page_title: BSA Bantam
hierarchical_section_title: BSA Bantam
caption_attribution_description: English: Nepalese merchants Kamal Man Tuladhar (left) and Karuna Ratna Tuladhar on a BSA D1 Bantam motorcycle in Lhasa, Tibet, about 1952
context_page_description: The BSA Bantam is a two-stroke unit construction motorcycle that was produced by the Birmingham Small Arms Company from 1948 until 1971. Exact production figures are unknown, but it was over 250,000 and some estimates place the number closer to half a million.
context_section_description: The BSA Bantam is a two-stroke unit construction motorcycle that was produced by the Birmingham Small Arms Company (BSA) from 1948 (as a 125 cc) until 1971 (as a 175 cc). Exact production figures are unknown, but it was over 250,000 and some estimates place the number closer to half a million.
caption: Nepalese merchants on a Bantam in Lhasa, Tibet ca. 1952
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