wallo Posted December 8, 2014 Report Share Posted December 8, 2014 Hi all, Trying to understand the best mixture for the Bantam, can you please let me know the winning formula? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon v8 Posted December 8, 2014 Report Share Posted December 8, 2014 A 0% mix of any oil works best. What are you on Ken ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kickstart0748 Posted December 8, 2014 Report Share Posted December 8, 2014 A handful of corn every morn nearly always guarantees an egg. cheers 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dadof2 Posted December 8, 2014 Report Share Posted December 8, 2014 Does it have a measure inside the cap/ I had a 175 bantam (road bike not trials) and it had the measure as part of the filler cap. I think it worked out at 16 or 20:1. I would be inclined to use something like Gulf pride 2T at 24:1 rather than a synthetic at a lean ratio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bezaboy Posted December 9, 2014 Report Share Posted December 9, 2014 50:1 Castrol with Suzuki piston. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon v8 Posted December 9, 2014 Report Share Posted December 9, 2014 I did hear the post office want them all back now,can only be good for the trials world,just need to get rid of all them Villiers things aswell.... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smelling123 Posted December 27, 2014 Report Share Posted December 27, 2014 40:1 putoline fully synthetic works great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laird387 Posted December 28, 2014 Report Share Posted December 28, 2014 Hi all, Trying to understand the best mixture for the Bantam, can you please let me know the winning formula? Polish the bike up - make it look very pretty, put it in a display case - and NEVER put any petrol in it - and it should last forever......... Otherwise how can you justify running a motor that even BSA didn't try in competition until Easter Monday 1968 - in the hands of Brian Martin - in a 'so-called' pre-65 trial............... Daft, I calls it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davetom Posted December 28, 2014 Report Share Posted December 28, 2014 Yawn ⬆️ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bult360 Posted December 30, 2014 Report Share Posted December 30, 2014 Polish the bike up - make it look very pretty, put it in a display case - and NEVER put any petrol in it - and it should last forever......... Otherwise how can you justify running a motor that even BSA didn't try in competition until Easter Monday 1968 - in the hands of Brian Martin - in a 'so-called' pre-65 trial............... Daft, I calls it. Thought Jeff smith rode a bantam early on as did Johnny draper well before 1965 or are you referring to the 4 speed ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruffmutt Posted January 2, 2015 Report Share Posted January 2, 2015 To Jonv8, tel me, whats wrong with Villiers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon v8 Posted January 2, 2015 Report Share Posted January 2, 2015 To Jonv8, tel me, whats wrong with Villiers? Nothing,my dad built most of their house with a cement mixer powered by a side valve mk10... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie prescott Posted January 3, 2015 Report Share Posted January 3, 2015 Hi Guy's. The word BSA Bantam sends shivers down my back after the overload of troubles with them over this Christmas Holiday. Have you tried juggling with the four speed gears to get them in correctly, or fitting a oversize piston into the barrel on your own, ETC. You know where to read the story by now. Keep chickens less trouble and you get rewarded with breakfast most days. Regards Charlie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laird387 Posted January 3, 2015 Report Share Posted January 3, 2015 (edited) HI bult360, Right in one, Jeff assured me that he never had a works Bantam - but Johnny Draper and Irene Draper both had three-speed 123cc Bantams, Irene, of course, married Jeff and for a recent-ish anniversary Jeff reconditioned a Bantam for her, just like the one she rode when they first met. No, I refer to the entire crop of four speed, 150cc+ rash of 'so-called' pre-65 Bantams. Read what Brian Martin, who was Competition Manager of BSA in 1968, has to say in ORRe-12 if you don't believe me. Edited January 3, 2015 by laird387 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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