Your BSA brings back memories. I bought a lightening back in 1963 when I first turned 16 from Ghost Motorcycles up here on LI. They had an array of English machines from Triumphs to Arials to that most coveted Vincent. We all wanted Vincent’s but our pockets weren’t deep enough. I think I paid five hundred brand new. My parents were upset when the truck pulled up to it house and rolled off the crate. I rode it on what was back then uncrowded LI roads, I kept in the back of the garage for decades and finally sold it to a collector out in Montana when I turned 75 realizing my motorcycle riding days were well behind me.
Last edited by susjwp; 02/23/26 02:40 PM.
