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From: crn on 5 Jun 2010 05:50 In uk.rec.motorcycles ^..^ Lone Wolf <lonewolf(a)moonshiners.org.uk> wrote: > > I paid ?25 for my first Bantam - which funnly enough was a D14/4S, also on a > "F" plate. Oh how that poor bike was abused. It went from pulling a > sidecar to being fuel injected. More than once did the con rod make good > its escape via the crankcase. > http://www.lonewolf.me.uk/LWMEBANTAM.htm > Happy days. Yebbut thats not a D14S, its a complete bitza. D7 tank, wrong hubs, wrong mudguards, gash exhaust, about the only thing correct is the seat ....... Which is, of course, the fate of so many Bantams in youthful hands and the reason why a nice original one is so rare. -- 03 GS500K2 76 Honda 400/4 project, 78 400/4 in black 68 Bantam D14/4 Sport (Classic) 06 Sukida SK50QT (Slanty eyed shopping trolley)
From: Rusty Hinge on 5 Jun 2010 09:12 geoff wrote: > In message <hub3kh$f3e$3(a)news.albasani.net>, crn(a)NOSPAM.netunix.com writes >> http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200477052423 >> >> Bidding on ebay seems a bit slow at the moment, 110 watchers and only >> 4 bids from 2 bidders. Am I being too optimistic ?. >> >> > �609 reserve not met? > > Bought my first bantam for �20 Bought my first Bantam (D1) for a fiver. Sold it to my brother for a fiver. Bought it back from him - for a fiver. Sold it to the Rocket twins (Justin and Julian - <waves> ) for a fiver. 50 mph, up hill, down dale. It was known as Woooooooorrrh - you poked the kickstart lever and it went "pop!-pop!-pop!-pop!-woooorrrh. Then you kicked it again. -- Rusty
From: Pikey Joe on 5 Jun 2010 09:55 ^..^ Lone Wolf wrote: >> �609 reserve not met? >> >> Bought my first bantam for �20 > > I paid �25 for my first Bantam I paid �30.00 for mine. They must've seen me coming. > - which funnly enough was a D14/4S, also on a "F" plate. Yep. Mine too - and a red one just like the OP's. > Oh how that poor bike was abused. It went from pulling a > sidecar to being fuel injected. I treated mine with TLC. It still blew up though. -- Joe Rocket III Touring (with added sparkle)
From: Dr Ivan D. Reid on 5 Jun 2010 09:58 On Sat, 05 Jun 2010 14:12:00 +0100, Rusty Hinge <rusty.hinge(a)foobar.girolle.co.uk> wrote in <hudi1u$klr$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>: > Bought my first Bantam (D1) for a fiver. Sold it to my brother for a > fiver. Bought it back from him - for a fiver. Sold it to the Rocket > twins (Justin and Julian - <waves> ) for a fiver. Let me guess -- Justin's nickname was "Sandy"? -- Ivan Reid, School of Engineering & Design, _____________ CMS Collaboration, Brunel University. Ivan.Reid@[brunel.ac.uk|cern.ch] Room 40-1-B12, CERN GSX600F, RG250WD "You Porsche. Me pass!" DoD #484 JKLO#003, 005 WP7# 3000 LC Unit #2368 (tinlc) UKMC#00009 BOTAFOT#16 UKRMMA#7 (Hon) KotPT -- "for stupidity above and beyond the call of duty".
From: ^..^ Lone Wolf on 5 Jun 2010 13:43
<crn(a)NOSPAM.netunix.com> wrote in message news:hud6kf$n8v$1(a)news.albasani.net... Wotcha. > Yebbut thats not a D14S, its a complete bitza. > D7 tank, wrong hubs, wrong mudguards, gash exhaust, about the only thing > correct is the seat ....... Guilty as charged. When I first had it, the original hubs, exhaust, mudguards etc. were all there. The only thing it did not have was the flyscreen. > Which is, of course, the fate of so many Bantams in youthful hands and > the reason why a nice original one is so rare. Yep - I well and truly destroyed what was once an original D14/4S. There again, it did teach me a lot about how bikes work, or don't, as the case may be. -- -- ^..^ Lone Wolf www.moonshiners.org.uk |