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Zinc and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenanceby NICHOLAS WARD RE
'Tired
Runabout'
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Bantam
Maintenance B.S.A D7 Bantam |
Bantam
in the Weeds B.S.A D1 Bantam1 |
The enthusiasm with which these images were received surprised me. (It seems there are lots of ex-tearaways masquerading as respectable citizens !) With funding from sales, I was able to buy derelict machines specifically for drawing, and fellow -enthusiasts have been particularly generous - loaning their vehicles. However, it is the choice of surroundings that sometimes causes consternation - a specially assembled environment is always in danger of appearing contrived.
In November 1 purchased an "Ariel" which had been exported to India, when new, 40 years ago - and deserved a typically British scene to depict its homecoming. Deciding that a big puddle might be appropriate, I constructed a dam so that the backyard could be flooded. I chopped logs to build a woodpile; and added dustbins, flower pots and a bucket of coal, before the bike was finally wheeled into a setting which, I hoped, contrasted with its former location.
Incidentally, the original Bantam, perhaps realising that life as an artist's model was preferable to being thrashed along muddy lanes, refused to start and was sold the following week
You can contact Nick at: 38 Bulmer Lane, Winterton-on-Sea, GT. Yarmouth, Norfolk NR29 4AF. England.