New meaning for the term "Beezumph"

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I thought this was someone's idea of a mild joke, but it actually came this way.



Must be one of he rarest "modern" BSAs.
 
It was new to me also. Less than 250 examples hit the streets and while it takes nearly nothing to swap tanks, the fact that these were factory-swapped and sold as BSAs should make them pricey on the classic bike market.
 
Never heard of "T65". I bet there's a lot of people telling him someone stuck a BSA tank on a Triumph.
 
It could be worse the BSA factory could build a rocket 3 with orange and yellow bodywork and call it a triumph hurricane!
Or take a b50 and call it a t50 plus b25/T25 etc etc
Or maybe fit a 500 twin triumph engine in one and call it a triumph adventurer
There's the trisolastic trident/commando etc
At that time I think the factory would have put any badge on anything to make a sale
 
There's the trisolastic trident-baz.

That's another new one on me.

The BSA Vetter Rocket was marketed as a Triumph because BSA was already tits-up by the time they produced it. I suppose the e-start Tridents were also re-badged BSAs since they utilized the sloped-cylinder engine.
 
Danno said:
It was new to me also. Less than 250 examples hit the streets and while it takes nearly nothing to swap tanks, the fact that these were factory-swapped and sold as BSAs should make them pricey on the classic bike market.
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The last BSA T65 that I saw for sale went for not much more than a standard Triumph, possibly would go for more now
 
Danno said:
There's the trisolastic trident-baz.

That's another new one on me.

The BSA Vetter Rocket was marketed as a Triumph because BSA was already tits-up by the time they produced it. I suppose the e-start Tridents were also re-badged BSAs since they utilized the sloped-cylinder engine.
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Although the sloped motor was BSA type, the rest of the T160 is pure Triumph with the bolt up frame. I think the bike should have had a Rocket 3 frame, but with a better engineered centre stand !
 
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Danno said:
There's the trisolastic trident-baz.

That's another new one on me.

The BSA Vetter Rocket was marketed as a Triumph because BSA was already tits-up by the time they produced it. I suppose the e-start Tridents were also re-badged BSAs since they utilized the sloped-cylinder engine.
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The t160 was built at the BSA factory armoury road the t150 was built at meriden
 
The other oddity was the isolastic BSA p92 b50 although only a prototype
 
oldbeezer said:
They did do worse, took a B50SS and called it a Gold Star!
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Yep
My first British bike was a BSA b25 ss gold star !!
It was about as much a "gold star" as a hinkley triumph Bonneville is a real Bonneville
Although it did teach me quite a lot about keeping British bikes running
Especially bent exhaust valves broken cam followers , seized pistons knackered big ends gearbox rebuilds etc etc
 
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