Nearly a grand already!

On 15 Jan, 17:13, "^..^ Lone Wolf" <lonew....RemoveThis@moonshiners.org.uk>
wrote:
> TOG@Toil wrote:
>
> Wotcha.
>
> > Ebay item 220191753781
>
> > I've always fancied a Bantam Bushman, and originally thought this one
> > would hit £1400, but it looks like it'll go for more, as it's still
> > got five days to run.
>
> > God, but it is *gorgeous*.
>
> Indeedy.
> I had the D14 4/S - which was similar.  High level pipe, heavier forks, full
> width hubs.  Nice, but I still wanted a Bushman
>
Exactly the same as one I had, it was my first bike...........

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TOG@Toil wibbled:

> Ebay item 220191753781
>
> I've always fancied a Bantam Bushman, and originally thought this one
> would hit £1400, but it looks like it'll go for more, as it's still
> got five days to run.
>
> God, but it is gorgeous.

That's very nice albeit a bit shiny - certainly better than my old
D14/4. I wouldn't be suprised to see it top £2k.

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TOG@Toil wrote:

Wotcha.

> Ebay item 220191753781
>
> I've always fancied a Bantam Bushman, and originally thought this one
> would hit £1400, but it looks like it'll go for more, as it's still
> got five days to run.
>
> God, but it is *gorgeous*.

Indeedy.
I had the D14 4/S - which was similar. High level pipe, heavier forks, full
width hubs. Nice, but I still wanted a Bushman

http://www.moonshiners.org.uk/bushman.htm


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TOG@Toil wibbled:

> Ebay item 220191753781
>
> I've always fancied a Bantam Bushman, and originally thought this one
> would hit £1400, but it looks like it'll go for more, as it's still
> got five days to run.
>
> God, but it is gorgeous.

http://bantam.150m.com/history/index.html at the bottom of the page.

Little wonder the SOBB business went down the pan - or is it sarcasm?


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On 15 Jan 2008 19:30:14 GMT, Buzby <gb.DeleteThis@pumpupthe.net>
wrote in <5v4fu5F1j6209U1.DeleteThis@mid.individual.net>:

> http://bantam.150m.com/history/index.html

It's dead, Jim.

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On Tue, 15 Jan 2008 21:01:29 +0000 (UTC), Dr Ivan D. Reid
<Ivan.Reid RemoveThis @brunel.ac.uk>
wrote in <slrnfoq7p9.5ru.Ivan.Reid RemoveThis @loki.brunel.ac.uk>:
> On 15 Jan 2008 19:30:14 GMT, Buzby <gb RemoveThis @pumpupthe.net>
> wrote in <5v4fu5F1j6209U1 RemoveThis @mid.individual.net>:

>> http://bantam.150m.com/history/index.html

> It's dead, Jim.

OTOH, it might be Orange's DNS playing funnybuggers -- I'm having all
sorts of problems accessing various other sites ATM. Some work, some don't...

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"Buzby" <gb RemoveThis @pumpupthe.net> wrote in message
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Wotcha.

> That's very nice albeit a bit shiny - certainly better than my old
> D14/4. I wouldn't be suprised to see it top £2k.

£ 1300 and climbing.

Hmm - I wonder if I can persuade folks that my B31 is really a Bushman ?

http://www.moonshiners.org.uk/showme/bob2-04little.JPG

( the bloody thing smokes like a two stroke )


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On 15 Jan, 19:30, "Buzby" <g....DeleteThis@pumpupthe.net> wrote:
> TOG@Toil wibbled:
>
> > Ebay item 220191753781
>
> > I've always fancied a Bantam Bushman, and originally thought this one
> > would hit £1400, but it looks like it'll go for more, as it's still
> > got five days to run.
>
> > God, but it is gorgeous.
>
> http://bantam.150m.com/history/index.htmlat the bottom of the page.
>
> Little wonder the SOBB business went down the pan - or is it sarcasm?
>


"BSA was going under, along with all the other British motorcycling
firms due to the Japenese invasion of the '60s. The Japanese bikes
offered less engine life, slower top speeds, less fuel efficiency.
They included indicators and every mod con that was going, and they
were most importantly cheaper. This was probably the single most
factor that caused the revolution, the change in attitudes towards
manufacturing. The British bikes were built to last forever, the
Japenese bikes were not."

Nope, I really think the twonk who wrote it believed it.

That said, the Bushman deserved better. Bert Hopwood recalls how he
had a plan to upgrade the Bantam, restyle it, add oil injection and
fight the Japanese lightweights. I'm sure, actually, that the improved
bike would have sold.

The thing about the Bushman is that it just looks so cute.
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In article <fmjjh8$10j4$1@energise.enta.net>, ^..^ Lone Wolf
<lonewolf.RemoveThis@moonshiners.org.uk> writes
>
>"Buzby" <gb.RemoveThis@pumpupthe.net> wrote in message
>news:5v47a6F1kv53dU1@mid.individual.net...
>
>Wotcha.
>
>> That's very nice albeit a bit shiny - certainly better than my old
>> D14/4. I wouldn't be suprised to see it top £2k.
>
>£ 1300 and climbing.

Auction end:

£1372.00 "Reserve not met"

I think the owner's being a tiny bit greedy with the reserve, coz he'd
obviously have got a sale with three or four strong bidders, and I
suspect several walked away after getting RNM on a raised bid.

It does look really nice though.

I assume it's basically the four-speed Bantam engine?

Regards,

Simonm.

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"SpamTrapSeeSig" <no-one.DeleteThis@nospam.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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Wotcha.

> It does look really nice though.
>
> I assume it's basically the four-speed Bantam engine?

Yep - nothing special about 'em in the engine department.

Apart from the Lucas energy transfer ignition, they were more or less a
standard D14 made
to look off road-ish.


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^..^ Lone Wolf <lonewolf.RemoveThis@moonshiners.org.uk> wrote in message
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> "SpamTrapSeeSig" <no-one.RemoveThis@nospam.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Wotcha.
>
> > It does look really nice though.
> >
> > I assume it's basically the four-speed Bantam engine?
>
> Yep - nothing special about 'em in the engine department.
>
> Apart from the Lucas energy transfer ignition,

Except the only thing special about energy transfer ign was its lack of
sparks at the right time.
Here's mine, but not a bushman.
It's a D1/3/7/10/B175
http://i6.tinypic.com/6z8yoih.jpg
Anyone spot the missing model parts.




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On 16 Jan, 20:26, SpamTrapSeeSig <no-....TakeThisOut@nospam.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> In article <fmjjh8$10j...@energise.enta.net>, ^..^ Lone Wolf
> <lonew....TakeThisOut@moonshiners.org.uk> writes
>
>
>
> >"Buzby" <g....TakeThisOut@pumpupthe.net> wrote in message
> >news:5v47a6F1kv53dU1@mid.individual.net...
>
> >Wotcha.
>
> >> That's very nice albeit a bit shiny - certainly better than my old
> >> D14/4. I wouldn't be suprised to see it top £2k.
>
> >£ 1300 and climbing.
>
> Auction end:
>
> £1372.00 "Reserve not met"
>
> I think the owner's being a tiny bit greedy with the reserve, coz he'd
> obviously have got a sale with three or four strong bidders, and I
> suspect several walked away after getting RNM on a raised bid.
>

That was my impression too. A mate who's into old BritShit put me onto
it, and I told him my bet was £1200-1400, which he also thought was on
the money. I must say, with the very strong early bidding, I was
wondering whether it would go quite a bit higher, but RNM at nearly
£1400 must have put people off.
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