After the  Kirby BSA  was retired from competitive racing in the early eighties and the Pickett brothers continued to race with a two stroke König outfit, a major restoration project was undertaken by Graham Pickett on the TT winning BSA outfit.

 The entire machine was stripped to the bare chassis and completely refurbished to the original condition when it famously won the 1968 750cc sidecar TT.

The outfit was exhibited at the Racing Motorcycle Show at Earl's Court, London and was spotted by former passenger John Flaxman who recognised the machine on which he gained a TT victory in 1968. John's knowledge of the machine and its history became invaluable to the restoration process as Terry Vinicombe (the constructor and former driver) had unfortunately died in 1969 from thrombosis. John was later to passenger the machine with Roland Pickett at the Derek Minter Commemorative Day at Brands Hatch and also with Norman Hanks who drove the machine around the TT  course for the classic parade (Norman had actually driven the second place machine home in 1968).