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A BRIEF
HISTORY - Significant Events
1951 - BSA acquire Triumph
and with it the Terrier
1953 - Jeff Smith joins BSA
1958
- Introduction of the C15 - BSA's version of the Terrier's
successor the Cub
1958 - Brian Martin debuts the
competition C15 prototype
1959 - Trials and scrambles
versions of C15 produced
1960 - Special "works" versions of
the C15 appear in European 250 Motocross Championship (see above)
1961
- 350 version using B40 motor appears (see below)
1962 - 420 version
appears at Matchams Park
1964 - Jeff Smith wins 500
Motocross World Championship
1965 - Jeff Smith wins 500
Motocross World Championship
1966 - 441 cc B44GP the Victor
Grand Prix available to the general public
The
Victor Grand Prix only remained in production and available to
the public for two years.
For a short time the "works"
riders rode standard-ish machines but progress demanded
development.The capacity was stretched to 494cc and then to
499cc where it remained in the B50.The factory tried titanium
frames before reverting to steel. In 1968 John Banks on a
499cc B50 (as it became) missed to recapture the World 500
Motocross title for BSA by one point. The first production
batch left the factory in October 1965 - the last in Spring
1967 - although a small batch was made for the Royal Engineers
in January 1968. Ignoring these last, the number made for
public consumption was 468. |
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