dimlaz
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| posted on 21/9/17 at 01:30 PM |
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Identify bike
Hello
Can anyone help me to identify this bike?
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Minicooper
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| posted on 21/9/17 at 01:40 PM |
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It's an early BSA Bantam
David
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theconrodkid
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| posted on 21/9/17 at 02:16 PM |
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I would say something like a James ?, looks like a villiers engine to me and BSA used their own engine.
who cares who wins
pass the pork pies
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jiwillia
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| posted on 21/9/17 at 02:19 PM |
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DKW RT175 or RT200 mid 1950's
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Minicooper
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| posted on 21/9/17 at 02:40 PM |
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I was so confident as well!
quote:
Originally posted by Minicooper
It's an early BSA Bantam
David
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jiwillia
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| posted on 21/9/17 at 03:03 PM |
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I think the BSA Bantam was derived from a DKW engine after WW2. So in a way you could say it's an early Bantam!
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02GF74
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| posted on 21/9/17 at 04:50 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by jiwillia
I think the BSA Bantam was derived from a DKW engine after WW2. So in a way you could say it's an early Bantam!
Yes, as part of German's post war reparations BSA got access to 2 stroke technology.
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Shooter63
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| posted on 21/9/17 at 05:32 PM |
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I would go with the dkw, the gear shift is on the wrong side for a brit bike.
Shooter
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dimlaz
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| posted on 21/9/17 at 06:43 PM |
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Thank you for all the answers!
it looks like BSA but i m confused from the emblem on the engine.
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mark chandler
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| posted on 21/9/17 at 07:20 PM |
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D7 bantam I had as a lad had the gears on the other side.
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JMW
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| posted on 21/9/17 at 10:43 PM |
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I believe the bantam was a mirror image of the dkw design taken as a war reparation, hence the levers seeming on the 'wrong' side.
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