BSA Sloper
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The BSA S31 Sloper was a Birmingham Small Arms Company
(BSA) motorcycle
that was launched in 1927 and featured a saddle tank that enabled a low seating position, improving the centre of gravity and handling. In 1930 the BSA Sloper gained extra chrome and a new frame with a forged steel spine. The 493cc overhead-valve mode came with twin-port cylinder heads. The Sloper range remained much the same until its demise in 1935, when there were only two models, an overhead-valve and a sidevalve, both of 595cc.
Birmingham Small Arms Company
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(BSA) motorcycle
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that was launched in 1927 and featured a saddle tank that enabled a low seating position, improving the centre of gravity and handling. In 1930 the BSA Sloper gained extra chrome and a new frame with a forged steel spine. The 493cc overhead-valve mode came with twin-port cylinder heads. The Sloper range remained much the same until its demise in 1935, when there were only two models, an overhead-valve and a sidevalve, both of 595cc.