Production of the Gold Star began in 1938 and ended up as one of BSA’s longest manufactured models, with production eventually ending in the early 1960’s. The most well known and easily recognized of the company’s line of motorcycles is the Gold Star. In 1921, the company switched to a v-twin engine, and a 770cc engine on the model A. The first motorcycle fully produced by the BSA Company was built in 1910 using a 498cc 3 1/2 horsepower single engine. As the motorcycle division of the company grew, BSA eventually became the largest manufacture of motorcycles in the world, before going out of business in the late 1970’s. With motorcycles like the Gold StarRocket Three, the companies’ bikes were popular among the café racers of 50’s and 60’s. Birmingham Small Arms Company (BSA,) started in 1861, originally produced guns and bicycles before manufacturing its first bike with an engine in 1905 and its first official motorcycle in 1910.
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