The Bantam was a British

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manufactured by Slack and Harrison in

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, Leicestershire in 1913. It was powered by an 8-horsepower V-twin engine made by

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. There was no gearbox and variation in transmission ratios was provided for by variable pulleys. Final drive was by chain.

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