Bob Roberts

Record type: Motorsport Biographies

Biography: Age 22. R. A. Roberts Is a filter, and comes from Cheltenham. He has been racing for three seasons on his B.S.A., which is basically a 1954 Gold Star brought up to modern spec. The valve gear has been lightened by fitting alloy cam followers and special push rods, whilst the machine is also fitted with most of the Taylor-Dow racing components. He has ridden this machine on various short circuits and has scored places within the first half-dozen at Aberdare, Castle Combe, Crystal Palace, Scarborough and Silverstone.
(TT Special, 7 September 1961, p.12).

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