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The BSA Super Rocket was a 646 cc (39.4 cu in) air-cooled parallel twin motorcycle produced by Birmingham Small Arms Company (BSA) at Small Heath, Birmingham introduced in 1957. It was an improved sports bike member of the BSA A10 series of motorcycles which was developed from the BSA Road Rocket .
1954 Road Rocket. The Road Rocket was a sports motorcycle developed from the Golden Flash. Launched as the top of BSA's range in 1954 the BSA Road Rocket was the first A10 engine with an alloy cylinder head. [31] Unlike the Golden Flash, the inlet manifold was separate to the cylinder head [7] enabling twin carburettors to be fitted if required ...
The BSA Road Rocket was a 1950s 646 cc (39.4 cu in) air-cooled parallel twin motorcycle designed by Bert Hopwood and produced by Birmingham Small Arms Company (BSA) at Small Heath, Birmingham. Developed from the A10 Golden Flash it was the first sports bike in the BSA A10 series .
A10 Road Rocket: 650 cc 1954 1957 Tuned version of "Golden Flash" A10 Spitfire Scrambler 650 cc 1957 1963 Tuned off-road racer (US only) A10 Super Rocket: 650 cc 1958 1963 Amal TT 'racing' carburettor and new "357" full-race camshaft A10 Rocket Gold Star: 650 cc 1962 1963 Special - tuned Super Rocket in a Gold Star frame.
The BSA unit twins were a range of unit construction twin-cylinder motorcycles made by the Birmingham Small Arms Company (BSA) and aimed at the US market. A range of 500 cc (31 cu in), 650 cc (40 cu in) and 750 cc (46 cu in) twins were produced between 1962 and 1972, [1] but they were really developments of the older pre-unit A7/A10 model range with less weight. [2]
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BSA motorcycles were made by the Birmingham Small Arms Company Limited (BSA), which 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 process.
Acting on his suggestion, BSA-Triumph announced it would develop its 750 cc Rocket III and Trident triples for this series. The factory worked against the clock to get machines ready for the 1970 Daytona race. [5] Development of the road racers was under the leadership of Doug Hele. Lucas and Dunlop were also involved in the development.