vintagechop

the panther is nearly there

noreply@blogger.com (SUMO) — Thu, 17 May 2012 10:06:00 +0000

ever so close

tonight i need to wire it up in an awfully complicated manner so i have some lighting off a total loss battery system for now.

blasted up and down the road a bit last night and it "seems" ok. only miles will tell

arse kicker

noreply@blogger.com (SUMO) — Mon, 14 May 2012 09:06:00 +0000

its been an absolute arse kicker of a weekend. but its running now. engine top end done, mag rebuild, new carb. dont know its secret hand shake yet but it starts pretty easy when i get it right.

ive had the gearbox in and out about a dozen times or more. swaped for spare gearbox that turned out to be worse. mixed and matched parts from 3 gearboxes to get the best box i could at no notice with no spares. still glitchy as hell on kicker but it shifts good - fingers crossed

carb needs tuning still. went for a wassel copy of an amal concentric. seems nice just needs tweeking really now.

then reassembly for to set off on friday for a weekend of riding / camping with a little luck... fingers crossed - i need all the help i can get

low level hell 2

noreply@blogger.com (SUMO) — Fri, 11 May 2012 08:46:00 +0000

just plugged my phone into the computer and some photos popped up, dont remember taking them but i obviously did... zips bike that steve rode looking grand with a nice covering of shit off the wet country roads, im sure it was on ebay a bit since but i cant find it

race panthers...

noreply@blogger.com (SUMO) — Wed, 09 May 2012 15:55:00 +0000

not all that many out there and very little information too.

but i got emailed this pic yesterday. bloody class.... now it obviously had some acceleration but it might have topped out at 25mph for all i know :) id love to know what his gearing was and what he had inside his motor though

nitrous panther

noreply@blogger.com (SUMO) — Thu, 03 May 2012 14:06:00 +0000

just had a little windfall, just enough to buy this setup.... shall i shan't i... i do like the idea on a purely dumb level, nitrous on a panther... what could possibly go wrong haha

RIP E.J. Potter the Michigan Madman

noreply@blogger.com (SUMO) — Wed, 02 May 2012 12:18:00 +0000

sad day indeed, more info here

absolute nutter and built some truly amazingly crazy machines

Twin engine tuesday

noreply@blogger.com (SUMO) — Tue, 01 May 2012 08:25:00 +0000

spotted at stafford last week for sale. beyond that i dont know anything about it. i do like the frame stretch, this was my original frame plan for the twin panther. it looks well.

pegacorn

noreply@blogger.com (SUMO) — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 08:45:00 +0000

not a bad weekends graft on this one

motor in
gearbox in & new spacers made
stock late model rear wheel in and aligned

new tyres fitted

forwards started
new sissy bar bent up and tacked [just needs finish welding]
started a couple of the million cables

ready for the teaparty? who knows.. the jury is out but thats my aim at least, fingers crossed

sick days

noreply@blogger.com (SUMO) — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 16:46:00 +0000

had some time off sick this week

all back to normal now

sorry for any orders that havent gone out with the normal promptness - i've not been on my a-game...

anything outstanding is packed now and ready to send out tomorrow

thanks for bearing with me

panther resurrection

noreply@blogger.com (SUMO) — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 09:20:00 +0000

looks like i am resurrecting this one - its so close it makes sense. its been sat in the house for a couple of months waiting for some time. well - i had a few things that need taking care of on the black panther after this weekend so its going to be quicker to get this on the road so i can still be bombing about panther powered while i do some more work on the race stuff

i have a fresh engine on the shelf to drop into this next weekend. then its just cables and all the odds n sods that you think will take no time but take days... putting a stock later full width rear in like the front one so "should" be fairly straight forwards. its bit of a parts pin special. all ive bought for it so far is the bars and controls, everything else is from the stash of spares / take-offs so im pretty pleased its coming together well. a good weekend this week and then a pile of evenings should have me rolling back in style for the tea party in a few weeks with a bit of luck and a fair breeze [but then again - me and deadlines arent great so...]

redliners racing international

noreply@blogger.com (SUMO) — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 13:18:00 +0000

some people may have noticed he new link on the right here its to redliners racing international.

have a potter on over there and take a look around. as the site says: The redliners are a group of motorcycle enthusiasts scattered around the world whose common bond is a deep affection for vintage motorcycles and the unbridled pursuit of speed.

it pretty much sums it up really... i am very proud to be part of this small band of idiots trying to make old bikes go faster than they were ever intended to go

