bsa history

some of the bsa bike range

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[aarfeld]

What caused BSA to lose ground and end up in bankruptcy? Did the Japanese bikes end up winning over consumers in the UK as they succeeded in doing in the US and elsewhere?

[PettersModelM]

@aarfeld BSA went bankrupt i believe because they sunk a lot of money into building another factory, and did not spend enough money developing bikes that they currently had in production.

[kaller2363]

Nice vid and bikes.

What´s the name of the first song?

Thanks

greetings to all old school bikers

-Sanglas biker-

[PettersModelM]

Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Catch You

[banoman88]

nothing better than a bsa

[hakea801]

i liked the music, thats my grudge abt the classic bike scene, to many winjy grey haird old farts,take up 99% of meetings talking abt the cucumber sandwiches!

[wowaccount702]

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[luluk1948]

nice nice, I have a M20 .. 48 350cc scrap metal greetings from the city of Jogja, maybe one day we can discuss about BSA motorcycles .. please stop by if you are touring our city

[fruithero]

@martyman5000 Thats so cool, my mother and I are going to try to get her bike back from an old friend and restore it (I will :P) It is a b33 from 1954.

Could anybody tell me what the bike at 1:37 is?

[aarfeld]

@MrBowsmith: Thanks for offering this insight.

[MrBowsmith]

@aarfeld Hi there, they certainly did. The whole British motorcycle industry left re-tooling with modern machinery much too late. Engine and gearbox cases being sand-cast, with the consequential time spent on hand polishing, would be just one practice that pushed up the price. Plus they lacked glamour against the Japanese offerings. We were seduced by the bells and whistles and shiny chrome

[martyman5000]

This is excellent...loving the music and the excellent pics...I'm hoping to get a B33 in the next year that was my dads old bike someone has restored.

[volumex2000]

BSA, like a lot of UK industry during 60s/70s, went out of business because they were populated by arrogant, pompous, ignorant and stupid aristocrats and managers only concerned with their own little empires instead of the big picture.

[talbotvanman]

At last Ive seen a machine like my 1947 350cc B32! At 1.44 is the sport version

of the B31 only my speedo was mounted internally in the petrol tank and that

lethal front number plate was mounted crossways under the headlamp. I used

to trials ride the bike in the early 1950s but rode the bike to and from events

without the luxury of a car and trailer !!

[mark12312056]

HD



[aarfeld]

@RogThomas1: Thanks for the tip, Rog, I'll look for that title.