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£4,100
1929 BSA Model S, Sloper, 500cc. Registration number BF 7784 (non transferrable). Frame number P13339. Engine number P11336.
BSA’s Model S was launched into a world of traditional ‘flat-tank’ motorcycles in 1927 – and caused a sensation. With a shapely saddle tank, fashionable sloping engine and low seat height, its looks began a trend which would last well into the 1930s. But the revolution was more than skin deep; its sporting overhead-valve engine featured Lucas’ new Magdyno offering reliable ignition and lighting, while the internal geared oil pump spelt the end of plungers, sight glasses and external pipework. The new Model S, quickly nicknamed the ‘Sloper’, set a new trend in design and manufacturers such as Ariel and Triumph rushed to follow. In truth, P&M, later Panther, had been making motorcycles with a forward-sloping cylinder since the turn of the century, but it was with BSA that the name ‘Sloper’ would be forever associated.
BR is an older restoration that has been owned by our vendor for many years. Unused for since Covid, ii will need recommissioning before use.
Sold with the V5C and an acetylene front lamp that needs to be fitted
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