Hey Hoodengy, just on a note of the BSA Rocket 3. In the early 70s I was a stock records clerk for J.N.Taylors in Adelaide. Bought a new XL250 Honda Motorsport from them for $678.00

Adelaide had a myriad of motorcycle shops scattered within the CBD, and I would browse every lunchtime in these shops, as I had while going to school in town. Anyway, I came across a beautiful blue BSA Rocket 3 one day for $850. I raced back to work and looked up the parts available for her, and was disappointed to find that we, the stockist for Triumph, BSA, Norton, Greeves, with the new Honda models coming in, plus there were other makes, can't remember,  had a couple of valves only for the rocket 3, anything else in those day,s I would order from the UK, which took a minimum of six weeks. I bought an XS1 650 Yamaha, unfortunately. I did have a BSA A10 at the time, embarrassingly metallic purple with a squeeze horn, god can still smell the oil from those British bikes still now. specially when going into those old motorcycle shops.

If you can keep the Rocket reno updated,as sure many of the crew on here are interested, and reminiscing too. thanks. 

Oh oh, Hoodengy, no that guy was my brother, that worked a J.N's, I wished I had a brother to allay the fickled finger..

Yeah, not there for too long, as started chasing money, but did enjoy working there, so much I'd leave home at around 6 or 6.30 am to start at 9.00 am. I road my motorcycles  through the Adelaide hills, on the way from West Beach- home, to Adelaide south work on various bikes , as you do...Hooked then.

The guys that came in didn't bitch too much, although I tried never to serve the dude that came in displaying a  revolver under his cutoff/leather jacket, not you I hope. lol. Remember, a few Hendrix, Speedy, oh shit too long ago, but can picture them, Reg Pettman was my manager, I still have a reference he wrote me. My nickname was Weed, for some reason. I left before Harley equation, unfortunately.

About 100 years ago 

Ahh memory lane aye BD.. 

Mine was a customised Yamaha 305,(two stroke) in metallic orange, ace bars, in 1971. Worked before school in Adelaide at the East market.

Ya know its funny how you forget some of the harder slogs done to get that First Bike.

My other bike is a 1996 Yamaha TT600 Belgarda.

Here's my non-Harley, I had it long before the Harley, there's nothing like V twins.

Yet another bike I wish I’d kept.

One of my all time favourite bikes.

Had to sell mine as I was riding way to fast too often

I still like the SP-1 as well, seeing one of them go past made me ditch my Firestorm for the SP-2. It's a shame you had to let your SP-1 go speedzter.

Funny to think of them as slow, but yes compared to new standard of 200 hp bikes.

Love the sound of the SP's gear driven Cam's.

The SP had great handling on our shit roads.

Not track perfect, but ever once gave the slightest twitch on the road.

I also went from a Firestorm to the SP ! 

As you say, cant beet a good V Twin !!

Now I'm off to look through Bikesales ...........