BSA

The Birmingham Small Arms Company Limited (BSA) was a major industrial producer of everything designed to kill, maim, go fast, get you to your destination or allow things to be built. 

BSA designed and produced weapons for the British military with firearms and ordinace, they produced sporting firearms, bicycles, motorcycles, cars, buses and components used in heavy industry.

At its peak, BSA was the largest motorcycle producer in the world and even though the company eventually went under, they did leave us with are some bloody impressive motorcycles. In fact, there are too many BSA bikes to include pictures here, so I've chosen a list of every model they made for you to check out for yourself. According to the LAMS list, ALL BSA bikes are LAMS approved. There are quite a few, so I've listed them here for you to check out

  

B series (1933-1957)

The B-series were single cylinder models of 250 cc, 350 cc and 500 cc. After the Second World War only 350 cc and 500 cc overhead valve models were continued.

 

M SERIES (1933-1957)

In the 1930s the M series was a mixture of overhead valve and side-valve models. During and after the Second World War only the side-valve models of this series were continued, typically for use by the armed forces or in sidecar combinations.

C SERIES
The C-series were 250 cc single-cylinder models. Steve McQueen owned a custom C11, which is pretty cool.

BANTAM SERIES (1948-1971)

Post-War twins

All BSA parallel twins were pushrod operated overhead valve machines. The A7 and A10 models were semi-unit construction until about 1953 and pre-unit construction thereafter. All A50, A65 and A70 models were unit construction.