1965 BSA Bantam D7 *Sold £1,100*

Description

• Part of a very large private collection
• 3 former keepers

Manufactured by the Birmingham Small Arms Company (BSA) from 1948 until 1971, the BSA Bantam was produced in vast numbers and in many forms over the years. Most bikers of a certain age will have owned or ridden one during their lifetime and they continue to be a popular lightweight two stroke machine.

This BSA Bantam D7 was registered in September 1965 and has been sat in the vendors private collection for some fourteen years.

Yes, of course he intended to get the bike back on the road, but time just ran away with him and here we are today offering it in exactly the same condition that he acquired it. A shame really, as in his own words “it’ll only take someone a day to sort it”.

As you can see, the previous owner dealt with all the expensive bits; powder coating the frame, refurbing the tank, fitting new tyres, etc.

A new wiring loom has been fitted but yet to be connected, an easy enough job if you’re in the know. The BSA Bantam also requires a new battery. The vendor has never had the machine running but assures us that it has good compression.

Please study the photographs, you’ll see a dent in the exhaust, a switch missing from the headlight and a slight repair needed to the seat. You’ll also see that this handsome 175cc really isn’t going to take too much to bring it back to its former glory, the hard work has been done.

Sensibly reserved to find the new lease of life it has been waiting so long for.

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Bike Location: Pickering, North Yorkshire YO18 – it’s the responsibility of the buyer to make collection / transportation arrangements directly with the vendor.

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