So you think that you've got problems? See what happens when a OEM Goldie rod breaks at 8000+ revs. Photo passed to me by Mike McQueen a CA GSr, from a GS racer friend of his. Check out the bent frame tubes. Ugly eh? dave - NV


You saw the carnage caused by a broken OEM rod in the previous photos. Several of us have seen that sort of damage up close and personal. It will ruin your day. aarrgh.
If you have one of these beauties in the cases you can "Let the Goldie Rev and be Free"! It's a pressed up cro-mo crank made by Phil Pearson in England. I and many of my friends use his cranks both in road Goldies and vintage racers. A shame to bolt one of these up inside the motor and out of sight eh? Note the extra drive side roller bearing for a total of 5 main bearings counting the needle bearing in the Pearson alu cam support plate. To use this crank a specially machined set of cases are required that Phil supplies. I use his crank with only a single drive side OEM roller bearing in OEM cases as both types are available. It's hard to see, but there is either a Carrillo or GM Speedway rod in there. Phil is partial to the GM rod as it uses a OS wrist pin. The drive and timing axles are also OS. There are short stroke/big bore DBD 32 Goldie racers in the UK spinning 10k+ revs nicely with destroked versions of these cranks. Yum. He will make a crank in whatever stroke you request. And of course it comes balanced to your specified % factor to your piston weight or his supplied modern racing quality piston. Now match this up with one of his heavy duty barrels and go fast! Squinty eyed Fun stuff eh? dave - NV

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