I learnt to ride on a bsa bantam 150cc when I was 13, I remember my cousin howling when I rode it into a hedgeroad warrior wrote: ↑Fri Dec 07, 2018 4:49 pmnooo, it howled ! it was a beast of a bike back then.. twice the power of a bantam. and ohc - they had a hissing sound from the engine - and defo no tappet noisesSmartbear wrote: ↑Fri Dec 07, 2018 4:36 pmI bet you heard the rattling tappets before you saw the bikeroad warrior wrote: ↑Fri Dec 07, 2018 4:28 pm im sure your right, seems very likely, and now you have reminded me of my biking days and when i heard and saw a benly honda and had a ghostly experience..
Rob
I think they had twice the power of a postman (approximately) who eventually managed to tame them for PO usage
Rob