Bantam Casings

[zeppelin builder]

Terrifying!

wasnt it great gettin yer funky moped and own transport
mates had, in terms of fastest casal k190 ,
garelli tiger cross, gilera , ktm comet cross ,and lastly the ss50 honda

an oddball had a motobecane sport thing that was surprisingly fast but he got a slagging we called it an, onion johnie bike ,

mines was ktm comet cross , even ported it
couldnt keep up with the casal, fast ugly and fragile was good for almost 60mph all induction roar and no power below half throttle the garrelli was similar

 

[addjunkie]

My fizzie wwas remoddled under a lorry, fortunatley I missed the lorry, to find a curb and grassy bank. Bought a fantic super T.

The jps https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PUCH-GRA...1-OWNER-SHOW-CONDITION-FSIE-ERA-/274024997636 was always admired at the chippy


Seem to remember a malaguti monte or some such like was quickest round our way

 

[ronan]

If you want to ride a moped now, you have the obligation to ride on footpaths snatching peoples mobile phones and womens handbags, you get me bruv innit.

 

[zeppelin builder]

If you want to ride a moped now, you have the obligation to ride on footpaths snatching peoples mobile phones and womens handbags, you get me bruv innit.

where as we snatched kisses and visa versa

 

[julianthegypsy]

My biggest memory is of going uphill and realising I was going way too fast! The Fs1e just wasnt capable of getting in trouble on bends when you were going uphill, and suddenly I was going faster than the fs1e would go downhill!

 

[brightspark]

Surprised the owner didn't just replace the castings, bantam bits were are cheap.

there were 2 sets at autojumble in decent nick 15 quid each . when you need them there isn't any and when you don't theres a glut

 

[armalites]

Do you see the money fizzies go for these days

One of lads I went to school with bought one in a couple of tea chests for £15. Put it all together and rode it to school. I looked at the price of some of these 70-80s bike recently when my eldest turned 16. OMG some of these bikes are 2-3 times what they were new back then. None of the big players make a "Nifty Fifty" these days, it's all chinese stuff. I went to rural secondary school and quite a few had bikes, DT50,RD50,AR50 and Fizzies were probably the most common and many of them unrestricted and bigger barrels.

 

[ronan]

One of lads I went to school with bought one in a couple of tea chests for £15. Put it all together and rode it to school. I looked at the price of some of these 70-80s bike recently when my eldest turned 16. OMG some of these bikes are 2-3 times what they were new back then. None of the big players make a "Nifty Fifty" these days, it's all chinese stuff. I went to rural secondary school and quite a few had bikes, DT50,RD50,AR50 and Fizzies were probably the most common and many of them unrestricted and bigger barrels.

I remember the go faster rubbish lads tried in a vain attempt to get a bit more speed out of tiny bikes. Super dooper racing reed valves was one, load of twaddle of course. Different world back then, a lot of the students in my old school now drive pretty good cars in. Back 25 years ago most of the teachers had junk like renault 4's and rust box fiats. How times have changed.

 

[zeppelin builder]

I remember the go faster rubbish lads tried in a vain attempt to get a bit more speed out of tiny bikes. Super dooper racing reed valves was one, load of twaddle of course. Different world back then, a lot of the students in my old school now drive pretty good cars in. Back 25 years ago most of the teachers had junk like renault 4's and rust box fiats. How

wouldnt like to weld an r4 van about the thickness of a tin can
a company in perth used to do 4x4 conversions on them and were unstoppable