craig
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Nov 18, 2009 19:46:42 GMT
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I like the way your following lines and taking time to make everything look right. I tend to do everything 3 times before i'm happy. Been looking for a cheap bike to do something like this to myself but everything seems to expensive to chop.
Did you get the step washers sorted for the rear wheel? I may be able to help if you haven't.
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craig
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Nov 18, 2009 19:53:14 GMT
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Forgot to say, have you got any pics of that front light your using? If it's what i think it is it's worth a bloody fortune!
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Dez
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BSA D1 bantam bobber.Dez
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Nov 18, 2009 20:06:31 GMT
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you need to ditch the disc for a true bobber  that is true, but i don't wonna die just yet- got a lot of cool things to finish first I'm quite a fan of the current trend of fitting a really big disc to a large skinny wheel, rather than removing it, it looks cool in a hotroddy way, and is deffo more 'user-friendly' that no brake at all!! |
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Dez
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BSA D1 bantam bobber.Dez
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Nov 18, 2009 20:11:04 GMT
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I like the way your following lines and taking time to make everything look right. I tend to do everything 3 times before i'm happy. Been looking for a cheap bike to do something like this to myself but everything seems to expensive to chop. Did you get the step washers sorted for the rear wheel? I may be able to help if you haven't. thanks, i think its the difference between making something good and amazing. always worth going the extra mile for it to be 'right'. everything that isnt japanese is expensive now- hell, even the cooler J stuff is getting pricey!! i not got em sorted yet, supposed to have a mate doing them in brass, but ive not chased it up yet. pics of light to follow. i think it may be what you think it is........ pity ive only got one! |
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Nov 18, 2009 20:19:07 GMT
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you need to ditch the disc for a true bobber that is true, but I don't wonna die just yet- got a lot of cool things to finish first I'm quite a fan of the current trend of fitting a really big disc to a large skinny wheel, rather than removing it, it looks cool in a hotroddy way, and is deffo more 'user-friendly' that no brake at all!! its all the fun,try 80+ on a vespa with 6inch extended forks and worn brake pads! ;D  |
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Dez
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BSA D1 bantam bobber.Dez
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Nov 18, 2009 20:21:23 GMT
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craig
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Nov 18, 2009 20:47:03 GMT
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No that's not the one, looks the part though. Look forward to seeing more.
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Steve
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Nov 18, 2009 20:59:39 GMT
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I do believe that may actually look very good! Very good use of a bantam frame,my dad had several bantams when he was younger...........said he spent many a saturday afternoon taking the engine to bits when it broke,leaked,failed to start etc etc
Look forward to how this turns out
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Dez
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BSA D1 bantam bobber.Dez
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youre bringing back memories for me too there mate. my dad didnt do his car licence til I was about 13, so he would have been 37-38 ish? prior to that, his daily ride in all weathers was a ex-gpo late fifties d1 plunger frame bantam, re-regd in '60 as someone had had the original plate off as a private one. it was at least 25 different shades of red, with various bits held on with string, twisted wire, and electrical tape. he'd had it since him and my mum got married and they were renovating our house as theres pics of it parked outside when they were working on the house (which was a wedding present) and they got married 2 years before they had me, so it was his sole transport for about 15 years!! I remember him once coming home from work late with the bike in the back of a mates van as he'd put the piston rings into the silencer doing 75mph down the big hill from the pit where he worked when it blew!! i vividly remember him unscrewing the finned endcap and shaking all the bits of them out of the removable baffles! he rebuilt it with bits from a spare motor that night and was going to work on it the next morning. I also remember me sitting on the tank and him riding it round the garden too. I really must get pics of the old heap, its possibly the most delapidated bantam ever that still runs/works/could scrape an MOT, actually its a total piece of sh!t to be fair, it would put most rat bikes to shame. its still sat in his shed, thankfully in the dry, so its semi-preserved, I WILL get it off him to restore one day, wether he likes it or not!! so yeah, in short, I love bantams and theyve been a big part of my life from a very young age  |
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Last Edit: Nov 19, 2009 1:22:55 GMT by Dez
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