Newbie saying Hi - looking for Goldstar advice

[CR500Dom]

Hello,
Thought I should say hi as I have just collected this little lot  



Just waiting for the rest of the paperwork and history...

But its a 350 goldstar, one owner from new and competed in the 1954 or 1955 International six days in Wales

My first Classic (apart from a brief dalliance with a B44 Victor in Scrambles trim) so thought I better do some research

All suggestions and help gratefully recieved

Cheers
Dom

[henry_norton]

It's a bit of a cliché but my advice would be to collect every part you need in order to complete the bike (get a parts book), then put it together just to make sure it all fits. It doesn't matter if it looks like a pile of s**te when it's together, it just matters that all the holes are in the right places and you've got the right bits. Once you know it all fits then you can strip it back down and restore it bit by bit at your leisure (or at your bank managers leisure - it's a Goldie after all....). This way you avoid having to cut, grind, weld or re-drill your immaculately restored and re-painted parts when you find that they don't fit together quite right.

Hope you enjoy your restoration. I always wanted a goldie but my wife would probably leave me if I got another bike.

[Blue]

looks like my kind of project!

I think you'll find that Goldys are easy enough to rebuild due to the simple fact of parts availability.  If you havent got it, chances are theres someone out there making it brand new.  
Im personally of the opinion that this isnt necessarily a good thing, because there are more goldys now than ever - at the cost of swinging-arm iron BSAs (b31/b33).

nevertheless, this being a genuine goldstar i hope you get it back to its former glory.