On to the next!

Check out my all new blog :-) -> Triumph Spitfire Blog!

vrijdag 30 december 2011

How it's done!

The Great Escape

donderdag 29 december 2011

woensdag 28 december 2011

Scottish Pre ’65 2010

Another rigid, this time a BSA Bantam in the beginning of the mythical area of ​​the pipe line

dinsdag 27 december 2011

Crich 1940's weekend




BSA Bantam
Not really a 1940 bike but still a beaty!

maandag 26 december 2011

For modern motorcycling!

Little Wiscombeart.com art

zondag 25 december 2011

Bantam rebirth on Christmas Day


How happy can you be? After a bad wire the bantam fired right up on christmas day!

zaterdag 24 december 2011

Happy X-mas!

With a special animation movie!

vrijdag 23 december 2011


donderdag 22 december 2011

Just add a bantam somewhere in the picture!

Just wondering how modern add's would look...
Looks like the girl who would fit on the Later D14 model
Somehow i like this picture. Clean simple line's, taste & flavor!
thanks http://onemansstyle.blogspot.com for the pictures!

woensdag 21 december 2011


maandag 19 december 2011

zondag 18 december 2011

Some very nice bantam's!

I really like the leg shields!

donderdag 15 december 2011

Finishing the rear rack

I have build some holders...

Combine it with some left over wood

And you have a reasonable result! :-)

woensdag 14 december 2011

Cilinder Studs


Fixing the worn thread

Morris van


dinsdag 13 december 2011

maandag 12 december 2011

Breaking the tyre bead.

If i had one off these with the original tire's...

That simple!

Breaking the tyre bead tool... DIY

zondag 11 december 2011

zaterdag 10 december 2011

Clutch lock tool

I like this tool! Clean simple not too expensive...
Instead of my usual use of OLD clutch plate's
Maybe on a next service... Sold by rex caunt racing!

vrijdag 9 december 2011

Motorcycle Center (main) stand

When i bought the bike 2 year ago the main stand was worn away...

After some welding & painting...
It looks original & good again!

donderdag 8 december 2011

1959 D7 Bantam



I have had this running sounds ok. The bike is complete , bit of corrosion on the chrome.
Nice easy little classic to do up

woensdag 7 december 2011

Wayne on the bantam

Thanks to David Dale for the lovely vid!

dinsdag 6 december 2011

See the light!

Quote PaddedHat: "Like everything from bike to neighborhood choices, life is nothing but a long series of compromises, the goal is try to get as close to your needs as possible and realize that there is always going to be a "shit I should of gotten that instead" moment. 
 Simply put, unless you want a small fleet of vehicles, you never cover all the bases./ Quote

Somehow this sums up a Bantam D14/4 to me.
 I hope you see the light!

maandag 5 december 2011

Front number plate

Working on the front number plate!
In belgium, the front number plate was never required so it is just a design issue...
but in the uk : "since 1975 front plates for motorcycles are no longer required."

So if this bantam would be driving in the UK -> 1968 it would have got a front plate!

zondag 4 december 2011

Blacksea

It all started for me with a little BSA Bantam at the age of twelve. It didn’t actually run (my friend and I found it dumped by an old railway track) but we had thrills pushing it up the hill and rolling down again whilst pretending to be Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper in ‘Easy Rider’ – I was Peter Fonda by the way (check out the shades).
Thanks to Bleacksea blog!

zaterdag 3 december 2011


vrijdag 2 december 2011


donderdag 1 december 2011

Jebf's running Bantams

Jebf got some nice running bantams!

And they talk about undertaking a trip on them!

woensdag 30 november 2011

Oh no! More Harley Hummer pic's!

My 1948 Harley Hummer
My 1948 Harley Hummer
Picture taken around 1962

maandag 28 november 2011

Gearbox assembly 101

Nice & Clean surface!

Gear checkup 356
 
Warning the gear shaft guide is not on it's place! *restart!*

How to place the kickstart spring!

Nice & tight assembled & tested!

Allmost perfect in line!

model D7 Ad

Nice ad's from sheldon's EMU

zondag 27 november 2011

zaterdag 26 november 2011

Lathe-Mill

Use a lathe as a mill!

vrijdag 25 november 2011

A Bsa bantam D7 blog!


donderdag 24 november 2011

Surflex clutch plate's








My new, very nice looking surflex clutch plate's!

Surflex replacement Clutch Plate for all BSA Bantams. 
Instant cure for clutch slip. Up-to-Date lining fitted. Thanks Rex!

woensdag 23 november 2011

Bantam Cylinder Studs


Some of the reasons of the compression loss was the bad thread on the old cylinder studs.
After carefull remove the old one's i had to fix the last (broken) thread.
Drill all the junk out, some studs positioning and a finish with 2K epoxy will hold it.
Time will tell! :-)

UPDATE: IT DOES NOT!!! USE A HELICOIL!!!

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