Friends, Whilst Tom and I enjoyed a 70 mile ride to and around the snow covered mendips today the normally jerky needle on my Smiths speedo zoomed up to over...
Hello all, Seasons Greetings and I hope you managed to get a ride over the holiday period!!! I've just received a catalogue from T&G Motorcycles (Milton Keynes...
Graeme, Very interested to read your Web Page at http://www.netcomuk.co.uk/~carol-h/index.html. I have a GPO Bantam myself, No 941 FYM which I recently bought...
Just re-found a great site, in my opinion the best bantam page on the net. The address is: http://kmorgan.users2.50megs.com/bantam_history.html Loads of info...
I noticed that the magazines and elsewhere are still quoting the Vic Salmon name and address for this club, as I heard from them a year or so ago that this was...
Anyone interested in GPO Bantams may find the following organisation of help: Post Office Vehicle Club (£12 to join) Secretary, John Taggart, No7 Bignall Rand...
The D1 is supposed to do something like 120mpg which is what Tom tells me he can get on a run. Around Bath with its notorious hills I expect to get quite a...
I was always curious about how well Bantams did on fuel as road tests seldom say and older tests can vary, myD14/4 has been averaging about 106 mpg recently....
Stu, I have a load of BSA service sheets for Bantam models and, as you say, a lot of the cycle parts appear to be the same. I do have, amongst my sheets a copy...
... you have. ... boys by ... The carb is probably the Zenith carb as fitted to some early sixties Tiger Cubs and most petrol driven lawnmowers, it should have...
Gidday All, Thought I would help swell the ranks of the list. I don't own a Bantam but I do own a 1954 C10L which is the sidevalve 250. It shares a lot of...
Stu Adamson
stu.adamson@...
Dec 17, 2001 1:25 am
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Paul, Thanks for this. I tried replying the other day but hotmail crashed. I was interested to hear about your extensive collection of Bantams - you must have...
Have been told that the Science Museum keeps the dispatch records of, amongst other machines, BSAs. I'm further told that the museum will answerenquiries (up...
I am Paul Cousins (Bantamania) and live near Diss, Norfolk, UK. Looking at your e-mail sent to BSA Bantam on 7/12/01, I tend to agree with you as where all...
Paulbantamania@...
Dec 10, 2001 12:48 pm
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Nigel, Sorry to have pipped you to it. Tom was given the address of a guy here in Bath that supposedly had a couple of bikes (they may or may not be working)...
Hello Andrew, thanks for your response. I'm located in Messing....abt 9 miles south of Colchester. Yes I have a 1968 D14/4 Bantam for some years now but as a...
Stuart - yes that was me! Better luck next time - hope you get on well with it. Nigel ... From: "STUART SEALE" <stuartseale@...> To:...
Nigel Lacey
nigel.lacey@...
Dec 7, 2001 7:52 pm
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Stauart - that must have been me! Better luck next time. Nigel ... From: "STUART SEALE" <stuartseale@...> To: <BSABantam@yahoogroups.com> Sent:...
Nigel Lacey
nigel.lacey@...
Dec 7, 2001 7:52 pm
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Owen, Where abouts near Colchester, I am in Dedham. Best wishes Andrew (Bantamless for 25 years, but looking) ... From: owenduk...
Andrew Vinter
andyvinter@...
Dec 7, 2001 1:19 pm
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Nigel, You didn't enquire after a D1 in London a few weeks ago did you? My son Tom and I went up to town to collect it to be told that there were 12 other ...
STUART SEALE
stuartseale@...
Dec 6, 2001 11:26 pm
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Hi my names Nigel and I don't yet have a Bantam, but I do have a close relative - an MZ which I enjoy riding around the lanes of Buckinghamshire. It shares...
Nigel Lacey
nigel.lacey@...
Dec 6, 2001 9:18 pm
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Hello All and thanks for letting me join the the group. My name's Owen and I live near Colchester in Essex.U.K. I've been a keen biker all of my 62 years and...
Given that they made Bantam's for 23 years how come I only seem to see the last three years of production on the road, just a few D14's and mostly D175's, a...
Greetings everyone, I had my first Bantam in the early sixties and my last I bought in June this year, a 1963 D7 in reasonable condition. It had been off the...
darley
darley@...
Dec 5, 2001 3:49 pm
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Hi there, Just a quickie to say hi to all fellow Bantam Owners Mine's a Black D14/4 1968 vintage. I'm in the process of returning it to the road after...
Good to see a site devoted to the wonderous invention of the BSA Bantam, my first meeting with the beast was on the back of a mates in the late 50's, then went...
Hi there. My name's Costa and I have a Bantam. Actually, it's a 1969, D14 Bushman, which I acquired in February, I played with her over the rest of last...
Dear all, Sorry about the pun. We need a few messages just to get things rolling. My son Tom is the moderator of this group. On my encouragement he bought a ...
STUART SEALE
stuartseale@...
Dec 3, 2001 11:59 pm
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I am 18 and a student at Brunel University, studying for a Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering. Although I spend most of my time at uni, here in London,...