Stephen-Vespa
Retro Newbie
Any info anyone?
Waverley BSA works made 1940/1950
Waverley BSA works made 1940/1950
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Jonny69
Senior Retro Guru
Can’t help a lot I’m afraid and you might not find much more info on here. I had a similar bike that I eventually identified as a BSA Sports from about 1938. It had lost its head badge so a positive ID wasn’t immediately obvious. What came out of it was that these were factory bikes and a number of brands which had been swallowed up by Raleigh (eg BSA, Triumph, New Hudson) were being produced with identical/similar frames and the same components. That meant the bikes looked almost identical apart from the branding. They kept making them across quite a number of decades spanning across when yours was made. Quite basic bikes, heavy, basic construction but completely bombproof.
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Stephen-Vespa
Retro Newbie
Great feedback guys, thank you. that bike in the picture you showed Johnny is very nice very original, at least I know more then I originally knew! Nice to have a bit of a clue what you’re riding isn’t it LOL
Jonny69
Senior Retro Guru
It wasn't all that original. When I got it, some of it seemed to be original. The frame, fork, headset, bars, stem and front brake belonged together but it looked like it had an update maybe in the 1950s with a 3-speed Sturmey Archer and Dynohub at the front, then gained random parts after that. From memory it had mismatched Rudge cranks, a Hercules saddle and a New Hudson pump when I got it. I rebuilt it with early 1950s Resilion hubs and BSA cranks. Thread is here, I've put a lot of the pictures back on: https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/mid-40s-bsa-with-lauterwasser-bars-the-dreadnought.296201/
Here it is in the 1938 BSA catalogue:
