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« on: 20.10. 2022 08:30 »
'Introduced towards the end of 1953, the 150cc D3 Bantam Major was the first step in the development of the evergreen lightweight, and the larger-finned cylinder barrel and head were also adopted for the D1 models. One long-distance adventurer, Miss McKean, used a D3 for her 30,000-mile marathon journey from New Zealand to England, where she is seen outside the offices of BSA Motor Cycles Ltd. The names of the countries she rode through were painted on the tank, and there was a map on the other side.'
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Nostalgia, old whatever
« Reply #1 on: 21.10. 2022 00:01 »
G'day Fellas.
Set this topic for old photos/article's etc
I'll start I know most have seen this.
Cheers
ps: found this on the net https://cybermotorcycle.com/marques/anz/euroa.htm
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Re: Nostalgia, old whatever
« Reply #2 on: 21.10. 2022 02:44 »
Hey, I think I see my great uncle in that picture.

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Re: Nostalgia, old whatever
« Reply #3 on: 22.10. 2022 15:48 »
Is this Andrew's canal bike?
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Re: Nostalgia, old whatever
« Reply #4 on: 25.10. 2022 11:54 »
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Re: Nostalgia, old whatever
« Reply #5 on: 25.10. 2022 11:57 »
Is this Andrew's canal bike?

As in when he saw it for the first time his exclamation sounded like "canal"?

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« Reply #6 on: 13.11. 2022 09:54 »
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Re: Nostalgia, old whatever
« Reply #7 on: 08.09. 2024 11:49 »
I've been tracing my family history and after scanning this photo I thought I'd put it on here. It's of my aunt Nellie on a Douglas TS with Douglas sidecar, probably in the late 20s as she was born March 1903.

Photo would have been taken in Plymouth where she lived all her life.

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Re: Nostalgia, old whatever
« Reply #8 on: 08.09. 2024 22:45 »
g`day

















G`day Roger the model is most likely a CS which is a TS with a clutch and kickstarter upgrade. TS`s were run and jump which would be awkward with a sidecar, regards Jim









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« Reply #9 on: 09.09. 2024 10:22 »
Jimmy, that's interesting, I was going by the fact that it had a bicycle type front brake as opposed to the later drum brake and also the leather panniers on the side of the carrier rack. It's a pity more of the bike isn't shown.

Of course my auntie Nellie was an elderly lady by the time I was old enough to know her. I found the photo in  a box of family photos, inherited from my father.

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