hi
I am a new member and thought I would introduce myself by showing you my Bantam that I just purchased.
The bike was owned by a Welsh time trial racer called Fitzroy Allen. He used the bike to win a gold medal at the 1952 ISDT in austria.
The bike was put into storage after the race and has only been out a handfull of times when he took it to shows. So it has everything still on it from the last race in austria. When he purchased the bike he went to the BSA factory and picked the parts that he wanted for racing and it has a lot of BSA competition parts on it plus some extras like an extra tool box, air bottle tyre inflator, external oiltank. Even has the spare cables for brake and clutch in place ready for any breakages and spare spokes taped to the mudguard.
Also it has white paint marks with numbers written on them on major parts of the bike, which I have been informed were put on the bike before the race to see if you changed any of the parts during the 6 days of racing.
So I am a very happy first time D1 owner. I was going to restore it but I have been advised to leave the bike as it is and just get it running right and clean. So this is what I will be doing over this winter.
If anyone knows anything about Fitzroy allen or this bike it would be great if you contacted me with the info. Trying to get anything and everything to put with bike to show it.