A sidecar for the 40th

Forty years of the Panther Owners Club celebrated with a trip to our 2016 National Rally.

[@nickhodgson2136]

Enjoyed your adventure loved the manufacture of your new chair continue your life with your life companion you are a very clever gentleman with a very supportive spanner lady good health more videos should you have the time please take care both of you

[@PantherOwnersClub1]

Thank you Nick. Yes, Angie is thoroughly steeped in the magic of the motorcycle. I recall replacing a chin link, snapped as we pulled away after a fuel fill, to hear her describing in detail to a small group the function of the Panther's half-compression lever.

[@davidsheppard1133]

You and your wife have lived the classic motorcycle lifestyle. True Panther fans!!🙂

[@jeremylefevre7623]

What a lovely video and with some amazing photos. I'm a RE man through and through but loved watching this !

[@baz1086]

Just stumbled upon this Absolutely brilliant thank you for sharing especially enjoyed the sidecar build I'm a fabricator/welder so I can really appreciate your work and what a superb sidecar you built ! I have several old British bikes but I've never owned a panther But I want one now 😂😂

[@keithgarland3404]

What a cracking job you made with the sidecar, it's a thing of beauty, and a great looking outfit. I enjoy your videos a great deal, you are a very competent motorcycle restorer, and enthusiastic rider.

[@mickdavid4857]

Got the badge and bars '76 and 77. In '76 got cheeky and entered my 500cc Yamaha and squire into concourse 😂 got a 3rd in '77 I was the one who got out of the field without helping hands . With the aid of Dunstall megaphones at least the Yam sounded Panther ish

[@stevecolwill9761]

Brilliant. YT directed me to your channel and I'm so glad it did!

[@abazdarhon]

I got few weeks ago crash with wife on m6 while coming back to Scotland from amazing holiday in Italy. My k1600 has been written off and unfortunately my wife don’t want any more motorbike in garage. My sneaky idea to change her mind is to buy 500cc 1935-1939 motorbike to show her something very pretty and slow and hope we get back on the road and travel again on two wheels. Thank you for inspirational video. I think I found my way back to motorbikes.

[@jonathanjones9790]

Every connection we make adds to life's richness, perhaps a little too much in the case of your accident abazdarhon. I have been there. It may take a while to get back but will surely be worth it.

[@MrBeracah]

Very good thank you very much for sharing with us. Did you ever find out the source of the metallic sliver that shorted th plug? Thks

[@PantherOwnersClub1]

Thanks MrB. Nothing conclusive when I took the lid off. Piston aluminium is the most likely culprit.

[@andrewallen9993]

Panthers, With all the horsepower, torque and reliability of a Jawa TS350 two stroke outfit. Been there, done that, fixed it at the side of the road and got the T shirt. Regards from Johannesburg 😀

[@stewy62]

Another lovely video, in the late 70’s when I started to buy Bike magazine Peter Watson was for whatever reason my favourite journalist

[@PantherOwnersClub1]

Thanks Stewy. If Peter doesn't see this I will pass on your comment.

[@clivecooper4379]

Another marvellous production JJ …

[@rustyrims05]

Peter Watson is one of my heroes, from Bike Mag to Classic Bike I really enjoyed reading his articles. He and his colleagues shaped my biking.

[@ianboyd9723]

You made a fantastic job at making the chair, well done.

[@PantherOwnersClub1]

Thank you Ian

[@Beeza56]

This has made my day! I have the fondest memories of my Dad’s 120 and double adult in Greenford Middx in the early ‘60’s. Sitting in my basement in Putnam Valley NY as I write, surrounded by my bikes and missing dear old Dad. All the best and thank you very much.

[@ronsmith9228]

Enthusiasm without common sense….you have perfectly described my motorcycle restoration projects

[@briansmythe3000]

Loved your video Sir , My Friend had a Sloper here In Aust back in the 80"s I had a BMW R50/2 witch Ive still got Huge Respect too you Both

[@sbarrett4826]

Great vid, as all yours are. You have a great turn of phrase and I could imagine you reading children’s stories as well as you bend bits of metal. Love the sidecar, keep the vids coming, I find them almost, almost as good as riding myself. Take care from another POC member.

[@ryanrodgers1826]

god bless you both keep up the good work stay safe thank you

[@amezcuaist]

I remember the gentle pattering sound of the exhaust . Inferior models had nothing like my chicken shed sidecar . It took some work to replace all the frame nuts and bolts which had all worn to various dimensions. Metric unified sizes were still a far off dream . Was I the only rider reduced to tears by the starting procedure ?

[@scubatrucker6806]

Beautiful machine 🖤🩶🖤🩶

[@robertduncan7618]

Love seeing videos of sidecar outfits, more please.

[@1000sguzzi]

Very enjoyable, thank you..

[@piearm1271]

Wonderful stuff, excellent fabrication skills. Did you make the hood yourself?

[@PantherOwnersClub1]

We are fortunate in having Woollies Trim shop just a few miles away, plus an ancient Singer industrial which sews double-duck and fingers with equal efficiency.

