Up for auction 1967 BSA Lightning
• All completely re-built in the winter of 2007.
• Built by Decent Cycles, Flint, Michigan,
• Motor by EV engineering, Howard City, Michigan.
• House of Colors paint by Ken Smith, Flint, Michigan
• VIN # A65 LA651*-Y
• 269 break in miles
• Owner has health issues causing the sale of this bike.
• It is built as a Thunderbolt model as is (see sleeved mono block), but has all the parts to make it back
into a two carburetor bike including the head, Amal Concentric’s, and fully painted to match side covers.
• It has won best of shows and best in class any time it was entered.
• Many hidden modifications to get the best out of this machine.
• Powder coated frame and Avon tires.
• Boyer ignition, six volt coils
• H-4 headlight and a Decent Cycles three relay kit
• Norton type spin on oil filter, special engine breather system
• Decent Cycles fork dampening kit, all redesigned valves inside
New chrome fenders and stays, fork legs and bushings, springs, top bolts, seals, all the rubber pieces. New headlight shell, handle bars, switches, lever controls and grips. All new cables, re-built stock gauges by Mark Bowman, new wire harness cloth wrapped with added grounds to all components; these are all fastened to a common ground. New seat with new S.S. trim bars, the pipes are new and the best, 300.00 a set, and so are the mufflers, also 300.00 a pair, not your common re-productions. Tail light is a “Bulbs That Last Forever”. New swing arm bushings and Hagon Shocks, 520 X-ring conversions on the main chain and sprockets (20 tooth front and 47 tooth rear). “Alloy Tech” sump plate with bolt type drain. The Avon tread pattern tires, still many miles left on this set. Battery is AGM type, “PODtronics” regulator. Lots of bolts are new old stock, some are S.S. New chromed steel rims and cad plated spokes, nickel plated brass nipples by Central Wheel, laced by “Jock” in London ONT. All the new oil lines are the correct herring bone type. The Norton type oil filter is unseen, but convenient to service and is plumbed into the return side of the oil system. The sharp eyed BSA guys will see a 1971 head and valve cover used here for it's beefed up casting were the breather is placed the system has a one way valve and filter all hidden of course.
The Ed V. motor has many of Ed’s components that are his standard. Forged pistons, cast iron oil pump, custom tuned and timed transmission work, a mild port job on the single carb head, aluminum/bronze guides, black diamond valves. The crank is balanced; of course, all the bearings and bushings in the entire unit have been replaced with new and fitted. Ed V. is famous for his motor work all over the world.
The paint work is of the best quality, as can be seen in the pictures. It is House of Colors brand, gold underneath a candy red. The liberty was taken of using this gold as the stripe color (stock was white); we also did not use the stock decals on the side covers, and chose the BSA winged logo instead. This treatment is also painted on the spare set of side covers for the Lightning configuration. No dents or scratches are apparent.
This bike was built to ride and show, without regard to cost by a private individual that was working closely with me during the building process. Many parts were bought and returned, because of lower than expected quality. It has nothing but the best combination of parts and workmanship. To start with a good runner and bring it up to this condition, it would cost well over $10,000 today.
