1955 Francis-Barnett Falcon 200

1955 Francis-Barnett Falcon 200 in How We Used to Live, Documentary, 2013

Class: Bikes, Road — Model origin:

01:05:13 Vehicle used by a character or in a car chase

Author	Message
dsl ◊ 2015-09-18 14:55	Not well shown here, but it's a reasonably long sequence from a film where he rides along to river, and then walks down jetty to a pleasure boat. If i'm reading the film correctly he then pilots the boat on a cruise along the Thames with some close-ups of him at wheel with cigarette in mouth - not sure if documentary or film sequence, but may be recognisable. Also noted that bike emits puffs of blue smoke - 2-stroke??
andrepa ◊ 2015-09-19 00:25	BSA Bantam methink 175 by instruments Link to "www.bsabantamclub.com" https://community.dur.ac.uk/ashley.holmes/Past%20Toys/BSA/Img_2859.jpg -- Last edit: 2015-09-19 00:35:42
dsl ◊ 2018-03-26 18:19	Reused from longer sequence here which shows VCV 381 plate = Cornwall, Sept-Nov 1955. wiki says 175 was 1958+ ....
dsl ◊ 2018-03-26 20:14	the sad biker wrote Francis Barnett Falcon 200.
the sad biker ◊ 2018-03-27 00:06	My mate Frank has a little Fanny B that he uses as a Sunday bike, on the V5 it's listed as a Frances Burnett, we think someone at Swansea enjoyed the Secret Garden as a child?