Gordon May-overland to Egypt on BSA Bantam
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Is anybody following this blog? a trip on a Bantam.
Just wondered if anybody is following Gordon May's adventure on this old BSA Bantam? After a few problems at the start of the trip all seems to be going well....easy, interesting read.
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A blog without pictures is like waving a bag of chips infront of a fat bird in cage.
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Scouse humour v Cockney humour! I bet you make 3000 posts before your Capetown trip! :rofl:
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It is all written backwards! Need to keep scrolling up and down to find each chapter.. Why write it like this ??? wouldn't call it an easy read :(
Maybe I am just too picky. :( I wondered why it started on Day 9 :( |
Lots of trip blogs have the latest entry at the top. So the chronology is backwards. Many don't, but many do. It's not the way it's written it's the programme that does it automatically when you upload you blog.
So it starts on Day 1 at the bottom. I've been waiting for him to set off again as my first bike was a bantam and it's of interest to me, especially as I also live in Egypt. |
Hi Dave
Craig and I were talking to Gordon before he left. He did a book about his last trip to India on a 1960s royal enfield,which is worth a read. let's hope the bike make's it this time :mchappy: |
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it's interesting, i'm following it.
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Pleasure and pain?
I'm following it too, though with more of a technical interest than the journey.
I thought 2 strokes ran at a low compression ratio and, without valve guides, could run on any fuel regardless of octane or lead additive? Obviously, kerosene is a different matter. 95 octane (4 star?) sounds fine to me. I wonder if the fault is a worn/faulty crank seal. I know the engine has been rebuilt but shit happens. The weak mixture would explain the overheating and overall poor running. A plug chop should confirm? |
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I am following it now. :thumbup1:
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It all seems to have ground to an halt for the time being! :(
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I saw a Bantam at Stafford show the other week,is this the bike he went on,surely there's not another one out there?
http://i631.photobucket.com/albums/u...Bantam-WEB.jpg I hope he makes it to Egypt,it's always good to see someone traveling on something different. |
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Yes, thats the one!! At the moment he is waiting for more spare pistons! :blushing: |
Haha. great story. really.
check out pics from my recent Iran Journey Andrew McLagan Travel Photography - Iran, Chile, India, Asia, Bulgaria, Romania, Malaysia, Nepal |
Very well written, its nice to see a ride report with some (daily) breakdowns - and how they're overcome. :thumbup1:
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Hats off to this man!
He`s now back, what a great read. |
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