Posted on 12/03/2021 12:34:08 PM PST by Red Badger
BSA Motorcycles is back and is set to reveal its first new model in decades on December 4 (Spoiler: this classic Rocket 3 isn't it)BSA Motorcycles VIEW 2 IMAGES
One of the world’s leading motorcycle manufacturers of the 1950s and 60s, BSA is set to resume operations almost half a century after it went bankrupt, funded by its new owner, India’s Mahindra & Mahindra, and with a new factory under construction in England.
BSA Motorcycles Ltd. broke the news with the first ever tweet in its brand new Twitter account: “Return of a Legend. #BSAisBack. We’ve evolved, but our DNA remains unaltered.” The short supporting video features a sequence of emblems from BSA’s long history, ending with the familiar red logo that leads its revival.
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I approve of any Married With Children refernences.
Too bad. Badging a fake. Like the Fiat/Jeeps.
“... will be powered by a battery powered electric engine.”
As opposed to a gasoline powered electric engine?
I want my old 1956 Triumph Thunderbird back!!! Fond memories!
That looks like an unsafe way to ride a motorcycle. Good thing it was in a TV studio.
Those Yamaha’s are very nice. I had a 1979 RD400 Daytona Special that I miss. It had a straight chrome exhaust and I put Gemco expansion chambers on it.
It references a new factory and if they are making them in England, I’m good with it being called a BSA. My modern Triumph was built in Hinckley. It certainly is a British bike when it comes to ordering parts and accessories!
Answer: The design engineers haven't figured out how to make them leak oil yet.
Humbled owner of 1974 MGB GT, & 1968 GT6 MKII, & 1973 Triumph GT6 MKIII & 1978 BMW R100.
That helps a bit. :)
I would like to see them break from the trend of copying rice rockets and produce some retro classics. Computerized engine management, fuel injection, and integrated trans on a copy 50 Gold Star so it meets smog regs would be cool as hell.
Ever ride one? They have the torque of a Harley, but it will out rev a Harley. Fun as hell and will haul a big guy around even faster.
Lol, and the “earth” is always backwards.
My Ford 9N tractor had positive ground. I converted it. It was fun to see the British cars lights dim at idle from their generator output. I’m not sure what year they changed to 12Volt Negative earth with alternators?
The big six cylinder engine in the Triumph GT6 was actually a tractor engine with 11.5 to one compression ratio. The engine itself would run forever. The gearbox, rear axle, and electrical, not so much. I miss the sewing machine sound of a British engine.
I don’t remember, but we changed here in the states long before the Brits did. And even though the electronic principles are the same, it just never did work as good as negative ground. I have no clue why.
I do know we had better luck with factory positive ground systems if we chased down a new battery that had not been filled with electrolyte yet or had any charge. Then filled it our selves and purposely charged it for the first time backwards.
How many people know what it means to check the oil dipstick in the carburetors?
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