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 I don't know what I was looking for when I came across this article about the ill-fated bsa dandy. It was painfully detailed and disdainful and, of course, fun to read. http://www.icenicam.ukfsn.org/articles3/art0052.html Going back to the list of articles on the site there are dozens of similar articles, not all negative but a lot are. I find they're like peanuts, i can't stop after just one. Enjoy. http://www.icenicam.ukfsn.org/articles.html
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Great site! I have to say, I dig mopeds.
2013 Speedmaster Matte Black
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Remarkable how similar the dandy is to the Honda cubs, or perhaps it's not.
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a bit I guess because it's a pressed steel frame and leg shields but the engine type and placement is very different. Also, the dandy had a HAND START lever and i'm pretty sure the cubs didn't! Here's a cub just for fun. 
Last edited by Bill; 10/08/2015 9:14 AM.
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Also, a Norman Nippy because it's a NORMAN NIPPY! 
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Oh My Gosh, Look at this thing's fuel filler   And, to quote the text: Quote:
Just when you think it can’t get much worse ... it does! Here’s the bad news, you can’t fill the tank without pressing a bleed button to release the air at the back of the frame, and this is right underneath the back of the dual seat! You have to kneel down to reach right under the seat to work the bleed at the back, at the same time as you’re trying to fill up the tank at the front. Just imagine trying that with a pump in a petrol station. And, if you fail to bleed at the same time as filling, then the fuel floods right out of the filler neck, flushes through the toolbox, out the bottom, and drowns the engine in petrol!
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