Mistaken Identity.

An acquaintance who used to live in the same street, and now lives a few blocks away, knows we have an old Rover, and he had heard me talk about riding a BSA. We have mutual friends who are members of Longriders (Christian Motorcyclist group).

This neighbour asked if I had any old bikes hanging around at our place in the hills where our P4 Rover is stored.

I said, "Yes. I've got a mid 50's BSA (beeza) that I would like to restore one day."

" A Bantam, Or what?"

"No, a pushbike!"

"But when I heard you talking about riding your BSA, I thought you were talking about a motorbike."

"And you never noticed that the pushbike you saw me riding every day for years was a BSA?"

"No."

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Comment by Patrick O'Kane on February 12, 2012 at 8:18: I saw a BMW pushbike at Cibo's yesterday, looked like a work of art with wheels, beautiful in an odd sort of way.

Comment by RD6 on February 12, 2012 at 8:42: yeah that BMW road bike was something out of the blue, at least the owner has bagging rights " I own a BMW "

Comment by Jason Jones on February 13, 2012 at 13:37: I also own a P4 Rover, a 1961 100. Its been in my family since the late 1960s. All itneeds is a tune up and work on the back brakes to get it back on the road, otherwise it is in very good condition.

Comment by Mr. Mapei on February 14, 2012 at 18:47: David, do you have a picture of the mid 50's Beeza? Andrew.

I too have an early Beeza "waiting" restore...

Comment by David Southern on February 14, 2012 at 19:45: @Lantern Rouge. No, not yet. The bike was given to me by one of the then staff at Glenelg Cycles when they were in Partridge St., because he knew that I regularly rode a (somewhat modified) BSA. The front forks were bent something shocking, but they may be able to be straightened (i.e. given the correct bend!).

Comment by Mr. Mapei on February 21, 2012 at 18:00: Just thought I'd share this as a fellow beeza enthusiast. Needs work and it won't get started any time soon.

Mistaken Identity.

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