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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.  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.  BSA had even taken over the marquees of [[Ariel]] and [[Sunbeam]]
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.