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[[Image:BSA most popular logo.jpg|thumb|right|200px|BSA logo]] | [[Image:BSA most popular logo.jpg|thumb|right|200px|BSA logo]] | ||
The '''Birmingham Small Arms Company''' (BSA) was for most of it's life Britain's largest [[motorcycle]] manufacturer. | 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 | ||
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. | |||
*In the late 1930`s they purchased [[Sunbeam]]. | *In the late 1930`s they purchased [[Sunbeam]]. | ||
*In 1944, they purchased [[Ariel]]. | *In 1944, they purchased [[Ariel]]. | ||
*BSA went on to purchase [[Triumph]], which eventually merged with [[Norton]] - Villiers. | *BSA went on to purchase [[Triumph]], which eventually merged with [[Norton]] - Villiers. | ||
[[Image:1962-BSA-A10.jpg|right|thumb|1962 BSA A10]] | [[Image:1962-BSA-A10.jpg|right|thumb|1962 BSA A10]] | ||
==See Also== | |||
== | *[[List of BSA motorcycles]] | ||
*[[BSA | |||
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[[Category:Defunct motorcycle manufacturers]] | [[Category:Defunct motorcycle manufacturers]] | ||
[[Category:English motorcycles]] | [[Category:English motorcycles]] | ||