Lowbrow p-nut tanks in the UK

noreply@blogger.com (SUMO) — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 14:43:00 +0000

got the Lowbrow p-nut tanks in stock now. on my shelf ready to post out

why buy a shitty rusted out tanks with the mount holes drilled off centre when you can have nice new steel...

come and get em - shop HERE

sportster coil relocation

noreply@blogger.com (SUMO) — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 09:02:00 +0000

nothing original or super smashing great, but i got 20 minutes to work on the bike this weekend when everyone had left [was a family weekend so no garage time], so i started on the coil mounting. it will incorporate the choke too when its done. just modifying the top motor mount a little to multi-task.

wide tyre sportster

noreply@blogger.com (SUMO) — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 09:46:00 +0000

after some messing about and false starts i have settled on the king sportster tank

will mount way easier and looks right on there. it is a sporty after all... i'll have 2.8 gal. instead of the 3.5 but its not too much difference.

Heavy breather

noreply@blogger.com (SUMO) — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 08:30:00 +0000

made up a breather for the race motor at the weekend. [the ugly black tube to the left of the pushrod tube] every little bit helps. i think i will make a bigger breather for it in the long run but this is a start

it has a couple hundred miles on it now and it seems a much more streetable motor now. i guess in a week or so ill see what we have extra in the way of top end... [probably on the way over to the Low Level Hell do over in a welsh direction - should be a good leg stretch for it - seems to be running and starting well so fingers crossed]

Captain seat

noreply@blogger.com (SUMO) — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 16:29:00 +0000

Got the seat all made up and mounted on the captain now. Getting there.

wide sportster rear

noreply@blogger.com (SUMO) — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 16:06:00 +0000

got the rear end of the wide sporty pretty much done yesterday and oil tank 90% welded in. just need to glass up a seat pan and get that sent out. rear spaces made up and thats the back end of the bike almost there.

running panther race motor

noreply@blogger.com (SUMO) — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 09:32:00 +0000

got the motor running this week. lots of interesting internals in the motor. starts nice, running a little rich but thats no bad thing for a run in period. got to get some miles on it then see what it will do :)

Sporty

noreply@blogger.com (SUMO) — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 16:42:00 +0000

The big tyre sporty is starting to take shape. Well pleased. Should be a comfy stomper

harley softail fxst trade/sale

noreply@blogger.com (SUMO) — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 10:22:00 +0000

trading my fxst dressed up to look like a fatboy, i got the bike pretty much as it stands last spring and just never ever ride it - its been in the garage under cover for the last 5 months, it has to go. looking for a hotrod or interesting car, either straight trade or cash my way - theres nothing in the kitty to add to this

without looking at the v5 its '84 or '85. its got a 91 motor in it. cheapy cheap classic insurance

drop me a line if you are interested, what have you got? or ill sell it outright obviously if you are looking for one

vintagechop@gmail.com

test motor

noreply@blogger.com (SUMO) — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 09:46:00 +0000

things are marching on still

modified pushrod tube so it doesnt fall into the modified cases, i welded up adjuster cups onto the cam followers to accommodate the single piece pushrods, new single piece pushrods made, access hatch into rocker cover welded up and cover machined.

steady away, still plenty to do but on course to having this motor into the black bike at the weekend with a little luck and a fair breeze.

lush panther

noreply@blogger.com (SUMO) — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 09:33:00 +0000

not mine but i wish it was [yea - i want everything]. bloomin lovely it is

nice bit of fencing wire holding up the footpeg. apparently a '34 model 500.

pimp for sale

noreply@blogger.com (SUMO) — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 09:45:00 +0000

Spindle has his pimp bike for sale - yea im a day or 2 late with the news but i dont update at weekends...

over on ebay

panther hot cam

noreply@blogger.com (SUMO) — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 09:15:00 +0000

the hot cam i got made an age ago arrived yesterday for the test motor, just in time for bottom end assembly. not we've got to sort out the new pushrod arrangement [more like the solid 30's panther setup than stock later one with the adjusters in the middle]

the gray team

noreply@blogger.com (SUMO) — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 14:30:00 +0000

a-team, gray-team.. see what i did there??

ok so dad took a couple of pics yesterday for me. rolling road that i have as much access to as i want [another reason im building a solo engined bike first - twin wont fit on it hah] and one of the race bikes getting a new body for the season. [rod is has a racing team and is part of another so is a busy man indeed - they have some really nice tackle]. dont know whos the norton is - its just one hes been working on.