The Classic MotorCycle

BSA B44 – road models

THE SPECIALIST

For years, Rupert Ratio has helped BSA owners with his encyclopaedic knowledge of BSA’s unit singles. For those sufficiently interested, much of that wisdom is recorded in a trilogy of books on the topic, all available from his company, Ratio Publishing. We are grateful that he could take time from his various projects to assist with this guide.

■ Ratio Publishing: ratiopublishing@gmail.com; www.ratiopublishing.co.uk

MODEL HISTORY

An intense period of development had seen BSA’s competition department turn the cooking, learner-friendly, 250cc C15 into a bike capable of beating the best in the world in 500cc motocross. In 1965, BSA announced 441cc unit-construction singles for the 1966 catalogue. One option was the Victor GP, an off-road competition machine based on the works machinery on which factory riders

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