BSA Motorcycles 1940-1949
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| 1930-1939
| 1940-1949
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| 1960-1969
| 1970-1974
1940
Note that the 1940 catalogue was released in 1939, before the war started.
1940 C10 250cc Sidevalve
1940 C11 250cc OHV
1940 B29 Silver Sports 348cc OHV, hairpin valve springs, 2-300 built. Replaced by the WD B30, which evolved into the B31.
1940 C12 350cc Sidevalve (not to be confused with the postwar C12 250cc OHV)
1940 W.D. B30 350cc OHV. Two versions with many variations, including hairpin valve springs changed to coil type. Around 10 have survived.
1940 M20 500cc SV
1940 M20 W.D. 500cc SV (over 120,000 built during the war years).
1940 M23 Silver Star 500cc OHV. Later became the Empire Star.
1940 M21 600cc SV, delivered to some allied countries.
1940 G14 1000cc Sidevalve V-twin. Final year of production.
1941
1941 C10 250cc
1941 C11 250cc
1941 B30 350cc
1941 C12 350cc
1941 W.D. M20 500cc
1942
1942 W.D. M20 500cc
1943
1943 W.D. M20 500cc
1944
1944 W.D. M20 500cc
1945
1945 C10 250cc
1945 C11 250cc
1945 B31 350cc
1945 M20
500cc
1946
1946 C10 Girder Forks 250cc
1946 C10 Telescopic Forks
250cc
1946 C11 Girder Forks
250cc
1946 C11 Telescopic Forks
250cc
1946 B31 350cc
1946 B32 Competition 350cc
1946 M20 500cc
1946 M21 600cc
1947
1947 C10
250cc
1947 C11 250cc
1947 B31 350cc OHV
1947 B32 Competition
350cc
1947 A7 500cc Twin
1947 B33 500cc
1947 B34 Competition 500cc
1947 M20 500cc
1947 M21 600cc
1948
1948 C10 250cc
1948 C11 250cc
1948 B31 350cc
1948 B32 Competition
350cc
1948 A7 500cc
1948 B33 500cc
1948 B34 Competition
500cc
1948 M20 500cc
1948 M33 500cc
1948 M21 600cc
1949
1949 D1 Bantam 125cc (Bantam List)
1949 C10 250cc
1949 C10 Australia 250cc
1949 C11 250cc
1949 B31
350cc
1949 B31, Plunger
350cc
1949
B32 Competition
350cc
1949 B32 Competition, Plunger
350cc
1949 B32GS Gold Star
350cc
1949 B32GS Gold Star, Plunger
350cc
1949 A7 500cc
1949 A7, Plunger
500cc
1949 A7S Star Twin, Plunger
500cc
1949 B33 500cc
1949 B33, Plunger 500cc
1949 B34 Competition 500cc
1949 B34 Competition, Plunger 500cc
1949 B34GS Gold Star
500cc
1949 B34GS Gold Star, Plunger
500cc
1949 M20 500cc
1949 M33 500cc
1949 M21 600cc
1949 M21 Batavia 600cc