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BSA, after all, was a solid, unadventurous company and recognised the fact that the route to the hearts and wallets of the average English and for that matter international labourer was a conservative one.

A small battery was included to operate a smaller pilot bulb in the headlamp when parked.

The HCR 18 plate was issued in Portsmouth, so the machine has probably never strayed too far, but it appears to have been well used during its working life, as its odometer shows nearly 23,000 miles.

The sealing of the crankshaft also changed with additional seals added inboard of the main bearings to isolate them from the crankcase.

Batteries are cheap and reliable — although Mike has not yet found a Bantam-sized one with a period finish — and modern solid-state rectifiers are cheap, rugged and small enough to be hidden away, while the massive selenium metal plate job can be left on display by concours-orientated restorers.

In East Germany the machine was made at the original DKW factory by IFA, which later became MZ.

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I see no spark plug wire, but haven't taken anything apart to know for sure.

1970 Model Engine prefix Engine sequence Frame prefix Frame sequence CC D175 D175 00101 D175 00101 175 D175 BUSHMAN D175B 00101 D175B 00101 175 D10 SWING-ARM GPO? Call Randy at 419-496-9675 with any questions at all.