Author: Owen Wright
Publisher: Crowood Press UK
ISBN: 9781861265395
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The diminutive BSA Bantam is one of the icons of British motoring in the twentieth century. It was not fast, or glamorous, or particularly well built; but it was cheap, easy to ride and reasonably reliable. It was an introduction to motoring for thousands of men and women in the fifties and sixties, and it still holds an important place in the memory of many. This book charts the huge success of the little bike from Birmingham that started its life in pre-war Germany and went on to conquer the world.
BSA Bantam
Author: Owen Wright
Publisher: Crowood Press UK
ISBN: 9781861265395
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The diminutive BSA Bantam is one of the icons of British motoring in the twentieth century. It was not fast, or glamorous, or particularly well built; but it was cheap, easy to ride and reasonably reliable. It was an introduction to motoring for thousands of men and women in the fifties and sixties, and it still holds an important place in the memory of many. This book charts the huge success of the little bike from Birmingham that started its life in pre-war Germany and went on to conquer the world.
Publisher: Crowood Press UK
ISBN: 9781861265395
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The diminutive BSA Bantam is one of the icons of British motoring in the twentieth century. It was not fast, or glamorous, or particularly well built; but it was cheap, easy to ride and reasonably reliable. It was an introduction to motoring for thousands of men and women in the fifties and sixties, and it still holds an important place in the memory of many. This book charts the huge success of the little bike from Birmingham that started its life in pre-war Germany and went on to conquer the world.
The British National Bibliography
Author: Arthur James Wells
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography, National
Languages : en
Pages : 2492
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography, National
Languages : en
Pages : 2492
Book Description
The BSA Bantam Bible
Author: Peter Henshaw
Publisher: David and Charles
ISBN: 1845848500
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 505
Book Description
Year-by-year evolution of the BSA Bantam, a simple commuter bike that thousands learnt to ride on. It became the standard GPO ‘telegram bike’ in the 1950s and was a huge success, with 100,000 built in the first four years of production. It’s a story with interesting asides, like the Hummer, Harley-Davidson’s version of the DKW that inspired the Bantam, and survived into the 1960s. But it’s a sad story too – BSA failed to follow up the Bantam’s early success by developing it, and by the mid-1960s it was looking outdated, especially next to the new breed of four-stroke Hondas. That the Bantam was allowed to fizzle out in 1971 symbolised the state of the industry that produced it, but today there’s a thriving community of Bantam owner/riders. The book ends with a guide to buying a secondhand Bantam, along with useful appendices on specifications, engine/frame numbers, and contacts among the clubs and Bantam specialists. Every Bantam owner, or would be owner, needs this book - the Bantam Bible!
Publisher: David and Charles
ISBN: 1845848500
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 505
Book Description
Year-by-year evolution of the BSA Bantam, a simple commuter bike that thousands learnt to ride on. It became the standard GPO ‘telegram bike’ in the 1950s and was a huge success, with 100,000 built in the first four years of production. It’s a story with interesting asides, like the Hummer, Harley-Davidson’s version of the DKW that inspired the Bantam, and survived into the 1960s. But it’s a sad story too – BSA failed to follow up the Bantam’s early success by developing it, and by the mid-1960s it was looking outdated, especially next to the new breed of four-stroke Hondas. That the Bantam was allowed to fizzle out in 1971 symbolised the state of the industry that produced it, but today there’s a thriving community of Bantam owner/riders. The book ends with a guide to buying a secondhand Bantam, along with useful appendices on specifications, engine/frame numbers, and contacts among the clubs and Bantam specialists. Every Bantam owner, or would be owner, needs this book - the Bantam Bible!
General Catalogue of Printed Books
Author: British Museum. Department of Printed Books
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 1362
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 1362
Book Description
Whitaker's Books in Print
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography, National
Languages : en
Pages : 2954
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography, National
Languages : en
Pages : 2954
Book Description
General Catalogue of Printed Books
Author: British Museum. Department of Printed Books
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
Paperbacks in Print
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 1096
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 1096
Book Description
National Union Catalog
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Includes entries for maps and atlases.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Includes entries for maps and atlases.
British Books in Print
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 2096
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 2096
Book Description
American Book Publishing Record
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1692
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1692
Book Description