Does it still exist?

Started by Mark B18, 05 May, 2023, 22:11:24

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Mark B18

I would like to know if a Bsa Bantam still exists. It's registration number is JWX203 it was my mums first bike I have a picture of her on it in 1952/1953.
She was born in 1933 and it was her first bike, she can still remember all the registration numbers of all her bikes and cars. She has just celebrated her 90th birthday and is still driving. She has a clean licence but her old red card one tells a different story! She still has her Norton Dominator but cant start it any more, she has had it from new and last rode it 2 years ago. However a Honda 125 is no trouble except that it doesn't get out from under quickly enough for her and she thrashes it. And no she wont sell the Norton she wont even let me ride it either.

yellow B31

Its not on the DVLA website but it may still exist as a bike somewhere.

Spaceman

This would have been a D1 Bantam with a plunger frame - the earlier ones did not have any rear shock absorbing. Although the D1 Bantam is now sought after, it was a cheap and common motorcycle of its time and, because of this, a large number of them didn't survive to the present day. In fact, it was the sort of bike that I messed about with in my youth and ended up trashing on the local waste ground!