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Don’t stop riding your BSA because you can’t start it – get a Steve McFarlane Electric Starter!
Have you ever dreamed of an having an electric starter on your bike!
Well dream no more!
If you are struggling to start your BSA, are worried about getting back from that great ride and are thinking you may have to sell your beloved BSA – think again!
“Steve McFarlane stunned everyone [at B.S.A. O.C. Wicksteed Park] with his latest engineering project – an absolutely brilliant and totally unobtrusive electric start conversion kit to fit A7, A10, B31, B33 and Goldie models.”
Bill Nelson – The Star. ( The B.S.A. Owners Club Magazine)
You can now fit a Steve McFarlane Electric Starter and enjoy your BSA at the touch of a button!
As you can see, my web site is still being developed, so keep checking back as I will be adding more information and images. A video showing the starter in action is now on a link on the products tab. just click the link and you should see the you-tube clip.
The first small batch of starters have been made and fitted to bikes, some minor adjustments are being finalised and first production Batch are being made now!!
I now taken deposits from people who wanted an electric starter fitted to there bike, and fitted them! I hope to be able to offer it in kit form soon after for overseas customers.
See updates below
Update 1,
The first batch of production gears have now been made, (picture of the gears are on the bottom of the products tab). Other components have now been made and I have been fitted them to bikes since March 2011. Some of the parts being machined on the pictures tab
Update 2,
I have sent the first starter in kit form to the U.S.A. to a capable man in Texas. If he and one or two others manage to fit it OK, then I will be able to offer this starter in kit form.
This is the e-mail I received from Fred Hatcher the man from Texas U.S.A.
Hello Steave
I now have the starter on my bike, it works great. The instation went very well, all the instructions you gave me was spot on. I have started the bike more than 100 times. I can not thank you enough, this has made riding the A10 a so easy now. You did a very good job inventing the starter. The OHIO VALLEY BSA OWNERS CLUB had a nice write up about your starter and a picture of your bike on the cover. Steave I thank you so much for this. If any one here in the states has any questions about the starter they can email me. Mine works great.
your friend Fred
He later added,
Steave
you have my permission to post the email to your site. I am very happy with the quilty of the starter and your work. Any thing that I can do to help others with the fitting of the starter they can call me
thanks your friend Fred
If you would like to contact Fred by e-mail or phone please let me know and I will forward his contact information to you.
The other I sent to U.S.A. and New Zealand have reported that they are "working great"
The one self fit starter kit fitted in the U.K. has phoned me to say that his is working well too.
N.B. you will have to send me your engine sprocket and cush drive sleeve for me to modify it and fit the gear to it
I have found that the majority of bikes I have fitted them to with magnetos have a discrepancy of around 2-5 degrees difference in firing between the 2 cylinders and this has to be rectified before fitting the starter, as I have found it is more sensitive to advanced timing with the most advanced cylinder having no more than about 33 degrees fully advanced
It has been more difficult and time consuming getting it from a prototype to a production state, and I have found more small discrepancy’s between bikes and I have had to make it slightly more adjustable to accommodate theses discrepancy’s. there are over 100 components making up the kit and a few of them have taken over a week in various prototypes to get just right!
Thanks for your patience.
Stephen R. McFarlane.
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