I look forward to Gary's news on the Hornets. I believe we are very close to cracking this one. Some do-gooder had believed the BSAOC website and retitled the bike as a 1967. right up to the time when he bought that exact same machine back again 26 years later. We have seen an article written by an owner of one of the 1970 Y bikes. What were they being told in 1970 when a batch of obviously 1970 bikes appeared stamped in 1967 style numbers ? We are yet to hear from the guys that were there. Yep indeed, and all the guys down the chain. Lannis mentioned the guys at the factory. The cost was astronomical and new bikes had to be stripped to meet the parts demand. He can recall the individual that dreamt it up and how it cost BSA/Triumph thousands. John Healy wrote recently about the warranty. Gary will tell us that not one Hornet was sold after 1969 !!!! The facts are that most (If not all) had been on the road for many years.
if we believe BSAOC they say those bikes were remade and sold in 1970. So what of all the Hornets and Spitfires that have the Dash Y suffix. The bikes could be B44, B25 or twins.įurthermore the bulletin only mentions Thunderbolts and Lightnings. Not true.Īll BSA models were eligible, provided they were 1970 model bikes and sold after March 1970. Someone has taken that to read that they were stamped especially to show they were eligible. It was actually a member from my own town here that provided them, BSA USA SB (Gen) 2-70 and 5-70.Īs you can see these state that the Y bikes of 1970 exist and are eligible for the 180 day warranty. Yes, I have known about the two Service Bulletins for some time now. Somehow we need to convince them otherwise. They think that the 1970 Y bikes are related to 1967 models. They are prepared to listen to us but at this stage they really seem to be believing their own story. Maybe if the UK guys can provide an email address we can all write to it with our own personal experiences and opinions.Īnother way may be to set up some kind of register here, and then forward details through to them. Somehow we need to get across to the committee that we own these machines and that we see another side of the story. I am not so sure what is the best way of doing this. Very few of them have ever seen a Dash Y or Y bike. I think the guys in the UK have gone along with the story as they knew no different. The stories of the dock strikes, supply shortages, bikes in storage and even the warranty one are all being attributed to him. If Al has been reported correctly then it has to be that he was hiding something. I think they have been interpreted by one man, one committee member that is. I suspect that there may be many more.Īt the moment I am being informed that the notes on the BSAOC site came from the the words of Alistair Cave, the BSA Works Manager.
We have at least 5 members here that either own or have owned them. I own two and I am sure we must have hundreds amongst us. We should all know by now that the 1967 Dash Y bikes are plentiful. It may get to the stage where we need to petition the Committee to show just how many of us are affected with this numbering dilemma. These bikes are not at all common in the UK and so we may need some numbers to reinforce the case. It seems like we may be in the throes of getting something happening on the BSAOC UK Dating Site.