Bushmans carb tuning secrets. A great amount of detail about the setup of amal carbs.
zondag 2 oktober 2011
zaterdag 1 oktober 2011
woensdag 28 september 2011
dinsdag 27 september 2011
Goodwood Revival
A Bantam picture on the Vintagent from Goodwood Revival
Off all the great bike's... Paul d'Orélans must have a good taste :-)
Thanks for the great interview!
zondag 25 september 2011
zaterdag 24 september 2011
vrijdag 23 september 2011
donderdag 22 september 2011
Hummer museum!
Just north of Mendon, Ohio on hi-way 707. (40°40'11.96"N 84°31'27.67"W)
There is a harley dealer who has one model of every Harley Davidson Hummer ever produced!
The Harley hummer has a great site for followers.
There is a harley dealer who has one model of every Harley Davidson Hummer ever produced!
The Harley hummer has a great site for followers.
http://www.harleyhummerclub.org/
woensdag 21 september 2011
Easy Wheeling Harley-Davidson Hummer!
Hold that smile! He's riding a new Harley-Davidson Hummer. Plenty of
smiles to the miles with this practical set of fun wheels. Ideal,
economical transportation. Takes you anywhere - whether it's off to the
beach...on a trip...an errand...or back and forth to school, shop, or
office. And, anyone can learn to ride. Just sit back in the
foam-rubber-filled saddle, release the hand clutch lever and you're off -
it's as simple as that! Safe too! Giant front and rear brakes stop you
on a dime. Large headlight, tail-light and new stoplight give you
perfect night-time safety. Topping the list of Hummer highlights is the
super-economy, fuel-miser engine that delivers up to 100 miles per
gallon. Get yourself some new smiles...get a set of fun wheels - ride
the amazing Harley-Davidson Hummer!
Special thanks to DadsVintageAds for the many ad's online!
dinsdag 20 september 2011
Brenda Collins
Ca. 1952 Brenda Collins (England, Kent)
North-America. The journalist Brenda rode a 16.000 kms long tour through North-America with a BSA-Bantam.
Route: GB - USA - Canada - Mexico.
25th.04.2001 1st information by Hugo Wilson´s book: Das Lexikon vom Motorrad, page 37.
25.04.2001 I do not know more details. Who knows more, her earlier/present address or publications about her??
08.12.2003 Not to find in internet.
North-America. The journalist Brenda rode a 16.000 kms long tour through North-America with a BSA-Bantam.
Route: GB - USA - Canada - Mexico.
25th.04.2001 1st information by Hugo Wilson´s book: Das Lexikon vom Motorrad, page 37.
25.04.2001 I do not know more details. Who knows more, her earlier/present address or publications about her??
08.12.2003 Not to find in internet.
Brenda Collins was a 25-year old journalist from England, and between
1953 and 1954 she rode a 125cc B.S.A. Bantam D1 motorcycle more than
10,000 miles around North America.
The young traveler had no previous motorcycle experience before
taking delivery of her Bantam from Arlington Cycle & Sports Ltd.,
B.S.A. distributors in Montreal, Canada.
Quoted from the brochure, “…Collins, a young journalist from Kent,
with a taste for adventure, was working in Montreal, and felt she would
like to see more of Canada and the United States – as economically as
possible! At a motor-cycle show she saw a B.S.A. 125 c.c. ‘Bantam’ and
immediately decided that this was the ideal method of transport for her
trip across the wide open spaces – but for one snag – she couldn’t ride.
“However, learning to ride a ‘Bantam’ is so easy and Brenda soon mastered it…”
Collins’ Bantam, one of two models available in 1953, was the 125cc
Two-Stroke Model D1 with a plunger spring frame. There was also a D1
with a rigid frame.
The machine was based on the same German DKW RT125 design from the
‘30s that was the starting point for Harley-Davidson’s late-‘40s S125,
later known as the Hummer. Both companies, along with Russia’s MMZ, were
given rights to produce the little two-stroke design as part of war
reparations following World War II.
