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- May 25, 2013 at 6:33 pm #66088lucky rookieParticipant
Off a little from my own project here is a picture of my dads bsa bantam d3 engine that I have just finished restoring
dont know why it’s upside down but photobucket saved it like this
May 28, 2013 at 9:19 pm #66089lucky rookieParticipantBelly pan arrived today …..very nice
June 3, 2013 at 6:49 am #66090lucky rookieParticipantThe frame should be arriving today …….excited
June 3, 2013 at 1:01 pm #66091imperialdataKeymasterJust catching up after a week’s hols…
That Bantam lump looks nice, a really classic engine design (so good it was pinched more than once!).
I take it the RD frame is gloss black powder coat?
June 3, 2013 at 5:17 pm #66092lucky rookieParticipantGloss black …of course it should of been back today but looks like it will be tomorrow now
June 3, 2013 at 10:21 pm #66093RadarModeratorJust catching up after a week’s hols…
That Bantam lump looks nice, a really classic engine design (so good it was pinched more than once!).
I take it the RD frame is gloss black powder coat?
I think the story goes that the British got the engine designs as ‘war bounty’ at the end of WW2, so the BSA Bantam is a close relative of the old MZ range of bikes.
In summary we got a slow commuter motorbike while the USA got the V2 scientists developed the Apollo rocket and went to the moon…
All is fair…
PS…Are Mz (MuZ?) still going??
June 3, 2013 at 10:22 pm #66094RadarModeratorGloss black …of course it should of been back today but looks like it will be tomorrow now
June 4, 2013 at 6:29 am #66095lucky rookieParticipantIt sounds a long time but I want to bring it out on my birthday next year in April I think it’s an achievable target ….even if its ready before I will wait
June 5, 2013 at 5:18 pm #66096lucky rookieParticipantJune 5, 2013 at 5:19 pm #66097RadarModeratorLooks good, looks like the bench could stand the same treatment!
June 5, 2013 at 5:19 pm #66098lucky rookieParticipanti still do not know why photobucket puts it in upside down.
But here is the frame and it looks spankingJune 5, 2013 at 5:53 pm #66099HippoDronesParticipantif you take the pic on an iPhone it saves the way the phone is orientated when you take the pic… the iPhone itself will still show it the right way round tho so it tricks you. Try taking the photo with it the other way up if using an iPhone!
frame looks lovely mate
June 11, 2013 at 10:17 pm #66100RadarModeratorAny more progress to report?
June 12, 2013 at 5:52 pm #66101lucky rookieParticipantStripping shock absorber to get centre re zinc plated and spring repainted one done ill post picture
July 18, 2013 at 6:48 pm #66102luckyrookieParticipantShock absorber is now nearly complete, I would of preferred if the passivate was a little more yellow but it’s close enough.
Sticker is being made and then it will be ready to fit to the bikeAuthorPosts- You must be logged in to reply to this topic.