web site he just seems to have a stand at all the big shows. He had to rummage around under the table to find these and the packaging was pretty tatty! I think he may have some gold coloured ones too. Best bet is to go to the next big show and track him down. if I do find out where he hangs out I will post details on the Forum.

[Stu55Flash]

Thanks for the info. I've dealt with him before. He supplied some fork bushes for the Fanny B. They were oil-light and no else did them. It took him about 2 months to find them - not what you would call modern customer services - he did say I wouldn't get them anywhere else and would have to wait and he was right. I will give him a ring in the morning.

Thanks

Stu.

[Stu55Flash]

OK Found Bantam John's number: 01246 290021

Bantam John (John Phelan)
18 Bowshaw
Dronfield
Sheffield
S18 2GB
UK.

Seems to have most things BSA.