500cc Pre-68 Scrambles Bike from Chopping Paint & Body… In 1966, BSA released the B44 series, which featured a new 441cc four-stroke engine developed by the company’s Competition Department. They’d taken the 343cc B40, which […]
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Dream Thumper: CCM 500 Four-Valve Works Replica
1 of 29: ’79 CCM 500 Four-Valve Works Replica Moto-Crosser… CCM (Clews Competition Machines) remains one of the most revered names in the history of off-road motorcycles. In the early 1970s, when two-strokes dominated motocross […]
From Chaos, Creation: “De Chaos” BSA Boardtracker
Bernard Mont’s Custom-Framed, Hub-Steered BSA Boardtracker… The Glemseck 101 remains one of the wildest two-wheeled events on the planet, a hotbed of speed and creativity where garage-builders race custom-built sprint bikes down an 1/8-mile stretch […]
Retro Tourer: BSA 650 Gold Star
BAAK x BSA : The 650 Gold Star Retro Touring… BSA is one of the most storied names in motorcycling history, founded as the Birmingham Small Arms Company in 1919. The company originally produced machine-guns, […]
Brooklands Replica: BSA M24 Gold Star
1 of 298: 1939 BSA M24 Gold Star… In 1937, racer Wal Handley lapped the historic Brooklands circuit at over 100 mph (102.27 mph to be exact) on a highly-modified BSA Empire Star sporting an […]
Chequered Past: BSA Lightning Street Tracker
Aldana-Inspired BSA A65 Street Tracker from Richard Bloomfield… In 1964, BSA introduced the Lightning as a sporting roadster, a hotter version of the company’s A65 twin. The bike’s twin-carb unit construction engine was lighter and […]
NOT a Café Racer: ’71 BSA Lightning
Blood & Grease: Geoff Hawksley’s 1971 BSA Lightning 882… Every once in a while, a bike and rider roll into our inbox with a swagger and attitude that demand attention. Such was the case with […]
Mexican 500 Machine: BSA Hornet Desert Sled
Scott G Toepfer’s NORRA 500 Beezer… Introduced in 1964, the BSA Spitfire Hornet was destined to become an icon of California desert racing. While the sooty streets of industrial England may seem a long way […]
Salt Beeza: 1948 BSA B33 Land Speed Bike
British workhorse goes land-speeding on an Australian dry lake… In 1947, BSA introduced the 500cc “all-iron” B33, one of their first new singles to appear in the wake of World War II. It was based […]
1969 BSA Firebird Scrambler by Don Harrell
“Nothing brought a smile to his face like a one-kick start.” From 1968-1971, BSA imported their A65FS Firebird Scrambler, a 650cc parallel-twin street scrambler with gaitered forks, double-leading-shoe front brake, twin 32mm Amal Concentric carbs, […]
