12-31-2016, 02:57 AM
(12-30-2016, 09:43 PM)Rocky_imp Wrote: [quote That would be the last year that we were able to buy BSAs.
Once the largest motorcycle company in the world, BSA closed its doors in 1972 - mainly due to mismanagement, but also the Japanese flood that had overtaken them.
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Guilty as charged. In 1972 two of my buddies and I sold our British motorcycles and each bought a Kawasaki H2 Mach IV.
We had to learn to ride all over again. The BSAs had a lot of torque and good handling. Unfortunately they had poor brakes so the engine was used a lot to slow down. The H2 was light, had less torque, but a lot more horsepower and good brakes. It handled poorly if ridden like a British bike, and would lift the front wheel with an over enthusiastic twist of the wrist. We had to learn to ride smoothly so we could use the power and brakes to our advantage.