Downsunder Posted October 22, 2010 Share Posted October 22, 2010 One of many of first bikes 5 GBP LOL http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r180/terminator_020/bsac15.jpg Thats one ugly bike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terminator Posted October 22, 2010 Share Posted October 22, 2010 Thats one ugly bike Not for a fiver it was,nt.Anyway didnt take long to sort out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buck Posted October 23, 2010 Share Posted October 23, 2010 My first bike was an Ariel 350 back in 1953 so that I could get home on week end leave from the Navy. It had no pillion, and the current girl friend had to ride home from the City Hall on a rack over the rigid rear wheel. We split up over it. The next girl friend enjoyed the luxury of a BSA 500 twin with a pillion. I married her. WE had a Norton ES2 with a sidecar, then a Norton Dominator 750. Finally, we bought a Royal Enfield 750 CC twin, which for some unexplained reason brought on a pregnancy, and by necessity a Ford Anglia. I visit a biker bar here with scads of Harleys , no two of them identical, parked outside. Occasionally, a British bike will show up,, and I'll be offered a ride. Not the new ones, since they look like all the rice burners That are the curse of the Interstates. Harley riders like old British bikes, and hate rice burners probably because they're a lot faster, a lot quieter, and things don't vibrate off them. Sorry, Harleyman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carosio Posted October 23, 2010 Share Posted October 23, 2010 This wasnt my first bike, but my second back in 1966, bought from Wraggs, West Bar. Wish I still had it! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:1967BSASpitfire.jpg Mine was the Mk1 with the Amal GP carbs and high comp. pistons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianparkin Posted October 23, 2010 Share Posted October 23, 2010 Carosio Surely it was a mark II that you had... There wasnt a mark I spitfire with a A65 engine The mark I was a A10 engine and really only for export I had a Mark II spitfire much seconhand in 1978-82 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carosio Posted October 23, 2010 Share Posted October 23, 2010 You are probably correct, I was emphasising that it was the original version of 1966. I sold it around 1968/9 to Charlie Freemans, Eckington for £140. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianparkin Posted October 23, 2010 Share Posted October 23, 2010 Wonder if it was mine was it GVT ***D? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carosio Posted October 23, 2010 Share Posted October 23, 2010 Wonder if it was mine was it GVT ***D? I can't remember the reg, but that one doesn't ring any bells. I think the original owner (I bought it used) was Tommy Sayles who lived at a grocers shop on Grammar St. Walkley. As I said, it had the Amal GP carbs without air cleaners, wouldn't run properly on less than 5 star petrol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terminator Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 Just found me spare cylinder head for BSA Bantam if anyone is needing one. Slightly skimmed with larger dome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carol hart Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 first bike was a BSA C15 250 single Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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