The BSA Bantam Bible

The BSA Bantam Bible
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Publisher : David and Charles
Total Pages : 505
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ISBN-10 : 9781845848507
ISBN-13 : 1845848500
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Book Synopsis The BSA Bantam Bible by : Peter Henshaw

Download or read book The BSA Bantam Bible written by Peter Henshaw and published by David and Charles. This book was released on 2015-05-15 with total page 505 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Year-by-year evolution of the BSA Bantam, a simple commuter bike that thousands learnt to ride on. It became the standard GPO ‘telegram bike’ in the 1950s and was a huge success, with 100,000 built in the first four years of production. It’s a story with interesting asides, like the Hummer, Harley-Davidson’s version of the DKW that inspired the Bantam, and survived into the 1960s. But it’s a sad story too – BSA failed to follow up the Bantam’s early success by developing it, and by the mid-1960s it was looking outdated, especially next to the new breed of four-stroke Hondas. That the Bantam was allowed to fizzle out in 1971 symbolised the state of the industry that produced it, but today there’s a thriving community of Bantam owner/riders. The book ends with a guide to buying a secondhand Bantam, along with useful appendices on specifications, engine/frame numbers, and contacts among the clubs and Bantam specialists. Every Bantam owner, or would be owner, needs this book - the Bantam Bible!


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