Dad's BSA bike

[lol]

This is my first sit-on on a bike but just can't reach the kick-start yet...

PS... anyone know what model BSA it is ? cheers...Larry

 

[Alf]

Lol great photo, did you manage the Kick start later?

Have a look here a few pages on BSA

https://forum.birminghamhistory.co.uk/showthread.php?t=3009&page=3

 

[postie]

Lol, not an easy one to identify but I think it may be a BSA X34 approx 1930s, very rare bike.

 

[lol]

Lol, not an easy one to identify but I think it may be a BSA X34 approx 1930s, very rare bike.

That's it Postie! Super. I've been trying to identify this bike for ages.

My dad played sax in dance bands in 40's/50's travelling as far as Norwich for a gig with the sax strapped to his back on this bike. He was away a lot when I was growing up. I'm now on a modern-day Triumph still keeping up the family tradition! Thanks for adding another piece to the jigsaw.

 

[lol]

Lol great photo, did you manage the Kick start later?

I'd like to think so Alf ! Maybe the possibility of kickback made me hesitate at such a tender age.

 

[Old Brummy]

Re dads Bike Looks like the same engine as used in 1929 BSA Sloer Very similar in all respects but the engine on the Sloper sloped forwrad I had one Rego No wss HA 6057 Cheers Old brummie

 

[Alf]

I've posted this before but it might be of use to the Newer Folk.

https://www.vintagebike.co.uk/Bike Directories/BSA Bikes/BSA index.htm

 

[lol]

Re dads Bike Looks like the same engine as used in 1929 BSA Sloer Very similar in all respects but the engine on the Sloper sloped forwrad I had one Rego No wss HA 6057 Cheers Old brummie

Thanks for your input Old Brummy. Similar but I think the X34 is the model. I wondered how number plate numbering sequence worked in those days. I see yours was HA 6057, my dad's was FD 9313. To work out the possible date of his bike, would this mean it was 2 years younger than yours on the assumption on the later method of changing the last letter each year? If so, what year was yours

 

[Old Brummy]

Hi LOL Mine was a 1929 model Had a converted gear box to footchange ,............Wsa very hit and miss tough No positive stop so after mangling the gear box I bought a s/h gear boxand the hand change gear fro Vale - Onslow for 2 quid and tat fixed the problem . I crashed it at Blackpool and bent the frame and broke leg . I am not sure hoe the reg numbers worked but seem to recall HA was a Smethwich prefix Cheers Joe

 

[Old Brummy]

Thanks for your input Old Brummy. Similar but I think the X34 is the model. I wondered how number plate numbering sequence worked in those days. I see yours was HA 6057, my dad's was FD 9313. To work out the possible date of his bike, would this mean it was 2 years younger than yours on the assumption on the later method of changing the last letter each year? If so, what year was yours

.................... Hi Lol I see you are in Perth I am in Sale Victoria ......Am replying just to bump this topic back up the list a bit. I se lots of mentions of places and people in a lot of the posts in diferent locations.and all inall I find it mostinteresting Cheers all Old Brummy

 

[Viscount]

A good reference for classic vintage motorbikes is here:

https://www.motorbike-search-engine.co.uk/classic_bikes/bsa-classic-motorcycles.php

Literally dozens of BSAs as well as all sorts of rare, old machines.

I'm currently uploading pics of LGC motorcycles from the 20s, made by Leonard Gundle before he moved onto manufacturing carrier bicycles in Smith Street etc, Birmingham.

John.

 

[Dave89]

Thanks for your input Old Brummy. Similar but I think the X34 is the model. I wondered how number plate numbering sequence worked in those days. I see yours was HA 6057, my dad's was FD 9313. To work out the possible date of his bike, would this mean it was 2 years younger than yours on the assumption on the later method of changing the last letter each year? If so, what year was yours

Hi Lol,

FD is a Dudley reg, which ran from 1903 to Oct 1935 and does not
have a serial letter. It is only the 3 lettered registrations (before 2000)
which have a serial letter (not year letter), and this is always the first letter. Single suffix letters were additionally introduced in the 1960s, and
prefix letters in the 1980s to extend the life of the system. As your FD series would have run from FD 1 - FD9999, its fair to assume that 9313
would have probably been issued between 1934 and 1935. In October 1935 the reg became AFD, and AFD 1 to AFD 999 were issued between
then and July 1936 when BFD started. It just shows how the number of vehicles increased in the 1930s!

Kind regards Dave

 

[OtherHalf]

Thanks for your input Old Brummy. Similar but I think the X34 is the model. I wondered how number plate numbering sequence worked in those days. I see yours was HA 6057, my dad's was FD 9313. To work out the possible date of his bike, would this mean it was 2 years younger than yours on the assumption on the later method of changing the last letter each year? If so, what year was yours

Hi if you check out old reg numbers on forum post 97 98 alink for reg numbers has been posted and HA prefix is stated as Warley

 

[lencops]

https://www.khulsey.com/motorcycles/vintage_motorcycle_triumph.html Link to Triumph M/Cycles as BSA took over the company. Len.

 

[lencops]

A bike from the link, Triumph Speed-Twin 1947. Len.