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75th ANNIVERSARY OF THE BSA GOLD STAR:
Saturday 30th June 2012 will be the 75th anniversary of Wal Handley's 107mph Brooklands lap, and the BSA Gold Star Owners Club will be holding a club rally at Brooklands to mark the occasion.
Any BSA Gold Star will be welcome, and I would like to see as many M24 Goldies together as possible. More information is available at the club website. www.bsagoldstarownersclub.com
I have recently acquired a 1937 BSA Empire Star from which I will build a replica of Handley's 107mph bike. I have one or two photos of the bike, but I need as much information & photos as I can. Please get in touch if you can help.

LATEST NEWS:
15/11/2011 I have for sale a batch of new M24 finned rear brake drums/sprockets. See spares page for photos and more information.
19/10/2011 I am looking into casting new M24 Cylinder barrels and rocker boxes, if there is sufficient demand. If you might be interested let me know. It is too early to give any prices, but the more we make, the lower the price. More information to follow....

26/09/2011 Latest arrival in my workshop, this one from Denmark, a 1939 engine KM24 105 in a WD M20 frame, with largely original 39 cycle parts. It is fitted with the later 1949 gearbox, which will be replaced with a pre-war close ratio box, and the bike will be the basis for a fast track/race machine. See photos above.

05/06/2011 Another successful visit to the Coupes Moto Legende vintage bike track weekend at the Dijon GP circuit in France last weekend. We took 2 M24s, & both covered around 30 high speed laps with no problems other than minor clutch slip on the 39 bike.
Another 1938 JM24 came to light in the Bonhams auction at the Stafford Show, this one a recent UK restoration, engine number JM24 357. Hammer price including buyer's premium was £14,950, the low price reflecting the fact that there was some doubt about the frame number.

29/03/2011 It's been a long winter, with many hours spent in the shed working on the '38 Goldie I bought last year in Belgium, bringing it back to factory spec. (photo above)
It should be on the road within 2 weeks, and will again be on the BSA Gold Star club stand at the Stafford International Show in 4 weeks time.
One or two more bikes have been added to the survivors list in the past 2 months, and I have added some more photos in the gallery page.

23/12/2010 Happy Christmas & All the best for the New Year to all BSA M24 Enthusiasts!

08/12/2010 More than 4000 visits to the site now. Cylinder head sold for over £1200 within 48hrs!
1939 Engine numbered KM24 1948 has come to light in Denmark and was apparently provided by BSA to a Danish gentleman in 1948 with high compression piston, racing cams, racing magneto and what appears to be an alloy primary chain case. The engine number stamping differs from 1939 type, but matches the type used by BSA in 1948. I cannot verify the authenticity of the engine, but I do know that BSA supplied some pre-war type M24 engines after the war for competition use, prior to the launch of the ZB Gold Star in 1949.
If anyone can shed any light on this engine or any other M24 engines sold after WWII, please get in touch

28/11/2010 M24 Parts for sale in Holland - See For Sale page

24/11/2010 1938 JM24 CYLINDER HEAD FOR SALE...

14/11/2010 A nice restored 1938 JM24, with matching numbers
wassold yesterday by Bonhams auctioneers in Sydney, Australia
for a healthy AU$ 26,450 including buyers premium. (GB£ 16,500).
This seems to match the present going rate for a good restored bike.
Details of the bike (lot 253) can be viewed at:
http://www.bonhams.com/cgi-bin/public.sh/WService=wslive_pub/pubweb/publicSite.r?sContinent=aus&screen=catalogue&iSaleNo=19040

12/11/2010 A small collection of M24s in SE England has recently
come to my attention..details have been added to the survivor's
register, plus another in Holland. I gather that there are a couple
survivors in Japan...if you know of these please put me in touch
with their owners.

12/10/2010 I now have a third M24 in my collection, a 1938 JM24
with correct matching numbers, originally despatched to Denmark
and now returned to England via Belgium.
This one is an older restoration, with a few non-standard parts...
battery carrier, rear stand, silencer, headlamp and one or two more.
I will gradually return it to original condition, and this coming
weekend (16/17 Oct) it will be on display on the Gold Star Owners
Club stand at the Stafford Classic Mechanics Show.
I have added a photo to the gallery.

