Classic Motorcycle # 5: 1938 BSA


This lovely BSA - standing for British Small Arms (as in firearms) - was, of all places, on proud display at the Dunalley Fish Factory, approximately 45 minutes' drive from Tasmania's capital city, Hobart.  The Fish Factory has near cult-standing for fish 'n' chip aficionados in the south of the island state and is well-known for its eclectic, almost exclusively nautically-themed, collection of objects d 'art, as well for preparing the most fabulous seafood baskets.


From what I could see, it was a single-cylinder, air-cooled machine, with rudimentary front suspension and a drum brake, and a fixed (hard-tail) rear end.  

There might've been a rear brake, too, but possibly not ... .


There was nothing to indicate when it might last have been ridden.

However, one or two fittings - fuel lines and clamps, mainly - seemed to be decidedly newer than the rest of the eighty-year old construction, so it may have run until fairly recently.










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All iPhone images.






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