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FACTS & FIGURES

Some years ago the BSAOC invested a large amount of members’ money in transferring the factory despatch books to microfiche. They have copies of each book giving details of almost all BSA motorcycles despatched between 1924 and 1973. When Brian Pollitt was the BSAOC’s dating officer he had a chance to examine the records to answer some common questions about the RGS – and hopefully dispel a few myths. For instance, how many were

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