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vorhese · 01-04-2014, 11:52 AM

This is a 1950 BSA B33 I've been pursuing for 5 years, my personal unicorn. My buddy Danny, who found it in 2008, finally decided I should be the rightful caretaker. Story is there was a dilapidated house in North Hollywood with some old cars outside my buddy had been admiring for years. One day he stopped by and there was an old guy cleaning up. He asked about the cars, they weren't for sale, but the old dude told him he had something else. Apparently his brother had just died and left a house full of loaded guns and this Beezer. The brother went by "Candyman." There was also Candyman's leather jacket, which Danny's friend bought, full of strip club match books. The bike looks to have been customized in the 60's, last registered in '68, then put away for 40 years. 21" front wheel, Bates side-mount headlight, Sparto tail light, green rattle can, and some chrome. I'll be trying to maintain the character and get it mechanically sound. I want to keep it as a running time capsule. I'll get it running first then work on the chassis internals. It needs the primary cover screws, gasket, and some footpegs... but Danny says it runs good and went up the street a few times. The mag had been gone through and shoots a nice bright spark. But my gut tells me I will eventually need to go through the motor. Anyone with info on the bikes, parts resources, etc, feel free to contact me.

As found, out in the sunshine for the first time in decades

mitchell tannahill · 01-04-2014, 12:02 PM

rad, love a bsa

kllrjo · 01-04-2014, 12:19 PM

too cool! not much about that i would change!

lilbill · 01-04-2014, 12:22 PM

that is just too cool

i wouldn't change a thing, just spiff it up and ride the shit out of it

kleinbike · 01-04-2014, 12:26 PM

What a trick little bike!

need louvers ? · 01-04-2014, 01:14 PM

Damn! I love survivors!!!

Lurkingclass · 01-04-2014, 01:51 PM

Love that bike! That's one of the few survivor bikes I've seen that looks like it would be usable and presentable with minimal work. Check for rusty/weak spokes or a rotten gas tank and if it's all good, get her runnin and put her to work. Congrats!

PS- I might just happen to have an NOS Superior jiffy-stand for your bike...

M.O.Ther · 01-04-2014, 02:17 PM

I love that bike. As has been said, I wouldn't change a thing, just clean it up and ride it. I think once you start looking a little closer, you'll find that the taillight is a BT&E, (Barnett Tool & Engineering - they still make clutches and cables.) It's a little more rare than the Sparto, cooler too. The headlight also looks more like an MC Enterprises than it does a Bates. This was the same headlight used on the original Easyrider bikes.

Loffer · 01-04-2014, 03:35 PM

Nice complete bike ! Lucky dog...

vorhese · 01-04-2014, 05:42 PM

Thanks for the help. The knowledge base of this forum is great.

I cleaned the mag contacts and got a big bright spark. Has a NGK plug, going to get some Champion L82Cs .020".

On to the carbs.

HD48FL · 01-04-2014, 06:23 PM

Nice score and interesting story!

vorhese · 01-05-2014, 07:44 PM

Rebuilt the carb today and then this happened...
http://youtu.be/VKpSCFX9hxc

beaverbikes · 01-05-2014, 07:52 PM

I don't really want to intrude on your thread, but thought I'd show you a pic of my B33. I love the thing:

BSA Nut · 01-05-2014, 08:08 PM

I dig the old BSA singles....keep them coming.

KCgran · 01-05-2014, 08:25 PM

Man i don't just like that bike, I LIKE like that bike. Wish I could come up with something that cool.sigh.

SwedeBobb · 01-06-2014, 07:22 AM

Amazing find, clean it up real good and keep it as is PLEASE!

Swan · 01-06-2014, 07:44 AM

Love it! One of my friends just picked up a 1952 B33 motor.

vorhese · 01-07-2014, 10:27 AM

Pulled the front wheel off to replace the old cracked Dunlop tire and tube. Neighbor is hooking me up with a 21" modern Harley tire until I can find money for a correct old tire. Lubed all the old cables and they seem to be workig just fine. Basically just doing anything I can do that's free. Brake pads looked brand new. There was no brake stay so I need to make something. The rear Grasshopper holds air, has no cracks, and lots of tread, so I'm keeping it.

greasystain · 01-07-2014, 10:31 AM

we got plenty of those tires and tubes at the shop what you need?

vorhese · 01-07-2014, 08:52 PM

What's the odds someone has a junker pair of footrests they'd sell me? I'd make my own, but I can't make the (female) splines.

01-04-2014, 11:52 AM	#1
vorhese Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Walnut Creek, CA Posts: 1,992	The Candyman Beezer 1950 BSA B33 This is a 1950 BSA B33 I've been pursuing for 5 years, my personal unicorn. My buddy Danny, who found it in 2008, finally decided I should be the rightful caretaker. Story is there was a dilapidated house in North Hollywood with some old cars outside my buddy had been admiring for years. One day he stopped by and there was an old guy cleaning up. He asked about the cars, they weren't for sale, but the old dude told him he had something else. Apparently his brother had just died and left a house full of loaded guns and this Beezer. The brother went by "Candyman." There was also Candyman's leather jacket, which Danny's friend bought, full of strip club match books. The bike looks to have been customized in the 60's, last registered in '68, then put away for 40 years. 21" front wheel, Bates side-mount headlight, Sparto tail light, green rattle can, and some chrome. I'll be trying to maintain the character and get it mechanically sound. I want to keep it as a running time capsule. I'll get it running first then work on the chassis internals. It needs the primary cover screws, gasket, and some footpegs... but Danny says it runs good and went up the street a few times. The mag had been gone through and shoots a nice bright spark. But my gut tells me I will eventually need to go through the motor. Anyone with info on the bikes, parts resources, etc, feel free to contact me. As found, out in the sunshine for the first time in decades __________________ My projects: 1 \| 2 \| 3 \| 4 \| 5

01-04-2014, 12:02 PM	#2
mitchell tannahill Member Join Date: Nov 2013 Location: CHICAGO Posts: 59	Re: The Candyman Beezer 1950 BSA B33 rad, love a bsa

01-04-2014, 12:19 PM	#3
kllrjo Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: sunny tampa fla Posts: 726	Re: The Candyman Beezer 1950 BSA B33 too cool! not much about that i would change! __________________ Originally Posted by cmantle1 https://www.jockeyjournal.com/forum/h...s/viewpost.gif yea Newtons fourth law says mass x triumph engine x pavement = the need for head steadies!? haha http://www.ace-custom.com/ https://www.facebook.com/acecustomcycle

01-04-2014, 12:22 PM	#4
lilbill Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: arkansas Posts: 3,991	Re: The Candyman Beezer 1950 BSA B33 that is just too cool i wouldn't change a thing, just spiff it up and ride the shit out of it __________________ RIP SwedeBobb

01-04-2014, 12:26 PM	#5
kleinbike Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Nor Cal Posts: 112	Re: The Candyman Beezer 1950 BSA B33 What a trick little bike!

01-04-2014, 01:14 PM	#6
need louvers ? Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 447	Re: The Candyman Beezer 1950 BSA B33 Damn! I love survivors!!!

01-04-2014, 01:51 PM	#7
Lurkingclass Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: San Diego Posts: 2,202	Re: The Candyman Beezer 1950 BSA B33 Love that bike! That's one of the few survivor bikes I've seen that looks like it would be usable and presentable with minimal work. Check for rusty/weak spokes or a rotten gas tank and if it's all good, get her runnin and put her to work. Congrats! PS- I might just happen to have an NOS Superior jiffy-stand for your bike... __________________ http://qualitycustomcycles.blogspot.com/

01-04-2014, 02:17 PM	#8
M.O.Ther Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Toledo, OH Posts: 2,138	Re: The Candyman Beezer 1950 BSA B33 I love that bike. As has been said, I wouldn't change a thing, just clean it up and ride it. I think once you start looking a little closer, you'll find that the taillight is a BT&E, (Barnett Tool & Engineering - they still make clutches and cables.) It's a little more rare than the Sparto, cooler too. The headlight also looks more like an MC Enterprises than it does a Bates. This was the same headlight used on the original Easyrider bikes. __________________ In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is. Yogi Berra