[@spadaspares]

Mega video, like the skills that you shown us. Can we have more please?

[@PantherOwnersClub1]

Thank you Neil. Yes there are plans for future videos from the workshop. Watch this space.

[@laurenceneal4429]

Brilliant JJ, a typical Panther run complete with lay-by pause. And so calm with a dead engine. Wonderful!

[@jonathanjones9790]

Thank you Laurie. I aimed to encompass everything that typifies a Panther rally, minus the return on a breakdown truck...

[@laurenceneal4429]

@@jonathanjones9790 breakdown truck! Been there, done that!

[@felixVanDiemen]

Wonderful video, thank you. I am impressed at your cool headedness in the event of breakdown, the mark of a true motorcyclist, hats off to the both of you!

[@AA-69]

Panther was so far ahead... I remember having a diesel version in the 80s...called the "lister"... Sweet runner she was 🤩

[@PantherOwnersClub1]

That was a super-rare model. Bet you wish you had it still.

[@timothyhauret9619]

I would like to build my own sidecar , we have a $ 3 million dollar a year fabrication shop an it should not be a big problem with the correct plan. Great job and I love your panther and would love to have one along sidemy NORTON COMMANDO ROADSTER THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS 9ld

[@PantherOwnersClub1]

Go for it! No problem with your facilities.

[@retromechanicalengineer]

A wonderful video. I enjoyed all of it. Peter Watson looked well, Classic Bike Royalty! Best wishes, Dean.

[@ironcast]

You certainly are one very skilled fellow. Loved your vid.

[@PantherOwnersClub1]

Thank you ironcast.

[@jjrider6758]

Wow !.. The POC really knows how to do a rally ! - I'd already heard that Panther owners were very enthusiastic long-distance rallyists but the attendance here is amazing, I've been to rallies of several different owners clubs that I've belonged to over the years but the POC would put most other owners clubs to shame !.. Both the bike and especially the chair are a real credit to you..

[@davidahugill9614]

Looks like a Barrow in Furness registration......my first bike was a model 65 350cc in the 1960s . Great to see so many Panthers still running.... cheers DaveH.

[@michaelfirth1075]

This is a superb video, love it. I enjoy the narration and content. Please keep them coming.😊

[@christopherdewhurst8812]

Thorougly enjoyed the vid

[@mick0846]

Amazing to think that you have had it all these years, literally part of the family. How many miles would you say that it's done roughly?

[@MrBeracah]

Wonderful build of that chair, thank you for sharing it with us, you are an inspiration.

[@brynpitt2599]

Loved this. Proper old school motorcycling. Love the sidecar and how it was made 👍

[@ianlawrie919]

Intrepid, inspiring and inventive! Wonderful video, thank you 👌👍

[@roberthocking9138]

What a collection, you are all obviously very dedicated

[@peterselby5694]

Only recently come across your vids but everyone is a little diamond. Born in Sheffield in 1947 bikes and sidecars or sidechairs as they are called here in NewZealand, were really the only affordable mode of personal transport for the working man. Dad bought his first combo in the early fifties ( guessing here) it was a very knackered Norton Model 18 and single seater sidecar. I cant tell you the make of s/chair but I do have a pic of the complete outfit including the riders but do not know how to attach this . You might be able to identify the maker. Living in a terraced house in the East End of Sheffield ( the shitty part) there was no room for a shed to restore the outfit so dad removed the chair after much blowlamp and hammer work and restored the bike in the back pallor. The outfit was used every weekend, weather permitting of coarse to get way from the grime and escape generally to the lovely Peak District. We nearly always went with a group of families all on bikes and mum who would have been in her late thirties said that it was the best time of her life. However it wasnt all sweetness and light as the old Norton seemed to break down every time we went out and we did have a few tows back to our house but in general it got fixed by the side of the road and there was always another biker and a complete stranger who stopped to assist even giving parts and wanting no payment. Brilliant. Dad eventually up graded to a 1953 Ariel Sq 4 (I have a pic) hitched to a 1.5 seater chair. I have often wondered if the Sq 4 is still around. With the Sq 4 being very reliable we ventured further afield even as far as Cornwall and the Lake District. This was pre motorway days so the journey was spread over two days. D & M eventually bough a car, a Morris Minor and as a teenager I rode a James Captain then onto a BSA Road Rocket but had a couple of serious accidents which now on cold and wet days brings pain that reminds me of my bad luck and perhaps lack of riding skills all those years ago. Escaped to the Colonies in 1970 and haven't thrown a leg over a bike since but still hanker too. Regards Peter.

[@PantherOwnersClub1]

Some great memories Peter. Thanks for supporting the channel.

[@maakatipa4613]

Great video, enjoyed traveling with you both.

[@stevec-b6214]

good fix - cool as a cucumber!

[@ragnarragnarson5184]

Very enjoyable video

[@mickyboy1955]

Too slow for the motorways?...

[@PantherOwnersClub1]

I think most owners would agree that cruising a Panther and sidecar at 60 to 70mph is not realistic.

[@thomasstutzig1005]

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