B.S.A.’s Bantam had a 123cc single-cylinder motor with a three-speed,
unit construction gearbox. The fuel tank carried 13/4 gallons of
gasoline and oil mix, brakes were 5” in diameter, and the Bantam had a
dry weight of 183 pounds.
Leaving Montreal in August 1953, equipped with 100 lbs. of gear,
including a portable typewriter, Collins headed west across Canada. She
toured through Winnipeg, Manitoba; Regina, Saskatchewan; Calgary and
Banff, Alberta; before crossing the Rocky Mountains to Vancouver,
British Columbia. From Canada’s west coast, she rode down to San
Francisco, Los Angeles and San Diego before traveling east to Tucson,
Arizona; Houston; New Orleans and Jacksonville, Florida. Northward she
stopped in Savannah, Georgia; Raleigh, North Carolina; Washington, DC;
and New York, where she arrived in April 1954.
Says the brochure, “En route through Canada she took temporary jobs
to supplement her $2 a day budget, wrote up her experiences for several
magazines and papers and appeared on various radio programmes.
“In a test that would punish many a bigger motor-cycle the ‘Bantam’
gave her reliable and economical service under all the varied conditions
she encountered on her trip.”
Collins’ actual saddle time on the Bantam was 90 days, and her
average speed was 35 to 40 miles per hour. But that modest pace was
enough to add up to more than 10,000 miles by the time she was through.
It’s proof that, as the brochure says, “You, too, can ‘Leave it to your B.S.A.’”
maandag 19 september 2011
6-Volt moped / motorcycle Expo & Drive
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| Some snapshots of the 6-Volt event in Gullegem |
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| Where moped & motorcycles are driven! |
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| A good +- 65 members from belgium |
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| And some even from the UK! |
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| What happens in belgium .... Stay's in belgium :-) |
zondag 18 september 2011
zaterdag 17 september 2011
D1 Trails bantam
Swapping over to Dan's original trials Bantam is to experience motorcycling chalk and cheese. The bike is all correct factory spec with the exception of the lack of lights and lowered gearing. It's got a Rex Caunt cdi ignition so starting is easy and the immediate impression is of light weight and diminutive size. Standing at six foot three and having just stepped off the Enfield the Bantam feels toy-like. The riding position is set up for Dan's preferences and the bars are a little low for me but it's cheeky nature adds up to a fun ride. Whereas the Enfield will plod along the smaller engined two stroke needs to be pointed at an obstacle and given some revs and commitment.The Bantam's decompressor needs to be used descending steep slopes and lets out an amusing whiny whiffling noise. The original forks are decidedly choppy but the handling is fine. For modern style vintage trials the Enfield is evidently the more capable bike but it's easy to see that the Bantam is the proto scurrying mammal to the Enfields diplodocus and a few years development on two strokes would see the tables dramatically turned.
vrijdag 16 september 2011
donderdag 15 september 2011
woensdag 14 september 2011
zondag 11 september 2011
donderdag 8 september 2011
Driving in the rain!
I found this little gem (10€ - 9£) in Wellen a moped jumble in belgium
In order to test it wind / rain shield, i had to drive her to work!
In order to test it wind / rain shield, i had to drive her to work!
I like it! You can drive when it rains. You don't need a full face helmet.
But when i drive faster than 50 - 60mph the wind is to strong...
But when i drive faster than 50 - 60mph the wind is to strong...
Bantam Major
First registered on 1st December 1954, this machine is in very original condition & comes with a good history including original buff log book, guarantee card, first free service card, running intruction card & a letter from the BSA service department as well as a couple of old MOT certificates & some old tax discs. The bikes also comes with a current DVLA V5C registration certificate. For Sale
zaterdag 3 september 2011
donderdag 1 september 2011
maandag 29 augustus 2011
Bsa Bantam by Owen Wright
After having it laying to long on my book shelf i found some time to read & write about it...
BSA Bantam by Owen Wright
BSA Bantam by Owen Wright
BSA bantam by Owen Wright
190 page's with mostly text and great pictures & ad’s.I like bike's that have a story behind them. The Bsa Bantam is a very good example of this. It’s not a bike with the most glamour’s lifestyle but it has so much more!
