General Information

Serial #

D7-14096

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

TUBULAR STEEL FRAME/ METAL PARTS/ CHROMED HANDLE BARS & WHEEL RIMS/ RUBBER TIRES, HAND GRIPS, FOOT REST COVERS/ LEATHERETTE SEAT/ GLASS HEADLIGHT LENS

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

200.0 cm

Width

70.0 cm

Height

101.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Motorized Ground Transportation

Category

Motorcycle vehicles

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

BSA

Country

United Kingdom

State/Province

Unknown

City

Birmingham

Context

Country

Worldwide

State/Province

Unknown

Period

1962 TO PRESENT

Canada

The Bantam was based on the DKW RT 125, a design that was received as war reparations from Germany, and is a mirror image of it (with the gearbox on the right siade as with other British motorcycles of this period). The same design went into production in several other countries. The original Bantam, the D1, was released in October 1948 and continued in production for several years. It had telescopic forks, a rigid rear end, direct electrics, shovel front-mudguard and fishtail silencer. Although the frame changed significantly through later models, the engine remained a recognizable development for the entire 23 years of production. The D175 was marketed as the B175 as BSA struggled against imports in the late 1960s to its closure in 1972.

Function

GENERAL TRANSPORTATION

Technical

The engine is a unit construction (engine and gearbox of one piece) single cylinder, two stroke. The barrel is cast iron and the head is alloy. The D175/B175 was a modified version of the D14/4. In this model, the spark plug sits vertical in the cylinder head, the front forks are stronger, there is a slightly lower compression ratio at 9.5, there are separate headlights with high-beam warning, exposed rear shock springs, a stronger kickstart shaft, and the fixing on the crankshaft compression disc plates had been revised.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

STAMPED INTO HEADSTOCK RIGHT SIDE IS: `D7 14096'/ STAMPED INTO LEFT SIDE OF CRANKCASE ON TOP IS: `ED7B/ 11550'/ IN CASTRAISED LETTERS ON LOWER CRANKCASE IS: `SUPER'/ IN CAST RAISED LETTERS ON ENGINE CASE RIGHT SIDE IS: `BSA'/ PETROL, OIL MIX INFO ON FUEL TANK CAP/ IN CAST RAISED LETTERS ON CARBURETOR IS: `AMAL/ BIRMINGHAM/ ENGLAND'

Missing

ALL MFR LOGOS, DECALS, PLATES/ LICENSE PLATE BRACKET FROM FRONT FENDER

Finish

FRAME PAINTED BLACK/ FUEL TANK, FRONT & REAR FENDER, FRAME CAPS PAINTED SAPPHIRE BLUE/ CHROMED HANDLE BARS, WHEEL RIMS, HEADLIGHT RIM/ BLACK SEAT, TIRES, HANDGRIPS, FOOTREST COVERS

Decoration

N/A