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BSA

BSA was one of the many British motorcycle manufacturers that dominated the models imported into New Zealand up till the Second World War. This bike dates from 1914. Other notable British manufacturers were Triumph, Royal Enfield, Ariel, Douglas, Matchless and AJS.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PA-Group-00685)

Reference: EP/1989/1799/8

by John Nicholson

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Carl Walrond, Motorcycles – History of motorcycles, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/20693/bsa (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Carl Walrond, published 25 February 2010.