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Interesting to read of George Todd in the fastest Bantam in the world1969 I rather fancied one of George’s high compression cylinder heads on my new Bantam D14/4. I rode out to George’s house and he showed me round his workshop, complete with all manner of Bantam racing 125s and pictures of his racing successes. He preferred the 125 engines as they were easier to tune.

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