‘I put a Mini engine in a Bantam... when I was 15!’

Nobody dreams up or creates DIY bikes quite like Allen Millyard. The UK’S favourite specials builder tells Bike how it all started – and we discover what it’s like to ride his greatest home-made machines

By Bruce Dunn
Diy Bikes


My first bike I modified was an old BSA Bantam. I was 15 at the time and managed to fit an old Austin 850 Mini car engine into it, by cutting the frame in half and then fabricating it all back together. I rode it to school to show my metalwork teacher....

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