ive set my heart on a triumph i think
If I were you…….
…..I'd find a 441 Victor and run that instead. A good big 'un is always better than a good little 'un.
I ran a 69 Cheyne Victor for a few years. Very satisfying…when it ran.
That's it on my avatar. Along with me and a dislocated shoulder. Don't ask!
Fluff.
You'd be better off buying a b44
ah that i do not know at this stage
Now that's cooler than Penguin piss
that looks like a zenith camera he has there on his back
My memories of a mate with a Starfire, bought new on the drip, is of an almost unbelievable lack of reliability - always the engine. OK he rode it hard, but boy did he regret not getting a CB72 - he couldn't get a decent trade-in on the BSA anywhere, such was their reputation. Sad, as his previous C15 was fine other than that annoying whine, but then we were witnessing the steady demise of the Brtish Motorcycle Industry.
I ran an AJS Model 14 CSR at the time - a few quirks but way better in every way. I even went two up touring to France on it - coincided with the Sorbonne riots.
I also had access to my Dad's BMW R26 - not quick, but classy for pottering around. Sadly I blew up his Greeves 2T, several times, & we ended up sticking a T90 engine in it which, along with a few Silverstone adornments, made a very quick little special, built on a shoestring. It's still out there somewhere, on SORN for the last couple of years.
Sorry OP, I digress - suggest you forget the Starfire, or Baracuda or Triumph derivatives. How about a nice Triumph twenty-one 350 - my 1965 model was a really sweet little bike & it was oiltight. Way cheaper now, although not as pretty as the 500 Daytona others have suggested.
My C15 with B25 barrel etc., brilliant ride