Registration No: USK 250
Frame No: E11 342
Engine No: EO 362
CC: 150
MOT: Exempt

• Rare original and unrestored survivor from nearly 90 years ago
• Built as a utility bike in its day, very few have survived the years
• Supplied with old MOTs, dating letter, owner’s books and a V5

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 become one of the world's largest producers of motorcycles up until its demise in the early 1970s. In the immediate post-depression years there was a pressing need for cheap transport and BSAs little XO 150 model was designed as a utility vehicle to satisfy that market.

This XO 150 dates from around 1935 according to the frame number although the V5 logbook says 1932 and also has it wrongly described as a 250. This can be rectified when the change of ownership is being carried out. Probably the cheapest bike in the range back in the 1930s, not many have survived the intervening 90 years so is now quite rare. It appears to be in original unrestored condition with even the remains of the dealer transfers still just about visible on the mudguards. Part of a private collection for a number of years it has not been run for a while so will need some recommissioning, but the engine turns over on the kickstarter and everything moves freely. The bike comes supplied with a spa5e fuel yank, a few old MOTs, owner’s manuals, a BSA club dating letter and a V5.

For more information, please contact:
Ian Cunningham
ian.cunningham@handh.co.uk
07415 871189