Hi everyone, Happy New Year. I'm doing it the hard way (as opposed to the Atom unit way) and am rebuilding the electrics on my '56 D1. Can anyone answer these...
Tony, Strange - the Haynes Manual does not specify the condenser. Neither does it say how to test the coil. It it wasn't so wet and miserable over here I'd go...
I'll try to look out for the capacitance of the condensor, but I don't recall seeing it anywhere. If anyone has an Avometer they should be able to measure it,...
Hi Tony, I tried C&D, they have the switch but don't sell the part the switch plugs into. It's only available as part of the complete wiring harness. They said...
Hi Tom, I haven't had a chance to measure the coil but I found a reference on the net about coil ignition bikes and it said and condenser with a range of 0.2...
Hi everyone, I completed the 12 volt conversion on my '56 D1 last night and took her for a test run just as the sun was setting. The conversion is just the...
I live in West Sussex, in the United Kingdom and after a gap of 15 years want to get a motorcycle again. I want to get a small British bike and have pretty...
... a ... trying to answer this is like asking who is the real James Bond star, it all depends on which of the Bantams you regard as the "real one" myself...
Hi Oliver, Firstly, you are absolutely correct. The real James Bond is Sean Connery. Definitely not George Lazenby (even though he was one of my countrymen!). ...
Hi Carrie, I have got a connector from an old D14 wiring loom that you could have. I'm not sure which switch it is from, it only has 3 wires connected but I'm ...
Hi everyone, I've seen a few references to using a timing light on a Bantam engine. While I know the timing is virtually set on a Bantam I've heard of the...
Dear Tony, I dont know if you have read my details at the group but your Email about timing on a Bantam rminded me of a bizarre experience I had when I was...
Hi Tony, I don't think you can verify that with a timing light. You usually need to be able to see the flywheel while the engine is running (and it should have...
Hello group. I had a "grey" D1 Bantam that was a reliable "reverse runner" It was easy to stall it in low gear,release clutch and reverse out of kerb etc. ...
Hi Alec, I have never experienced a backwards running Bantam (although I think we've all heard about them!) but your posting may save my life. I'm going to...
Hi Alyson, I haven't ridden mine backwards but I once rode my D7 horizontally for quite some distance ...ouch! Seriously, lots of people seem to have had the...
The trouble with using a light on a Bantam is the lack of any real timing marks. The light is just a strobe that flashes when the spark plug fires. It "stops"...
Thanks Simon, I appreciate your response - sounds like all I need is my dial indicator, a globe, battery and some alligator clips! I guess I was most concerned...
New Years Greetings to all site members from Stuart and Tom, the site moderators. Photo taken at Great Dorset Steam Fair 2002 but not a D1 in sight, I'm ...
Hi Simon, The bit the points cam mounts on is part of the crank and the cam has its own tiny woodruff key, independent of the alternator rotor. Alternator...
As part of the Fourth Annual Beechworth Motorcycle, Lawn-Mower & Rotary Hoe Show (Feb 15&16) we are raffling a 1954 D3. Tickets are $5 and there are only 2500....
Hi all Well I think I have found my first prospective purchase.... a D14 in need of a little minor work. I am told that one of the "minor faults" is that it...
Oliver, Tom has included wiring diagrams on his website at www.bantam.150m.com. If the one you want isn't there I know he hought a D14 book recently that will...
Hi Roy and Simon, Thanks to Roy for the clarification - slipping of the shaft in the press fit flywheel was indeed what I meant. Sorry I didn't make it ...
Could be of interest. Regards, Stuart Seale ... _________________________________________________________________ Help STOP SPAM: Try the new MSN 8 and get 2...
I guess I promised a couple days back to give the formula to convert between degrees and mm for ignition timing. I pulled this from "Two Stroke Performance...
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