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£1,700
1970 BSA Bantam D14, 175cc. Registration number ULG 65J. Frame number HC 02141 B175. Engine number D14 B 5845 (see text).
The Bantam was based on the German DKW RT 125, a design that was received as war reparations, with the Bantam as a mirror image so the gear change was on the right side as with other British motorcycles of the period. Over the years the model evolved through the D1 of 1948 to the D3, D5, D7, D10, D14/4 and finally in 1969 the D175. Production ceased in 1971.
BSA introduced the D14 range in 1968, a one year only model. Production began late in 1967, and early engine prefixes were listed as D13, though this was never a model. The Supreme was now fitted with the 4-speed box, ending the Bantam's relationship with 3 speeds. The old exhaust pipe bore was found too restrictive for the new tune up, so a larger one was fitted. On the ever diminishing market for British motorcycles, BSA sought to make the Bantam yet more powerful. They increased the compression ratio to 10:1, resulting in a power increase to 13 hp. The bike would now shift along at the best part of 70 mph; the market had changed from wanting the fuel-efficient three speeds D1, to the speedy D14/4.
ULG has MOT history from a garage in Wigan dating back to 1993, then again in 2004, 2005, 2008,2009 and 2013 with a mileage of 8,828, today it is at 8,852. At some point it was then purchased by our deceased vendor, along with another D14, MXA 12G also in this auction. He has swapped the engines over as ULG should have engine HC02141 B175 fitted but this is dismantled along with the rest of MXA.
Sold with the V5C and aforementioned MOT's, it will need recommissioning before use, please note that the V5C has not had the engine number changed.
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