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Who can remember the BSA Bantam, a 125 cc two stroke first sold around 1950. A man called Walsh rebuilt one where the cylinder was broken into pieces. He welded the cylinder back together, rebuilt the motor and found it was much faster than the standard bike. It was then raced, ridden by Kenny Rumble and it could beat bikes in the 250 and often the 350 class. BSA in England offered Walsh big money for his secret but he refused.
 
Bill Walker said:
Who can remember the BSA Bantam, a 125 cc two stroke first sold around 1950. A man called Walsh rebuilt one where the cylinder was broken into pieces. He welded the cylinder back together, rebuilt the motor and found it was much faster than the standard bike. It was then raced, ridden by Kenny Rumble and it could beat bikes in the 250 and often the 350 class. BSA in England offered Walsh big money for his secret but he refused.
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With it being a single cylinder 2 stroke, I can't imagine he did anything ground breaking, probably just tightened all the tolerances up, maybe over bored it, increased compression, bigger carb, better pipe etc. There's only so much you can do to an engine like this, especially if you don't want it blowing up every 200 miles.
 
I've got an interesting new book out on Amazon - Parallax 9/11- Part 1: The Silent Assassin.
It's not just a new 'take' on 9/11: it has many Mancunian connections, a love story, a legend and a legal tale all rolled together, which I'm sure you'll find interesting.
Published on Amazon last month - hopefully some of you will support a fellow blue and download on Kindle, or get a soft-back or hard-back copy.
 
Pru Leif of bake off fame is 85 , she was on tv this morning and said she was reaching the end and has started packing in new experiences . I thought she was early seventies
 
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