01-04-2014, 03:35 PM	#9
Loffer Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: WINSTON GA. Posts: 3,187	Re: The Candyman Beezer 1950 BSA B33 Nice complete bike ! Lucky dog... __________________ http://schitzowheels.blogspot.com/?m=1

01-04-2014, 05:42 PM	#10
vorhese Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Walnut Creek, CA Posts: 1,992	Re: The Candyman Beezer 1950 BSA B33 Thanks for the help. The knowledge base of this forum is great. I cleaned the mag contacts and got a big bright spark. Has a NGK plug, going to get some Champion L82Cs .020". On to the carbs. __________________ My projects: 1 \| 2 \| 3 \| 4 \| 5

01-04-2014, 06:23 PM	#11
HD48FL Super Moderator Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: NJ Posts: 7,699	Re: The Candyman Beezer 1950 BSA B33 Nice score and interesting story! __________________ "No one knows what they don't know." - Govmule84, Wannabe Hipster

01-05-2014, 07:44 PM	#12
vorhese Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Walnut Creek, CA Posts: 1,992	Re: The Candyman Beezer 1950 BSA B33 Rebuilt the carb today and then this happened... http://youtu.be/VKpSCFX9hxc __________________ My projects: 1 \| 2 \| 3 \| 4 \| 5

01-05-2014, 07:52 PM	#13
beaverbikes Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: arkansas Posts: 770	Re: The Candyman Beezer 1950 BSA B33 I don't really want to intrude on your thread, but thought I'd show you a pic of my B33. I love the thing:

01-05-2014, 08:08 PM	#14
BSA Nut Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Missouri Posts: 292	Re: The Candyman Beezer 1950 BSA B33 I dig the old BSA singles....keep them coming. __________________ *** For more pics of the A7 project, you can follow me here: http://manionframeworks.wordpress.com/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/

01-05-2014, 08:25 PM	#15
KCgran Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: kentucky,USofA Posts: 1,355	Re: The Candyman Beezer 1950 BSA B33 Man i don't just like that bike, I LIKE like that bike. Wish I could come up with something that cool.sigh. __________________ I buy all my groceries and pharmaceuticals at Circle K

01-06-2014, 07:22 AM	#16
SwedeBobb Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Burträsk Sweden Posts: 1,604	Re: The Candyman Beezer 1950 BSA B33 Amazing find, clean it up real good and keep it as is PLEASE! __________________ My Triumph chopper The custom russian Facebook

01-06-2014, 07:44 AM	#17
Swan Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Winona, MN Posts: 265	Re: The Candyman Beezer 1950 BSA B33 Love it! One of my friends just picked up a 1952 B33 motor.

01-07-2014, 10:27 AM	#18
vorhese Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Walnut Creek, CA Posts: 1,992	Re: The Candyman Beezer 1950 BSA B33 Pulled the front wheel off to replace the old cracked Dunlop tire and tube. Neighbor is hooking me up with a 21" modern Harley tire until I can find money for a correct old tire. Lubed all the old cables and they seem to be workig just fine. Basically just doing anything I can do that's free. Brake pads looked brand new. There was no brake stay so I need to make something. The rear Grasshopper holds air, has no cracks, and lots of tread, so I'm keeping it. __________________ My projects: 1 \| 2 \| 3 \| 4 \| 5

01-07-2014, 10:31 AM	#19
greasystain Banned Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Kenosha WI Posts: 1,455	Re: The Candyman Beezer 1950 BSA B33 we got plenty of those tires and tubes at the shop what you need?

01-07-2014, 08:52 PM	#20
vorhese Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Walnut Creek, CA Posts: 1,992	Re: The Candyman Beezer 1950 BSA B33 What's the odds someone has a junker pair of footrests they'd sell me? I'd make my own, but I can't make the (female) splines. __________________ My projects: 1 \| 2 \| 3 \| 4 \| 5

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