Beschreibung
H&H Classic Auction @ National Motorcycle Museum | Solihull, West Midlands
3rd July, 2024 13:00
1953 BSA C10L
No Reserve
Registration No: 656 XUT
Frame No: BC102599
MOT: Exempt
Offered without reserve
Nice old machine
Part of a private collection
The BSA C10 entered the catalogue during 1938 and featured a single cylinder engine with coil ignition and a three speed, hand change gearbox housed in a rigid frame with girder forks and was graced with a combined fuel and oil tank. The advent of the Second World War brought a break in production for the model but, with the end of hostilities in 1945 it was among four machines announced in August 1945. In it's early postwar form the model continued to utilise girder forks, but the oil tank became a frame mounted item, complimented by a toolbox mounted between the rear, right-hand forks and the gearbox, although still only three speed, became foot operated. 1946 saw the girder forks changed for telescopic items and the speedometer moved to the tank top and for 1951 the option of a plunger frame and four speed gearbox became available. The next major revision occurred for 1954 when an alternator was adopted resulting in a new designation for the smallest BSA four stroke to C10L.
On offer is a little BSA C10L. It has had some work carried out some time in its life but remains in mostly original condition for its age. Purchased for a private collection of machines by the late vendor, it has not been used much in recent years and will require some light recommissioning before use.
