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Doug Hele works on new design.
Mid '63 |
Few bikes produced as '70 models - all for the Home and General Export market.
Mid '69 |
Completely new range of bikes announced for 1971 models.
BSA A75R has grey frame.
Mid '70 |
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Mid '68
New triples announced. First bikes, 1969 models, are for the US market.
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Late '69
Clunky styling isn't winning any friends. 'Beauty Kit' retrofitted to
the US market T150.
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BSA closes it's doors.
The X75 Hurricane project is shifted to Triumph
Mid '72
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BSA Group announces large operating deficit. UK govt. agrees to bailout.
Early '71
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Early '72
New range is uprated with five speed gearbox, disc front brake.
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Late '71
1972 model lines (BSA and Triumph) are slashed as BSA Group goes under. |
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X75 Hurricane announced.
It's radical styling is in common use by 1990.
Late '72
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Factory "sit-in" by
strikers becomes permanent.
Early '73
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Late '72
Meriden strike halts T150 production.
NVT resumes production at BSA's Small Heath plant.
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June '73
Slippery Sam wins Isle of Man TT for 3rd time in a row
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Final variation on the triple theme
is produced:
The Cardinal
Early '76
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Slippery Sam wins Isle of Man TT for 4th time in a row
June '74
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Mid '74
The T160 is released.
A modern bike with styling and performance.
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