1965 History of the Marque - BSA motorcycle history print article

Fourteen men, gunsmiths by trade, sat around a long boardroom table in Birmingham, England and watched as Mr. E. Otto prepared to demonstrate his invention - a bicycle. In 1861, the gunsmiths had formed the Birmingham Small Arms Company and as the musket business had been poor in 1880, they were looking about for a new item to produce...

Photo top left: the first BSA venture into the two-wheled field was this Otto bicycle, of which some 200 were built in the 1880s. The unusual "bike" steered and braked with inverted stirrup handles, pedal power was transmitted to wheels via two belts. Bell on right pedal warned traffic of its approach.

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1965 BSA / Jeff Smith clinches 2nd consecutive World's Championship!

BSA Wins World's Championship! 2nd year in a row for BSA! Jeff Smith clinches 2nd consecutive World's Championship in the tough European Moto-Cross high speed scrambles series! Riding a 441 c.c. in the 500 c.c. class, J.V. Smith (shown in action at right) rode to the 1965 Championship on Europe's toughest scrambles courses...

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1965 Royal Enfield 750 Interceptor Road Test & Specifications

Cover: This month's Road Test Royal Enfield teams up with Honda CB-160 for a little casual touring

Contents: Road Tests: Royal Enfield 750 Interceptor, James Cotswold Starmaker; Scooter Test: Ducati Portable; Road Impression: Ducati Cadet 90; The Super Duper Hawk; Harley-Davidson Carryall; The BSA Story; The Pump - an interesting drag race experiment; Intelligent Motorcycling pt. 4; Yamaha TD-1B; Kreidler Record Bikes; more

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1954 BSA's Man of the West - Hap Alzina

BSA's Man of the West plays important role in new expansion program.

Photo captions: Pictured here is Hap Alzina with his 1911 Indian eight-valve that set many records at the famous Oakland Motordrome. This machine turned over 100 mph; Adrift on the splinters...and the splinters found a home when you fell. Hap Alzina pictured here on the steep-banked turns of the Oakland Motordrome.

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1954 BSA Comes To The USA Ted Hodgdon Nutley New Jersey

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Birmingham Small Arms Establishes Factory Branch at Nutley, New Jersey - article about Ted Hodgdon History and BSA

Photo captions: BSA's recently elected President Ted Hodgdon and his young son Ted Jr. Pictured in front of the BSA Factory Branch in Nutley, NJ; Here is BSA's Ted Hodgdon at the tender age of 18 astride his 1919 Henderson Four. Mr. Hodgdon has always been an ardent motorcycle fan.


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Road Test: 1954 BSA 650cc Road Rocket

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