1969 BSA LIGHTNING

Fresh engine rebuild of my 1969 BSA Lightning with Megacycle cam

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Autos & Vehicles

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• BSA
• LIGHTNING
• 1969

[elliotsilver]

i have a 1968 thuderbolt - where did you get those chrome side covers? sweet!

[ianmarshonline]

@elliotsilver met a guy who had them in his garage. gave them to me for free and i rechromed them!

[lou7173]

Love your bike! Im a fellow enthusiast, I own a BSA 1969 Rocket 3, Id love to own a 69 Lightening as well...if your ever interested in selling your bike please let me know. Im not normally into custom bikes but yours is absolutely gorgeous.

[ianmarshonline]

@lou7173 bought it for $650 and put $8000 into it. Ahh, it's just money!

[drzdad02]

looks great sounds awesome. I finished our 1972 A65 thunderbolt in time to give it to dad for fathers day 09

[ianmarshonline]

@drzdad02 awesome. restored a 64 pontiac for my dad's 60th a few years ago. Hope he loves it!

[djc0247]

Beautiful machine!...yes Jap bikes are good but this is a Real motor bike it looks and sounds like one!....have you added extra chrome?.all looks great any how I haven't riden a bike for many years but you don't loose the "bug"...if I do buy another it would be a British bike to go with our Series 3 Xj6 ..... I was born in Manchester.

[jiggity75]

Holy shit, my 68 lightning idles just like that. Sweet bike my friend, thanks for posting.

[pbrucpaul]

Nice Ride! What kind of pipes do you have? I saw these restored to original beauty over in England.

[teamfab]

HHmmm..needs more chrome..

[bsaman33]

@hawkwind999...... thats fine, leave them to people who know and love these old classic bikes....you most likey don't know any thing about them anyway.

[critchley3819]

These Pommy twins took a little maintainence to keep them going there best but they were real fun to ride I spent hours getting them to run sweet and they gave me lots of pleasure, corners and mountain roads made me do a lot of smiling also lifting the front wheel a the lights, I sure do miss my youth.

[MrDonkeyoaty]

Love the chrome. What a bike. Exhaust not too loud, just right.

[avrilsdream]

I see a billion Harleys every day, and none catch my eye like this bike did. Beautiful job! That's something to be proud of.

[hawkwind999]

B.S.A bits stuck anywhere!!!!

[ianmarshonline]

@LaRazaBakeSale 3 things = Mechanical, electrical and fuel!! i found the haynes manual had the wrong specs at the back of the book for the carbs. try adjusting the needles. the higher the clip on the needle the leaner it will run. also check the jet sizes and make sure the air filters are flowing and make sure enough spark is getting to the plugs. proper electricity to and from the coils. ignition timing and points aswell. good battery. no wires from the alternator grounding out.