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Burian beauty
I was interested in the photo of the Whitehawk Cheney Bantam as the lead pic in the Bantam Archive feature in issue 63, especially the swinging arm. I own the only known Burian trials bike built in 1965 by John Banks (works BSA rider). It has a Villiers engine and the rear wheel adjustment on my bike appears to be the same as the Cheney Bantam. I don’t know which bike was built first so who copied who? John also built a Bantam Burian ridden by Doug Theobald, Freddie Mayes and Dave Bickers in the Sixties but also a B50 Burian.
I have photos of most of them, including John, riding the
