BSA Bantam Motorcycle 1949
What is your favourite motorcycle of all time?
BSA’s, and indeed the British industry’s all-time best selling motor cycle the Bantam, started life as a three-speed 123cc two-stroke in 1949 and instantly caught the public’s attention, for petrol was still rationed and these early bikes could top 50mph and yet return up to 125mpg. The enlarged D3 Bantam Major arrived in 1950 with plunger rear suspension and 1958 brought the 175cc engined models with swinging-arm frames. Production continued in volume to 1971 when the top of the range model was the four-speed D175.
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