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It’s a bit of a trials for Sue

4 January, 20214 January, 2021 Brian Williams

It’s a BSA Bantam I’m building for my wife Sue. We bought this as a basket case, almost complete but as is always the case much of it was missing. The original idea was to build it as standard but I would need to buy lots of new shiny bits and that would cost more money so because Sue always liked trials styling, I decided to build this. The front forks are from a C12, I’ve lowered the sub frame and lengthened the swinging arm. The exhaust pipe I made…

N/W Roadrunner Project No.4

18 July, 202018 July, 2020 Brian Williams

Charlie Broom’s Daytona drama’s In the mid 1960s, at 16, l first dipped my toe in the water of motorcycling with a James Cadet 150, given to me by a guy next door, then progressing (and it certainly was) to a Yamaha YL1 twinjet, 100cc, amazing little machine, then a 200cc Suzuki Invader twin, another excellent bike. It was probably around 2 years later, full licience in hand, l stood outside Horsmans motorcycle showroom, gazing in awe at this 1970 Purple Triumph Daytona, it was the begining of a love…