Little Red's first rally

Exploring the limits of a 250cc Red Panther with a weekend jaunt to the POC Flatlands Section event.

[@BPantherPink]

Oh god... I dozed off a bit during this after binge-watching your vdos through the night and most of today...and woke up to your upsidedown face asking if I'm still awake 😂😂 And I shouted yes sir !!

[@BRI33NOR]

As a 14 year old , a man in our village gave me a complete running 350 Panther with a sloping engine, just like the big ones . Living on a farm me and my friends rode it round and round the fields for hour after hour... We learned a lot about fixing, mending, straightening out, how to set ignition timing, adjust carburetors and so on? .Unfortunately as soon as we were old enough we past it on and bought motor cycles to use on the road. (Mine a 1937 Triumph Tiger 80 350. ). The first of many bikes but never forgot that first one. It was unbreakable despite the misuse it got. We broke more bits on ourselves than on it I think. Proper engineering.

[@PantherOwnersClub1]

Lovely memories Brian. So much to learn at 14, knowledge which lasts forever.

[@RabSpaniel]

my 350 ducati with a short reverse megaphone was great sounding with the cone removed. Love another one.

[@kenpage1107]

Just great!, thanks JJ.

[@vonryansexpress]

What a truly delightful little video . . . My father worked hard through the summer of 1936 in the fields of Kent to earn the final few pounds to buy his brand new Red Panther . . . If he could save half of the purchase price his father had promised to pay the rest. . He ordered it from Pride and Clarke of Stockwell in London S.E. . . .he paid the princely sum of £29 17s 6d . . .it was delivered to his local town in Kent by train . . . I can imagine his excitement, I can remember the thrill of my first new motorcycle in 1973. . A Suzuki GT250 . . . He must have had so much enjoyment from his little Panther, like me and my Suzuki he was probably forever out on it just for the joy of riding . . . Thanks for this and your other videos . . It is quite a thing to enjoy a riders eye view of the little bike my Dad owned so long ago . . .

[@PantherOwnersClub1]

Thanks for the recollection VonRyans. As a rider I understand why the Red Panther was so loved in its time but of course a first new bike is particularly remembered, mostly with pleasure...

[@vonryansexpress]

@@PantherOwnersClub1 you make an outstanding video if I may say so, you are Doing P & M and the owners club proud 👏 . .

[@alexbowie6316]

Another soothing and interesting video.

[@lauramildon-clews7850]

I have owned two Panthers. I had a model twenty and a model one twenty. I sold them much to my regret. They are quite a rear machine here in New Zealand. That was forty years ago. And I still regret having to sell two of the best bikes I have ever had the pleasure to own

[@jjrider6758]

'Just managed to squeeze six quid's worth in' the fuel tank ?.. Two years after this video was first posted that's almost a WHOLE LITRE !.. I just keep unintentionally finding my way back to Panther Owner's Club videos time after time. I'm starting to worry that I may be addicted or something.. And I don't even own a Panther ! (though that may have to change..)

[@llamamanism]

A well made video, very enjoyable. I’ve had some pleasant holidays on the north Norfolk coast in Brancaster, there is an excellent military museum and a steam railway up there

[@jeetmangurung4823]

i love it this bike 😘😘😘😘 watching nepal 🙏🇳🇵🙏

[@spadaspares]

I think I've watched this about 6 times now, really a great video, especially when the weather out side is wet and cold.

[@Cloudberry46]

The relaxing sound of a British single on an English country road - you can't beat it! They were made for one another. Although I like the Honda reliability for my everyday use, I must say, this film, with the sound of that exhaust, brought back some happy memories of rides on my 1938 Panther 100 many years ago.

[@j.ramone4116]

Honda good grief. They've gone downhill. The old 70s, 80s ones were good Too complicated now. Can't even get to sparkplugss or airfilter easily. Can't stand modern bikes

[@tubecandle]

Fabulous - we particularly liked the sandwiches, the garage, and the boat/machine.

[@davidjenkins8911]

Thanks for a very enjoyable video your bikes are a credit to you

[@ronalddowie1734]

Love your video. I had panther 600 and 650 both had busmar sidecar. Enjoyable times 1969 .

