Wigan Album
Old Motorcycle Pictures
9 CommentsPhoto: Mark Chapman
Item #: 21979
Photo taken 22, Dryden Ave Bryn
It's not a BSA Bantam it's a Francis Barnett !! Not many of these seen at Lil's Cafe :-)
Steady on Chuff, Standish was a long way on our old Frantic Barnacle!!!!!
Thanks for that Chuff, always thought it was a bantam
I remember a mate of mine having one with dropped handlebars - I think it had a 197cc villiers engine !! In those days we couldn't afford petrol let alone servicing and one day he was pulled by the local constabulary. When the policeman checked it over, he let him choose what he did him for. There was that much wrong he would have been paying yet if he had done him for everything..... Happy days.
We still cant afford petrol these days,never mind back then.
looks like rob brydons dad gavin and stacey series.that number plate is worth a bob or two,
Gotta love R&I's bike boots!
My first m/bike was a 125 Bantam when I was 16. Flat out it would eventually reach 46 MPH.I had to decoke it regulary to get that.