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Two JPS Nortons were displayed at the British National Motorcycle Museum in Birmingham, a 1972 pannier tank and a 1973 monocoque. [37] On 16 September 2003 [ 38 ] the buildings were engulfed in fire and 600 motorcycles were destroyed or damaged.
The National Motorcycle Museum occupies an 8-acre (32,000 m2) site in Bickenhill, Solihull, England and holds the world's largest collection of British motorcycles. In addition to over 1,000 motorcycles, which cover a century of motorcycle manufacture, the museum developed award-winning conference facilities (The National Conference Centre) in 1985.
On 16 September 2003 [38] the buildings were engulfed in fire and 600 motorcycles were destroyed or damaged. Museum owner Roy Richards commissioned former JPN development engineer Norman White, who ran a Norton engineering workshop at Thruxton, to restore the Challenge and also two John Player Nortons and a Commando production racer .
One of Latin America's most important museums was gutted by the Sunday night blaze
Velocette is a range of motorcycles made by Veloce Ltd, in Hall Green, Birmingham, England.One of several motorcycle manufacturers in Birmingham, Velocette was a small, family-owned firm, selling almost as many hand-built motorcycles during its lifetime as the mass-produced machines of the giant BSA and Norton concerns. [1]
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Share of the Birmingham Small Arms Company Ltd., issued 18 July 1930. The Birmingham Small Arms Company Limited (BSA) was a major British industrial combine, a group of businesses manufacturing military and sporting firearms; bicycles; motorcycles; cars; buses and bodies; steel; iron castings; hand, power, and machine tools; coal cleaning and handling plants; sintered metals; and hard chrome ...
Bailey describes what the building looked like before the Feb. 21 fire burned the museum to the ground. In the background is St. James Missionary Baptist Church, where John Hurt's funeral was held.