Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. BSA also produced its 100,000th BSA Bantam motorcycle, a fact celebrated at the 1953 motorcycle show with a visit by Sir Anthony Eden to the BSA stand. In 1953 BSA withdrew motorcycle production from BSA Cycles Ltd, the company it had established in 1919, by creating BSA Motorcycles Ltd.
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Other features were Amal carburettor, chain drive, choice of magneto or Magdyno, 7-plate clutch, 3 speed gear box with kickstarter and new type of cantilever fork Īs the result of increased post war demand the Small Heath, Birmingham factory was turned over entirely to motorcycle production. The machine had interchangeable valves, total loss oil system with mechanical pump and an emergency hand one. In November 1919 BSA launched their first 50 degree v-twin, Model E, 770cc side valve (6–7 hp) motorcycle for the 1920 season. The entire BSA production sold out in 1911, 19. The BSA 3½ hp was exhibited at the 1910 Olympia Show, London for the 1911 season. Motor bicycles were added to bicycle products in 1910.
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When Norton Villiers Triumph was liquidated in 1978, the rights to use the brand name of BSA were purchased by a new business, the B.S.A. The management had failed to appreciate the importance of the resurgent Japanese motorcycle industry, leading to problems for the entire BSA group. In the late 1950s and early 1960s poor management and failure to develop new products in the motorcycle division led to a dramatic decline of sales to its major USA market. For the motorcycle manufacturer with current rights to the name, see BSA Company.īSA motorcycles were made by the Birmingham Small Arms Company Limited ( BSA), which was a major British industrial combine, a group of businesses manufacturing military and sporting firearms bicycles motorcycles cars buses and bodies steel iron castings hand, power, and machine tools coal cleaning and handling plants sintered metals and hard chrome process.Ī government-organised rescue operation in 1973 led to the takeover of BSA-Triumph motorcycle operations by Norton-Villiers, later known as Norton Villiers Triumph.Īt its peak, BSA (including Triumph) was the largest motorcycle producer in the world.
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This article is about the 1861–1978 UK manufacturer.