£1,500 - £2,000
1958 BSA Bantam Super D5, 175cc. Registration number KVG 769A. Frame number FD5 671. Engine number ED5B 887 (please note the V5C states FD 72042).
Many a now-mature motorcyclist’s first two-wheeled experience will have been gained aboard a BSA Bantam. Developed from the pre-war DKW RT125 and announced in 1948, the Bantam became a top-seller for BSA, in excess of half a million leaving the Birmingham factory before production ceased in 1970. Originally of 123cc, the engine grew first to 148cc in 1955 for the D3 Bantam Major and then to 175cc for the D5 Bantam Super, which replaced the D3 in the 1958 line-up. The new 175cc engine went into mildly revised cycle parts, but the D5 was destined to be a one-year-only model, being superseded by the D7 for 1959.
KVG was reregistered with DVLA in1987 and in 1996 was with Nicholas Barnett of Cambridge and then with Bryan Mundy who sold it to our vendor in May 2012. In need of a total restoration he had this undertaken by Mann Technical Services of Milton Keynes. This included sand blasting the frame and tinware, the engine and gearbox were stripped and bead blasted, new piston and rebore, Rex Count electronic ignition, carb strip and rebuild, all new seals, exhaust, brakes, stainless steel wheels and spokes, in short a top to bottom restoration.
On display since this machine looks wonderful and desires to be ridden, it will need recommissioning and the wiring may need attention. It may be worth the next custodian contacting DVLA to change the registration number to an age related one, the Owners Club would be able to assist with that.
Sold with the V5C, various receipts and a workshop manual.
Fees apply to the hammer price:
Free Registration
18.6% inc VAT*
Flat Fee Registration
15.00% inc VAT*
