Technical Articles from Goldie Magazine

We are, by now, familiar with all the problems caused by the addition of ethanol to petrol. By law, as […]

The front cover of last month’s magazine (No. 498 Nov 2017) featured a factory race bike with the front brake

I have been asked a few times whether modern fuel needs any modification to either the ignition timing or the

A problem with 50 years of mucking about with old motorbikes is that you acquire knowledge that you assume everybody

In a recent article on racing Goldies, I pointed out that the difference to a road bike was an accumulation

As we all know, the Goldie features a gearbox fitted with Torrington needle roller bearings on the layshaft and between

A busy month on the technical front with two issues each with a sting in the tail. My 500 racer

Initial returns from the membership survey brought up a number of suggestions, one of which was a request for an

Our dear leader, one John Birchill, had a ring round to try and find a willing volunteer (mug) to build

Despite an indifferent racing season resulting in very limited track time last year, I still managed to break a new

As we all know, Gold Stars start first kick every time, except when they don’t and when they don’t they

In my previous article (October 2016), we only dealt with static balancing on knife edges or similar. This is also

We are mostly aware that maximum engine speed for the Gold Star is around 7000 RPM. Ever wondered why 7000

I was fortunate to be at Phil Pearson’s on Monday 14 November to collect a job he had done for

This should be of interest. Until recently a quick way of identifying a Gold Star timing-side crankcase was to look

The management committee and I thought that it was about time that I listed a few sources of technical data

Many of us will be aware that the Goldie balance factor is 58%, but how many of us understand what