1969 BSA B44 Victor Special Trail

Engine: Vertical, single-cylinder, OHV, four-cycle, air-cooled
Displacement:  441 cc (26.9 ci)
Bore & Stroke: 79 x 90 mm (3.11 x 3.54 in)
Power: 24.60 kW (33 hp)
Transmission:  4-forward, manual
Weight: 130.63 kg (288 lb)
Original Cost: C $935

Birmingham Small Arms (BSA) was a gun manufacturer whose subsidiaries included bicycle manufacturers, steel works and a motorcycle division which incorporated the Ariel, New Hudson, Sunbeam and Triumph names. Their factory in Small Heath, Birmingham was the largest volume producer of British motorcycles, one every four minutes, during the peak years of the 1950s.
The Special Trail was a dual-purpose bike, it was intended to be an off-road trail bike and a fully street legal street bike.  

Chronology:

1861 - The Birmingham Small Arms was founded.
1910 - BSA's first motor bicycle is introduced.
1919 - BSA Cycles Limited created as part of BSA Group.
1919 - BSA introduces their first 50-degree V-twin Model E motorcycle.
1953 - BSA withdrew motorcycle production from BSA Cycles and creates BSA Motorcycles Limited.
1950s - BSA group continues to expand but by 1965 competition from Japan and Europe was hurting BSA's market share and BSA wasn't keeping up with some of the technological innovations, like electric start, that the competitors were introducing.
1968 - To try to gain back some of the lost market share, BSA announced several changes to their existing lines and introduced a new 3-cylinder bike, with focus on the US market but it was too little too late.
1971 - BSA is reorganized due to financial difficulties.
1972 - In near bankruptcy, BSA becomes part of the Norton-Villiers-Triumph merger and the last BSA bikes are produced.
1997 - Donated to the Reynolds-Alberta Museum.