Registration No: 656 XUT
Frame No: BC102599
MOT: Exempt

• Offered without reserve
• Nice old machine
• Part of a private collection

The BSA C10 entered the catalogue during 1938, using a single-cylinder engine with coil ignition and a three-speed, hand-change gearbox housed in a rigid frame with girder forks, and was graced with a combined fuel and oil tank. The advent of the Second World War brought a break in production for the model but, with the end of hostilities in 1945, it was among four machines announced for revived production in August 1945. In its early post-war form, the model continued to utilise girder forks, but the oil tank became a frame-mounted item, complemented by a toolbox mounted between the rear, right-hand forks and the gearbox, although still only a three-speed, became foot-operated. In 1946, the girder forks were changed for telescopic items and the speedometer moved to the tank top, and for 1951 the option of a plunger frame and four-speed gearbox became available. The next major revision occurred for 1954 when an alternator was adopted, resulting in a new designation for the smallest BSA four-stroke to C10L.

This little C10L has had some work carried out some time in its life but remains in mostly original condition for its age. Purchased for the late vendor’s private collection, it has not been used much in recent years and will require some light recommissioning before use.