BSA
From CycleChaos
The Birmingham Small Arms Company (BSA) was for most of it's life Britain's largest motorcycle manufacturer. After World War 2 it became the largest in the world, producing over 75,000 bikes a year in some years of the 1950s. BSA did well in post war economy and was involved in producing guns, taxi-cabs and metal plate. B
- In the late 1930`s they purchased Sunbeam.
- In 1944, they purchased Ariel.
- BSA went on to purchase Triumph, which eventually merged with Norton - Villiers.
