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1960 BSA A10
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(Used to be a Triumph here)
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That is exciting news, even if the new ones will most likely look nothing like this work of art  ![[Linked Image from mcn-images.bauersecure.com]](https://mcn-images.bauersecure.com/PageFiles/687193/1440x960/BSA_returns_05.jpg)
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That is exciting news .... Can you expand a bit upon "exciting"? What's exciting about an Asian company taking 3 letters from the name of an old motorcycle company and sticking them on the side of a new electric "motorbike"? Lannis
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"Why do you wear that thing, Dobby?" "This, sir? 'Tis a mark of the house-elf’s enslavement, sir."
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That is exciting news .... Can you expand a bit upon "exciting"? What's exciting about an Asian company taking 3 letters from the name of an old motorcycle company and sticking them on the side of a new electric "motorbike"? Lannis Exciting ? the "jewel in the crown " may turn out to be more valuable than " the Crown ". the world is once again turning upside down . who will milk whom ![[Linked Image from sites.google.com]](https://sites.google.com/site/imperialismindia/_/rsrc/1326293531163/home/economic-reasons/British_wealth_India.jpg)
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Well, I've got no problems with India building and selling a product that the West wants to buy, and therefore get dollars and pounds headed back East if they're meeting a want that people have.
I just don't understand what relationship "Birmingham Small Arms", with its history and design philosophy (the good, the bad, and the ugly), has with a modern new Indian-designed and sourced electric motorcycle, and why that might be an exciting or interesting thing for people who ride, restore, and enjoy A10s, A65s, B31s, D14s, B44s, etc ... ?
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Suppose they will call it the Lightning then??? 
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I just don't understand what relationship "Birmingham Small Arms", with its history and design philosophy (the good, the bad, and the ugly), has with a modern new Indian-designed and sourced electric motorcycle... The only relationship of any significance is the relationship between a "known" name brand, and the money it can mean to the person who owns the right to that name, ( IF they do it right). Only time will tell if the relationship is a successful one.
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Thanks for sharing Mike,....... I would have missed that news.
Down to 1 BSA, 2 Triumphs, 1 '56 Chevy
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You can buy an AJS in the uk that afaik is made in china and has zero history to the original.
There was a brand struggle with Indian motorcycles being made by Polaris?
I love Meriden Triumphs. I am glad that someone is making a British motorcycle in Britain and has some other plants outside the country, but modern Triumphs have zero interest to me.
A Harley is still a Harley even if it's made in a different country, so long as it's owned by the parent company. In the mid 70's (in the uk at least) Harley were flogging Italian made 2 strokes under the HD banner. Good or bad, they weren't Harley's
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Mike, thanks for sharing this news.
I wish Mahindra all the best in their effort to resurrect the BSA "brand".
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