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Motorcycle Discussions => British Bikes => Topic started by: beardyimpman on September 24, 2019, 10:06:25 PM

Title: bsa bantam silver
Post by: beardyimpman on September 24, 2019, 10:06:25 PM

was the wheels on this bike chroium or painted silver, what colour is the blue and silver on this bike as i am going to re paint , thanks

Title: Re: bsa bantam silver
Post by: R on September 24, 2019, 11:21:40 PM

You don't have any surviving painted bits to get a colour match off ?
Inside sidecovers or underneath tanks often give unfaded samples.
I've resorted to buying bits off fleabay to get good samples of a particular colour,
even just a patch of surviving paint.

How accurate is this bike ?
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BSA_Bantam_D7_Silver_(1966)_-_7586366874.jpg

Title: Re: bsa bantam silver
Post by: beardyimpman on September 25, 2019, 10:06:45 PM

thanks for reply, my bike has been repainted not to sure if the colour is correct, that picture is a nice looking bike,

Title: Re: bsa bantam silver
Post by: R on September 25, 2019, 11:09:54 PM

Since all good paint jobs need to go back to bare metal (or bare bondo ?), you
could always rub it back and see if any of the original paint is still under there ?

As you plough through layer after layer of different colours, you see all its history
unfold in front of you !?

Title: Re: bsa bantam silver
Post by: R on September 25, 2019, 11:20:09 PM

Another of the same one.
Do the colours bear any resemblance to yours presently ?

https://live.staticflickr.com/7362/9404519010_86d242bd73_h.jpg

And on the Bantam Club
"the black lines are extra"
https://www.bsabantamclub.com/wp-content/sp-resources/forum-image-uploads/jess-steele/2017/02/2aa3647680b584acb9a6171571ead454a4edf75b_r.jpg

And this one on fleabay has silver painted rims with blue centres.
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/SAkAAOSwQXZdePMK/s-l1600.jpg
So maybe it depends on the level of your budget for the resto ?
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/SAkAAOSwQXZdePMK/s-l1600.jpg

Do you have the brochure for your year/model ?
That often spells out in blacknwhite how they started life...

Title: Re: bsa bantam silver
Post by: R on September 26, 2019, 12:31:34 AM

Might be a different year, but looks to have more colour and less silver ?

(https://www.real-classic.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2017/08/Time1967c-960x759.jpg)

Title: Re: bsa bantam silver
Post by: beardyimpman on October 26, 2019, 10:20:54 PM

got my bantam engine fitted after a total rebuild, to my surprise the engine started third kick,i have had a new ignition in storage for 30 years and if you keep it long enough it  will come in handy one day,

Title: Re: bsa bantam silver
Post by: TGR90B on October 27, 2019, 09:29:44 AM

If you're young enough when you put it away. ;D