This 1952 BSA Spitfire Motorcycle was built by Robert Eller of the Dirt Diggers. Bob bequeathed it to the SoCal AMCA. Most of the pieces he bought for this bike came from a place called Jack Baldwins Shop in Santa Monica. He was a BSA, Matchless, Triumph, Montessa, shop and highly respected over the years. Sonny Nutter was good friends with Bob Eller and witnessed the building of this machine over several years. I do not know if this bike was ever raced, Sonny said he never saw Bob ride it. Bob was involved with course set-up and race preparation in general in many of the Dirt Diggers desert events. It must be emphasized that all the motor plates, fender mounts, oil tank, manifold, exhaust system, folding foot pegs, front brake stay, and seat where all hand made. This machine also has a special WADER LUCAS racing mag and it has cams and higher compression than normal. This bike runs extremely strong for a 650!

The front brake is a double leading shoe assembly from a ’71-’72 CB 350 Honda which works very well. It also has a 35mm CERIANI front end. The 34mm carburetors were available from a supplier called SUDCO. The only thing missing is basically the air cleaners. The fuel tank is also made of alloy.