[@SPECHG92]

Great video. I've just been given one of these, along with a 1938 BSA B21. Together, they have been sat hidden in a garage for over fifty years. I have no experience of Panthers but it's a lovely little bike and I'm so looking forward to starting work on it.

[@PantherOwnersClub1]

My idea of the perfect gift Harvey.

[@glaicogobbo4046]

Wonderful ride in a classic 250 recovered with technical rigor. Wonderful trip in the meeting of companions of the time. Steamboat ride, a museum piece working with rigor and carrying a lot of cargo. Excellent video. I can only thank you!

[@andrewheale4738]

Not any old fuel station, a M&S fuel station. I enjoyed the ride.

[@ianboyd9723]

I love that word besmirched.

[@jonathanjones9790]

Thanks Ian. Gratifying to know that my effort to pass English at O Level was not in vain.

[@sirrick59]

I will never be able to make it over to England; but watching your videos, and listening to your voice is good enough for me. Cheers

[@PantherOwnersClub1]

Thank you Rick. The appreciative comments of subscribers are always encouragement to produce more videos. As with most of us this year there have been few opportunities to meet in fields but last year I rode the Vintage MCC's Banbury run on the 1930 Panther, with POC friend Nigel on his 250 BSA and over 400 other vintage motorcycles. I hope to post the video of that before the year is out.

[@kyrilkyril1]

lovely vid again JJ love the green English countryside. Reminds me of driving around Norfolk when we lived in Wymondham. Your little Panther sounds very sweet

[@jjrider6758]

Great Stuff !!

[@motophoenix5951]

Delightful video, thank you.

[@davidskeates547]

Great video, lovely bike.

[@philipd4863]

Very enjoyable video , well done 😎

[@clivecooper5460]

another enjoyable video JJ....and a good weerkend

[@stevec-b6214]

very enjoyable - could have been longer, but thats a sign of a good video.....

[@raythirkettle4155]

Enjoyed that thanks. Being a Norfolk bouy I could follow your journey on familiar roads.

[@warrenhumphrey9038]

Well done i admire your trip..thanks for sharing..

[@richardmassey2699]

Good sounding bike 👂👂☕

[@keen2b]

This is by far one of most enjoyable streams on utube, Like your paced commentary along with the Panther's pleasing exhaust note, So refreshing after all the Hyper sports bikes videos I tend to watch,Which are far to fast and overpriced for me, Its was such a difference tobe able see the countryside!! Thanks for sharing, 👍

[@PantherOwnersClub1]

Thanks keen2b. It may be an age thing, the discovery in our later years that slower can also be better when motorcycling.

[@MBIKES21]

Love this video.

[@nick949eldo]

Another enjoyable jaunt across Norfolk Jonathan. Robust little bike.

[@steveburden1801]

Great videos 👍

[@saxonost7]

I have to say, I find these vids quite charming. Keep up the good work. I'm surprised at how usable this particular bike seems to be on the road.

[@stevemitchell4914]

Lovely. Oliver Postgate lives on.

[@PantherOwnersClub1]

Thanks Steve. The rather old-fashioned style of presentation without flashing images or jangling instruments belongs to an earlier time, like me.

[@yonderhillwildlife]

💝

[@MrBeracah]

Why did carbon build up cause a lack of compression? It suggest to me valve spring are on the weak side? Thks

[@ranjithravimohan9218]

😍😍👌🤩

[@dickyjaya9109]

🙂

[@candymintz]

The irony of it all, you're on lockdown and on your driveway I see a Lotus 7, Patrick McGoohan would easily identify with these times!!!!, is the Lotus original or a Caterham?, enjoyable video, also it's great that you say where you are, the names of the villages and where you're headed, I used to live in Knebworth and moved to Florida in 1993, I used to travel some of these roads on Sunday drives with my girlfriend...wow they allow you to gas up and then pay? I wonder if Allen Millyard's motorcycle would be able to keep up with your Panther? kzbin.info/www/bejne/d3_amoFon6aUadU

[@PantherOwnersClub1]

Thanks Rlll. The 'Seven' was scratch-built from plans in 2000, used for 12 years and now awaiting restoration. Whether the 250 RP could beat the Millyard machine would depend on the handicapper...