It was was conceived and built by brothers Ross and Mike Winwood and their dad in the mid-late 60s when they were employed in the British motorcycle industry and wanted to present a challenge to the Spanish factories, led by Bultaco, which were taking over trials at the time.The light, peppy, Bantam D14/4 175cc engine was chosen and slotted into the dural frame, all hand-crafted, literally screwed together, front forks are MPs a lovely bike, but never put into production.Keith Quinn's restored Walwin, what a great job he did, and I see that he's had some great results with it...
woensdag 16 september 2009
Walwin Bantam
It was was conceived and built by brothers Ross and Mike Winwood and their dad in the mid-late 60s when they were employed in the British motorcycle industry and wanted to present a challenge to the Spanish factories, led by Bultaco, which were taking over trials at the time.The light, peppy, Bantam D14/4 175cc engine was chosen and slotted into the dural frame, all hand-crafted, literally screwed together, front forks are MPs a lovely bike, but never put into production.Keith Quinn's restored Walwin, what a great job he did, and I see that he's had some great results with it...