Amazing how 'we' Brits lead the world then by our poor management skills managed to throw it all away.
An example is this 1953 flat four Wooler. Wonderful clean engine design. Hardly looks fifty four years old now does it?
I looked at the BSA 'Fury' design (with its badge engineered Triumph 'Bandit' behind) and thought "What a waste of a great looking machine". I could really have gone for one of those (yeah, but the colours were the Seventies. See the GT750 triples of Suzuki in this era).
Could easily have rivalled the Yamahas of the day etc too but oh no. Management didn't produce it so another great chance went to the wall. I personally think that if you can instill brand loyalty on the smaller models then the buyer will 'follow you up' to the larger stuff.
Lots and lots of inline 'V' twins. How about a bit of streamlining?
This 'V' twin set-up seems to suit bikes as we know.
Took me just under five hours to see all the bikes in depth and read about them etc (without a stop in the cafeteria) but with only one stop for a call of nature!
I thought the gift shop was rather poor and over priced but the museum is a great place to go nonetheless. Just don't cut yourself short on time!!!!
Like LSM says, it's a dying shame that all those manufactures are no more 
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