The Spitfire was indeed a ‘scrambler’ in the true sense of the word, with knobby tires, high pipes on the left side, one carb, and stripped of everything that wasn’t essential. These are gorgeous ...

ABOVE: Starting with the 1968 BSA A65, the Spitfire Royal Star joined the lineup, as BSA’s premium offering, at least until the arrival of the Rocket 3 a year later. The A65 Firebird Scrambler was ...

One might ask something similar of BSA, the iconic British motorcycle manufacturer that crashed in the 1970s and much later had its name acquired by Classic Legends, a subsidiary of global ...