Description
National Motorcycle Museum | Solihull, West Midlands
26th Mar, 2025 9:00
1928 BSA S28 Sloper
No Reserve
Registration No: WL 5199
Frame No: P6729
MOT: Exempt
BSAs late 1920s OHV 500 Sports model
An older restoration showing a nice patina
Supplied with a green RF60 and current V5C
The Birmingham Small Arms factory was established in the Small Heath area of Birmingham 1861 and as the name suggests manufactured weapons. Around the turn of the century they started making bicycles and progressed onto motorcycles a few years later. BSA went on to be one of the world's largest producers of motorcycles up until its demise in the early 1970s. During the 1920s BSA proudly boasted that ‘One in four motorcycles is a BSA’ and that their bikes were ‘the most popular motorcycles in the world.’
This S28, being offered at no reserve, is part of a deceased estate having been owned and ridden by the enthusiast vendor for a number of years. Marketed by BSA as a bike that would 'appeal to the sporting rider' it was based on the bikes that had won the team prize in the previous year's ISDT without losing a mark. Approaching its one-hundredth birthday, it looks to have been restored many years ago keeping a good degree of originality and used by the owner on VJMC runs and rallies. It comes supplied with a few period adverts, a parts book, a green RF60 continuation logbook and a current V5C, not run for a while it will need recommissioning before use. Amazingly the original sales invoice has survived and will be supplied with the bike, dated the 2nd of July 1928 from dealers Hieatt and Argyle in Oxford, showing it cost £71-19-9 including the optional Lucas Magdyno and horn and an extra £2-15-9 for insurance together with a small photo showing what appears to be the first owner sat on it in 1930. A great opportunity to experience a part of motorcycling history on a bike that will be eligible for events like the Banbury Run.