Owen Wright has made a very good book about the bike, some time ago.
The book has one big main development story and from time to time a side story.
It’s about using the bike, maintaining a daily driver, some glimpse about travel story’s.
It also tells how to make it fast, what points you need to watch and where to invest.
Even the GPO & postal bike’s have a nice place in the book!
Main story:
From the early days before the wars, about the factory, the corporate takeover, ...
In what world the D1 got it’s stand in the BSA range and kept in production & development. What they changed and why. Design wise and for the maintaining! You won’t get a technical spec sheet with how many air you need to pump up your tire’s.
But you will know what tire they used at that time for a spare part! He even explains you, why you should be glad you have a bantam instead of another bike!The search from BSA for a rival, for the many Italian style vespa’s & lambretta’s.
Experiments with different new engine’s and how they turned out. The creation of the Beagle with pressed frame. And how the Japanese made a moped after it!
And later on about how Honda made the change. Not about the big CB750. Who was a big dreambike. But how they build a first factory in Europe (Belgium) and made a cub & a Honda dream, who changed the world for lightweight bike’s forever. How BSA could not match the finish of the Honda. But still got a big amount of followers, who loved the simple bike.
The following redesign with the famous 4 speed gearbox, the experiment with auto lube and a how blabliblabla as a new director made the famous BSA bushman a fact. With modern colors and a modified frame! How eventually BSA turned it’s back to small motorcycles and focused on superbike’s.
Thank god the story does not end there! You get a nice idea of many victory’s with bantams. What & how you can find information on how to make your bantam faster without losing to much reliability.
From the book you get a lot of ‘bang for the pound’ much like the bantam (once) was!
Nice written out for you.
I totally enjoyed the book on my 2 weeks holiday trip to Sweden and I now I will fall back on it sometimes
Ruben Deboosere 8 / 08 / 2011
donderdag 25 augustus 2011
maandag 22 augustus 2011
'68 Bantam Bushman (Export Model).
'68 Bantam Bushman (Export Model).
Running on Comma 2T oil at 200ml/5 litres. Any suggestions on better mixture, do let me know !
zaterdag 20 augustus 2011
donderdag 18 augustus 2011
1 month left!
YOU HAVE ONE MONTH LEFT TO PLAN YOUR TRIP TO GULLEGEM
50° 50' 33.81" N 3° 12' 7.49" E! (Belgium)
50° 50' 33.81" N 3° 12' 7.49" E! (Belgium)
There will be a lot of festivity's with one of it a pre 1975 moped / motorcycle tour!
Lot's of fun, good stella and lot's of 2stroke power!
Picture's of last year: Click here
I hope to see some off you, and you are very welcome!
Lot's of fun, good stella and lot's of 2stroke power!
Picture's of last year: Click here
I hope to see some off you, and you are very welcome!
Bantam in india
Hello Every one welcome to get your own BSA BIKE in just RS.75000/-.So who are interested can contact me by call my mob:09981847843, 08109122262 & my mail id is bijoydavid@yahoo.com
vrijdag 12 augustus 2011
Bantams in germany
My Wife and I succesfully attended the 48th international bsa rally at lorely on the rhine near koblenz.We trailered them there in one day, all 540 miles of it. The scenery really is quite stunning
Heres a vid ,its mostly photos but also a high speed pass!
maandag 8 augustus 2011
dinsdag 2 augustus 2011
vrijdag 29 juli 2011
woensdag 27 juli 2011
maandag 25 juli 2011
The hunt for vibrations!
On the quest for a vibration free running bike.The air filter is almost 6 months old and was allready falling apart!
The filter itself was still good. Nu dust no crap.
zondag 29 mei 2011
maandag 9 mei 2011
woensdag 4 mei 2011
Triumph Scrambler!
Blazer from Daniel Crouch on Vimeo.
This little vid just made my day! Triumph B50.
(I think bsa made these with Triumph - BSA badge)
Strange they didn't rebrand the Bushman / Bantam!
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