Finding Top Dead Centre
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Finding Top Dead Centre
An interesting photo from the BSA Bantam Owners Club forum. I'm not sure if it is a joke or if there is some merit in this as a method. Cheers. Bruce.
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Re: Finding Top Dead Centre
Its a joke, the picture is of a Bubble car engine.
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Re: Finding Top Dead Centre
Hi
I'm impressed, for this to work there'd have to be zero 'blow by' past the rings - BSA technology was years ahead of it's time
Regards Mick
I'm impressed, for this to work there'd have to be zero 'blow by' past the rings - BSA technology was years ahead of it's time
Regards Mick
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Re: Finding Top Dead Centre
Wow, i knew them engine could skim the top of a rice pudding, but i didnt think they could blow up bubbles as well.
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Bantam was not BSA, it was taken from DKW, I think, at the end of WW2Mick D wrote:Hi
I'm impressed, for this to work there'd have to be zero 'blow by' past the rings - BSA technology was years ahead of it's time
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ShockRob Harknett wrote:Bantam was not BSA, it was taken from DKW, I think, at the end of WW2
Have you told BSA?
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Thought that was a well known fact Mike.Mick D wrote:ShockRob Harknett wrote:Bantam was not BSA, it was taken from DKW, I think, at the end of WW2
Have you told BSA?
BSA are well aware Mike. At the end of WW2 many German companies were got at. BSA got DKW first and pinched their little 2 stroke which became known as Bantam.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BSA_Bantam#History
Mentioned here at the very start of history
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This clearly isn't the place for irony, MickMick D wrote:ShockRob Harknett wrote:Bantam was not BSA, it was taken from DKW, I think, at the end of WW2
Have you told BSA?
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Re: Finding Top Dead Centre
England grabbed a little 2 stroke engine but turned down VW?Rob Harknett wrote:Thought that was a well known fact Mike.Mick D wrote:ShockRob Harknett wrote:Bantam was not BSA, it was taken from DKW, I think, at the end of WW2
Have you told BSA?
BSA are well aware Mike. At the end of WW2 many German companies were got at. BSA got DKW first and pinched their little 2 stroke which became known as Bantam.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BSA_Bantam#History
Mentioned here at the very start of history
How did the Yanks miss that one?
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Re: Finding Top Dead Centre
They all were up to it over the years. BMW made the Dixi Austin 7 copy, then look at the Kawasaki A10 copy.