Where did you get the handlebars? What they called ?

Great videos

Hey mate, I had a similar experience, although the bushes are meant to be undersized and reamed to fit. RC sent me gritty bearings though, very disappointed. I got all my stuff from oz bantams in the end and bones is the best there is, was extremely helpful too

How on earth do you manage to break a lay shalf ?

Make sure your doing the loop with wind on your back to maintain line tension.

The pivot in the stator plate was loose on my 1953 D1 125, so I carried a pair of pliers, some copper wire and a set of feeler gauges. The pivot would be tied down to one of screws by the copper wire and this would hold for about 50 miles. I find out that riding through puddles would cool the engine a bit and I could sometimes get 60 miles between resetting the spark gap on a rainy day. the obvious solution was to buy a new stator plate from the incredible Guivers in Sutton. But the paper round money just wouldn't reach for such exotic spares.

I understood you needed to upgrade bearings

What is the oil fillter wrench cap size? Is it 74mm 14 plutes? Doing an oil change for a 2009 honda frv 2.2 ctdi.. thanks

Hold the "tickler" down steadily until fuel dribbles out of the carb intake...then release the tickler. Now you have a nice rich mixture for initial starting...

ATF for Fork, would you recommend it? Thank You

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very helpful video , i was able to follow you through step by step .

Most important Tool, the Hammer.

where did you buy the layshaft bushes that fit without having to ream them?

Я из Беларуси и купил xbr500, 1985 года !

the length of the cables.control ...?

Nice one! My D3 Swingarm was a right old bugger to get right!. 🤣 Oh the joys of owning a grumpy old classic!. 🤣 Nuff said. 🙂

I did a bit of tuning on my 125 deluxe, a lot of polishing and bearing changes but I stuffed the crankcase with sheet aluminium which you didn't. I rode the fastest 125 Bantam D1 around. I also used Bardahl two stroke mix at 40:1. Not available now?

Lucky you, I'm jealous. Love the XBR

Does the new filter come with those new gaskets?

Thanks a lot Brad. Very helpful.

Whats the ESC you are using in this model?

Hi, this is a super model. I like it. I am from India. I am working on similar config for e-CL model for school kids in our Indian environment. Whats the wings span & total flying weight? I am also exploring viable solution to keep the esc, lipo/alternate battery pack away from the plane. This is becos of safety point of view as well to regulate the throttle and have the feature of power on/off.

Thanks a lot Brad. I'm looking to get my first Bantam in the spring.

Thanks a lot Brad. Very helpful.

The first motorcycle I had when I was 16 in the 60s was a 125cc BSA Bantam. I paid £5 for it and he also gave me a helmet and gauntlets. I loved that bike and we had many adventures together. My Bantam gave me the freedom to go where I wanted to, which was great. I paid about £2. 10 shillings for insurance and about £1 to tax it. petrol was £1 for four gallons including 2-stroke oil. Best days of my life.

heating the metal is not advisable, it will make the steel brittle

Mate you have no idea what you are doing sorry.

I did my first loop (and some inverted) with a KK Firebird /OS 15 glow engine. I think the coupled flaps and elevator definitely helped to pull the loop through. I'm now going back to C/L flying and after a couple of flights on a trainer (40 years later !), will try a Mercury Cobra stunt trainer, or, something similar....My advice - join a club and get lots of friendly help and fun.

Brad, I'm from Québec , used to much more complicated japanese bikes , but nowadays would prefer BSA-like simpler machines ! I would just LOVE to work on old english bikes and make them last ...but this won't happen around here . Loved this video , what a simple, easy to work on bike !

Hi, Great video just got a 175 d7 where did you end up getting the parts ?

Is that a standard road going bike please?

Enjoying these. Thanks for showing. Two strokes give me sinus so I usually avoid pedestrian ones. High performance ones I can't resist. Had many of various types over the years.

Never seen inside a Bantam. With Jap two stroke singles as long as it hasn't got tons of end float it should be OK. There's always a little clearance, that's what oil is for.

Your flying kind of looks like my flying. I have a Superpower electric and fly with it either on a 52' line or 60' line and I've crashed it more than it's been in the air. Put it back together and fly it again. It's funny because I should be way better than I am especially since my Dad flew control line when I was a kid but I never took the time to learn from him. Teenage years definitely got in the way of that and, of course, now I wish I had learned from him. Oh well, I'll keep trying until I get it right. But I'm flying solo and there's no one around in my area to help me maneuver me through my mistakes.

That trotts along nicely, ive just collected a B175 that I'm attempting to raise from its long slumber.

Brilliant video, keep em coming. My own channel has a lot of Bantam bits in, but this was very good. I reckon the price of Z400 side stands will go up pal. Keep posting.

'Props' to you for carrying out this modification Brad. All possible pun intended! Great job.

I've learned that lesson the hard way too. Cheap primary chain that soooo enjoyed stretching and thus eating its way into the cases on only a five mile test run...grr

Hi What size is the wrench 🔧 for the oil cap

When ever i think my d14 is just a 2 stroke it catches me out ,the devil is in the detail, great video

Good to see it going back together. Did you line ream your new layshaft bearings? It still seemed a little bit tight once you screwed it together. May just be the perspective on the video. Best wishes, Dean.

I run 12 on my inlet and 16 on the exhaust on my XBR special, never had the idle stall with those settings, The original settings were too tight and I recon the manufacturers updated settings were far too loose

Hi brad what’s your mates bike please?

My next bike a cb350 Honda twin carb was like a rolls Royce after the bantam.

Thinking of reliability, every time it rained heavy the bike would stop and wouldn’t go again until she dried out. Never did find out what caused it.

Hi my first road legal bike was a bsa bushman 175 and went all over ni on it youth hosteling. Great memories

Just what I was looking for in a video, easy explanation thanks 👍ps where can I get printable degree sheets?

Very nice, well balanced and smooth. That's the direction most models are going. Thanks for sharing

No mention of the size of the oil filter wrench needed