List of BSA motorcycles

This is a list of Birmingham Small Arms Company (BSA) motorcycles from the 1930s until the end of the marque in the 1970s. The list is tabulated by engine type and period.This list currently lacks models from 1910 until 1929 and is incomplete from 1930 until 1936. If you can help to complete it please do so!

V-Twins Series BSA Motorcycle Listing

Model	Engine	First year	Last year	Notes
Model E	771 cc	1919	1924	side-valve V twin
G30-G35	985 cc	1930	1935	side-valve
G14	985 cc	1936	1940	side-valve
J34, J35, J12	499 cc	1934	1936	overhead valve
Y13	748 cc	1936	1938	overhead valve

BSA B Series Listing

Model	Engine	First year	Last year	Notes
B33-1 - B35-1, B1	249 cc	1933	1936	side-valve
B33-2 - B35-2, B2	249 cc	1933	1936	overhead valve
B33-3 - B35-3, B3 Blue Star	249 cc	1933	1936	overhead valve
R33-4 - R35-4, R4	349 cc	1933	1936	overhead valve
R33-5 - R35-5, R5 Blue Star	349 cc	1933	1936	overhead valve
W32-6, W33-6, W34-7, W35-6, W6	499 cc	1932	1936	side-valve
W32-7, W33-7, W34-8, W35-7	499 cc	1932	1935	overhead valve
W33-8, W34-9, W35-8 Blue Star	499 cc	1933	1935	overhead valve
W33-9, W34-10, W35-9	499 cc	1933	1935	overhead valve
B20	249 cc	1937	1938	side-valve
B21	249 cc	1937	1939	overhead valve
B22 Empire Star	249 cc	1937	1938	overhead valve
B23	348 cc	1937	1939	side-valve
B24	348 cc	1937	1939	overhead valve
B25	348 cc	1937	1939	overhead valve
B26	348 cc	1937	1939	overhead valve
B29	348 cc	1940		overhead valve
B30				overhead valve
B31	348 cc	1945	1959	overhead valve
B32	348 cc	1946	1957	overhead valve
B33	499 cc	1947	1960	overhead valve
B34	499 cc	1947	1957	overhead valve

BSA M Series Listing:

Model		Engine	First year	Last year	Notes
M33-10, M34-12, M35-10, M10		596 cc	1933	1936	Side-Valve
M33-11, M34-13, M35-11		596 cc	1933	1935	overhead valve
M19 Deluxe		349 cc	1937	1938	overhead valve
M22		496 cc	1937	1939	overhead valve
M23 Silver Star/Empire Star		496 cc	1937	1940	overhead valve
M24 Gold Star		496 cc	1938	1939	overhead valve
M20		496 cc	1937	1955	side-valve. Thousands of this model were supplied to the British Army
M21		591 cc	1937	1963	side-valve. The UK's Automobile Association used this model in sidecar combinations
M33		499 cc	1947	1957	B33 overhead valve engine in M series plunger frame for civilian sidecar work

All BSA C Series Models

Model	Engine	First year	Last year	Notes
C10	250 cc	1938	1953	side-valve engine
C11	250 cc	1939	1953	overhead valve engine, dynamo electrics
C11G	250 cc	1939	1954	overhead valve engine, alternator instead of dynamo
C12	250 cc	1940		overhead valve engine, swinging arm suspension
C10L	250 cc	1953	1957	side-valve engine
C12	250 cc	1956	1958	overhead valve engine

Bantam Series BSA Motorcycle

Model	Engine	First year	Last year	Notes
D1 Bantam	125 cc	1948	1963	Early examples had rigid frames; later models had plunger suspension
D3 Bantam Major	150 cc	1954	1957	All-welded swinging Arm  frame
D5 Bantam Super	175 cc	1958	1958	All-welded swinging arm frame similar to D5
D7 Bantam Super	175 cc	1959	1966	Swinging-arm frame with separate rear subframe bolted on
D10 Silver Bantam, Bantam Supreme, Bantam Sports and Bushman	175 cc	1966	1967	Some models had four-ratio gearbox
D14/4 Bantam Supreme, Bantam Sports and Bushman	175 cc	1968	1969	All models had four-ratio gearbox
D175 Bantam Sports and Bushman	175 cc	1969	1971	With C15 front forks and centrally-located spark plug

All Type Of Construction Single Unit BSA Motorcycles

Model	Engine	First year	Last year	Notes
C15	250 cc	1958	1967
C15T	250 cc	1959	1965
C15S	250 cc	1959	1965
SS80	250 cc	1961	1966	High-performance version of C15
B40	350 cc	1960	1965
SS90	350 cc	1962	1965	High-performance version of B40
B44 GP	441 cc	1965	1967	(Chrome lined barrel, a two-piece exhaust where the rear section was a tuned megaphone rather than a silencer, plastic bung for a fuel cap, the first unit single with oil-bearing frame differing from later oil bearing frames as it used super strong/lightweight Reynolds 531 tubing aimed at competition use)
B44 VE "Victor Enduro"	441 cc	1966	1970
B44 "Victor Roadster"	441 cc	1966	1970	From 1968 to 1970, called "441 Shooting Star"
B40WD	350 cc	1967	1967	2,000 for Ministry of Defence
C25 Barracuda	250 cc	1967	1967	Short-lived high-compression model
B25 Starfire	250 cc	1968	1970	Similar to the C25 but with slightly reduced compression
B25FS Fleetstar	250 cc	1968	1971	Made with low-compression engine to increase reliability and fuel economy for police and civilian fleet use
B25SS Shooting Star	250 cc	1971	1971
B25ST	250 cc	1971	1971
B50SS Gold Star	500 cc	1971	1972
B50T Trail	500 cc	1971	1972
B50MX Motorcross	500 cc	1971	1972	In 1974 sold as Triumph TR5MX for US