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BSA Bantam Bible
The BSA Bantam is one of the definitive postwar British bikes perhaps the definitive British lightweight built after World War II. It was certainly the most popular with over 400 000 built over a 23-year production run - in the first four years production broke all records. Yet it would die a lingering death production fizzling out in the early 1970s as a neglected model of a manufacturer more concerned with building big fast road-burning bikes. The Bantam might never have happened without World War II. The prewar DKW RT125 was offered to the Allies as reparations taken up and produced in the USA USSR even Japan. In East Germany it was revived as the MZ and in Britain it surfaced publicly in 1948 as the BSA Bantam a very simple little 123cc two-stroke with rudimentary electrics no rear
suspension and a lot of charm. The little bike became part of Britains social history. Thousands of people learnt to ride on a Bantam or had their first pillion experience on one or rode one delivering telegrams for what was the GPO. Although many of those learners progressed to bigger faster bikes then gave up two wheels for family life they wont have forgotten the Bantam which explains why theres such a thriving Bantam community to this day - the club the racing club the spares specialists and restorers owners and riders all over the country. This might not be Britains most glamorous motorcycle its fastest or most flamboyant but the Bantam is probably the most loved.
suspension and a lot of charm. The little bike became part of Britains social history. Thousands of people learnt to ride on a Bantam or had their first pillion experience on one or rode one delivering telegrams for what was the GPO. Although many of those learners progressed to bigger faster bikes then gave up two wheels for family life they wont have forgotten the Bantam which explains why theres such a thriving Bantam community to this day - the club the racing club the spares specialists and restorers owners and riders all over the country. This might not be Britains most glamorous motorcycle its fastest or most flamboyant but the Bantam is probably the most loved.
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