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Sept 30, 2008 5:40:43 GMT
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Bought from Festerfly on this very forum a few weeks ago. We finally managed to collect the bike last Friday - and i can confirm that it fits in a bay window bus! lol Having put all the carb together and the few missing panels it was once again a complete bike. Its not running quite right, but hopefully i'll find time to fettle with it today. And take some decent pics ....  Fish and I were having a play with it yesterday afternoon - visit www.retrocustom.com and click on the blog and you'll see a video too  |
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Sept 30, 2008 6:40:10 GMT
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All this cool and tasty Bantam-ness is making me want a small old British bike, stop it!  |
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"Jeremy Clarkson, a man we motor enthusiasts need on our side like Lewis Hamilton's F1 car needs a towing ball and a Sprite Musketeer" My motor |
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Sept 30, 2008 19:18:47 GMT
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ring ding etc
you need bits
Lightning Spares
157, Cross St, Sale, Cheshire M33 7JW
Tel: 0161 969 3850
oh and x2 herald although i spy a nice one on autotrader lol
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2001 HONDA CT110 (NOT RCV)
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ahhhhh now your pm makes sense! lol thanks mate, i'll keep that info - althoug I'm lucky cos i have a BSA specialist across the road from my house  |
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Thanks for buying it... I was seriously trying to find the money to try and buy it back  I'm after something old and british bike shaped again now, looking for something with a bigger engine though for a bobber project ;D Looking forward to seing what your doing with it |
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Last Edit: Oct 1, 2008 10:33:48 GMT by MiniDan
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Glad you got it built back up. surprised about the not runnig right though? Did you give it anther go with teh carb cleaner and stuff? I had it running right before i left it for a month or so and thats when it started being a bit funny, but thats why i removed the carb to clean it out etc.. Keep us posted on the progress! |
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I'm not saying I'm Batman, but have you ever seen me and Batman in the same room together?.........
And no, I'm not Ben Affleck!
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thats a nice looker, keefy  pretty colour. is it me or does eveyone have bantams on here now? even I brought one the other day  means I now have two, neither are complete or runners (but one does make a tasty custom project  ). |
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Bought from Festerfly on this very forum a few weeks ago. We finally managed to collect the bike last Friday - and I can confirm that it fits in a bay window bus! lol Having put all the carb together and the few missing panels it was once again a complete bike. Its not running quite right, but hopefully i'll find time to fettle with it today. And take some decent pics .... Fish and I were having a play with it yesterday afternoon - visit www.retrocustom.com and click on the blog and you'll see a video too nice bike. do i spy a razoredge in the background? |
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1995 Toyota rav-4 1978 Kawasaki Z650B
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Love the ol Bantams.....used to have a d1 in post office colours....looks good, hope the resto go well.. |
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do I spy a razoredge in the background? yes indeed, well spotted  Festerfly - the carb was cleaned thru, and since then ive set it all up again. It runs pretty well now - its not bang on but its good enough for the minute. The air slide seems to be sticking slightly from time to time. Just need to sort the insurance now and see how she gets on at a MoT test! Then it'll be ridden .... while i hatch some plans |
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keef
clicked retro custom from yer sig and the commas in the wrong place it 404's it
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2001 HONDA CT110 (NOT RCV)
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thanks Hairnet, all sorted now
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Oct 12, 2008 17:41:02 GMT
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started to make some plans for the beast today. Really started thinking about what to do with it - cafe racer, motox/trials .... or flat tracker (good suggestion Dom) So ... having checked some pics ....   Heres how it looks now  and i whipped off the front guard to get a better idea of how it might look/what i could do  if I'm to flat track it i need to play with the aesthetics of the front end, and at the rear fab a new seat and rear guard. What do people think? It is small understatement to say Tash doesnt think i should do it lol |
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Oct 12, 2008 17:49:36 GMT
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I'm gonna cry
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Oct 12, 2008 18:16:51 GMT
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Keefy, would look good flat tracked... ....the important thing is....you will be riding it... ...no matter what it looks like.... love this one....  |
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Feb 16, 2009 13:43:05 GMT
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Whats the latest on this now Keefy? |
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I'm not saying I'm Batman, but have you ever seen me and Batman in the same room together?.........
And no, I'm not Ben Affleck!
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Torquesport
Part of things
Astras all the way!
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Keep it as is, there's just too few good ones around now.
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Feb 17, 2009 19:16:02 GMT
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Pretty bike Keef, I like it. A lot!
What's the engine, a CBT-friendly 125?
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Johnny, its a 175cc. Heres my latest update which ive just copied across from the main board ... HOWEVER - my BSA Bantam is done! Id spent some time playing with it and ragging it around the fields. It needed a few little jobs, and so i decided to keep it to one side until summer arrived. However, during Jan i noticed it was no longer in my workshop. Knowing my birthday was coming up i said nothing as i know what Tash can be like. It gets to the week before my birthday, she can no longer keep it to herself, and so i am AT LONG LAST allowed back into my barn to be presented with my all new BSA Bantam! Turns out she has found a local garage who are happy to work on it to get it MoT'd. Got Fish (who works for me) to get the bike in his bus and take it to this garage, and then back to my house so it could go in our barn. At one point there was a problem with the log book, so she got onto the DVLA and managed to convince them to send her a new log book, but with a sticker over the address so it went to her and not me! By the time my birthday came she had arranged for the bike to be sorted, MoT'd, Insured, cleaned up my old boots, bought me a new jacket, and even bought a new lid!! She also polished the hell out of it!!!! Heres some pics she took while she was doing it. As long as the weathers ok i'll be riding it to the beds pub meet this Wednesday. Finally, a big "thank you" to my wife! She rocks!    |
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pretty colour.
means I now have two, neither are complete or runners (but one does make a tasty custom project 
).
