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[Sam Longley 1Participant @samlongley1]

Wall of death, Southend Kurrsal , The whole structure used to deflect as the bikes went round so one had to hold on to the rail.. I was very young at the time but can remember parts vividly

[Mike PooleParticipant @mikepoole82104]

Posted by Hopper on 05/04/2016 04:05:3

Except for the US market BSA A75V Rocket Three model that had the five-speed tranny to homologate it for racing in the USofA, in 1971-2. Those lucky blighters got the A70 as well, an A65 650 twin punched out to 750cc for the same purpose. But I think the number of each made was only a few hundred each, just enough to qualify for "production" bike racing.

A few escaped on to the Uk market but they are very rare, I think the demise of BSA and the five speed box occurred almost together. The club racer in the UK was left with the choice of the triumph box or the Quaife and I not sure whether the Quaife would go in the BSA as the selector mechanism seems a bit different, so probably needs the triumph gearbox cases as well.

Mike

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