I came across JM24 194 at the Isle of Man last month.
This bike resides in the NE of England, and the owner and his wife
cover a large mileage every year including trips to Scotland and
the Shetland Islands, and to Europe. Photos in gallery page.
Experts will note the 1939 cylinder barrel, Amal touring carburettor, later type knee grips and WM20 rear stand.

21/08/2010 The JM24 which recently came to light in Belgium is on its way back to England, to join my collection. Further news & photos in due course.
Next week is the Manx GP...I will be joining the Gold Star Owners Club & the VMCC for a week long rally with both of my pre-war Goldies. The rally includes a track day at Jurby and a full lap of the TT Circuit on closed roads during race week. I Hope to see one or two other M24s in a line up of Gold Stars up to 90 strong. Further news & photos on my return.

11/08/2010 2,700+ visits to date. 2 more M24s have come to light,
one in Belgium, the other in Canada, both original with correct numbers.
See survivors' page

08/07/2010 2,350+ visits to the site now!
Trip to France was very successful. Both Goldies performed well,
without problems, clocking 80mph+ down the long 1km straight.
See photos above.

06/05/2010 Over 1600 visits to the site to date. Keep them coming.
Both my M24s will be at the Coupes Moto Legende vintage bike gathering at the Dijon- Prenois GP Circuit in Burgundy, France at the end of this month, one ridden by myself, the other by old friend and recent vintage bike convert Nick Unstead, who tells me that a 39 Goldie is easier and more fun to ride than a modern 500 Enfield. Of course!

1939 M24 tank badges..see parts for sale page. SOLD OUT, but we hope to produce a further batch if demand exists. Please let me know if you are interested.

14/04/2010 I have recently spent a few hours studying the original BSA factory despatch records for M24s held by the VMCC in their library. As a result I have updated the production numbers for 1938 and 1939. The closest estimate is a total production of 266 JM24 bikes, and 298 KM24 bikes.
I have also checked the despatch records for all the surviving M24s listed on the survivors page. The majority of these bikes have original numbers as they left the factory, but some have been restored or built with engines & frames which were not together when first built.
I have indicated in the list of suviving bikes those engines which are still in the original frame.
Do get in touch if you are thinking of buying an M24 and want to know whether engine & frame have always been together, and the despatch destination from the BSA factory.

21/03/2010 The photo above was sent to me by a Goldie enthusiast in NW England.
It shows a 1938 M24, GXN 611 as it was found in 1985, and purchased for £30! It is still registered in the UK. If you own it or know more about it, please get in touch.

09/03/2010 I have had contact with a fellow M24 enthusiast in Australia, whose knowledge of these bikes surpasses mine! He has brought to my attention quite a number of surviving bikes, of which I wasn't aware. These have now been added to the survivors page, and brings the total of known survivors to around 28 1938 JM24 bikes, and about 36 1939 KM24 bikes.

27/02/2010 Another very nice 39 M24 has surfaced in Maryland USA..this time a beautifully restored competition model with high level exhaust. I have posted a photo in the gallery.

21/02/2010 Two more 1938 JM24 bikes have come to light, both in Australia. One in Brisbane, owned by the same family since the 1940s, the other in the National Motorcycle museum of Australia in New South Wales. There is a good photograph of this bike on the museum website at www.nationalmotorcyclemuseum.com.au

16/02/2010 1939 KM24 sold on eBay in Nov 09 from Oklahoma USA has resurfaced in Austria and the new owner has plans to restore it.

07/02/2010 My good friend Philip in rural Somerset has recently completed the restoration of his 1938 Goldie, DYB 919, the result of which can be seen on the gallery page.
The bike is as close to 1938 showroom condition as any I know, and full credit goes to the owner for the quality of the restoration. The work took about two years, and required the remanufacture of numerous parts, often using my unrestored bike as a template. It will be back on the road as soon as weather conditions allow.

My contact details:
Georges Wander, Honiton, East Devon UK
Tel: +44 (0)1404 881421 or +44 (0)7778 000383