WM20 California Barn Find Military Survivor w/ Awesome Patina

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1942 WM20 BSA Military Motorcycle.

Frame # WM2076106 Engine # WM208836

This bike ran and rode a couple years back. however it is in need of a fresh battery and a carb kit. We seemed to have misplaced the air cleaner.

Has good compression and shows 1. 88 on the ODO.

Includes original side carrier racks as well as a pair of repops & two sets of later saddle bags.

Only Father Time could produce the wonderful patina this BSA shows. Anyone can spray bomb an old rust bucket.

BSA M20 HISTORY:Viewed as a near failure in the eyes of the War Office in 1936. this model was ultimately to evolve into perhaps the most illustrious and longest serving model in the history of British military motorcycling. not to mention becoming the most numerous type produced for the War Office itself. The vast majority of BSA M20 models delivered were employed by the War Department (Army). although smaller quantities were also used by both the Admiralty (Navy) and the Air Ministry (RAF). It is interesting to note that the Air Ministry used quantities of the model fitted with a Swallow-manufactured sidecar. and that a great number of the smaller M20 model contracts throughout the Second World War specified sidecar-lugs for the frame. generally removed from all the larger contracts. which were specifically solo only. Although intended as a general-purpose motorcycle for convoy escort and long-distance communications duties. due to the sheer number supplied the model was employed ultimately in every theatre of war and for virtually every purpose imaginable. whether suitable or not. It is perhaps for this reason that the model is the one best remembered by and familiar to most ex-servicemen and other individuals when military motorcycles are mentioned. The post-war service of the BSA M20 model further increases its renown. the type being retained in service as the standard War Department motorcycle throughout the national service period of the 1950s and onwards in limited numbers until the end of the next decade. this despite the fact that it was never totally suitable. and was most probably retained only because of the huge quantities of machines and parts available following the end of the war. During the course of the Second World War and throughout the post-war period. virtually all M2Os were rebuilt by the military at least once. if not several times. Engines were changed around under service-exchange schemes and rebuilt models were constructed from stocks of parts assembled from all years and contracts. In certain instances. the military authorities would fit a brand-new frame or engine-unit to a rebuilt machine and not stamp the item fitted with a number. further complicating dating such a machine today. [Source: British Forces Motorcycles]

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