Little Panther

Well this old girl has been sitting patiently for quite awhile now but will hopefully move up the line once the Cochise is completed.. The plan is to build a minimalist greenlaner/trials machine. I will probably fit lights on a total loss system so I can get home if caught out. But other than that nothing that isn't needed will be fitted.....

Slowly Slowly catchy Monkey...

Christ its been a slow year this year for bike and hotrod building... just seem to spend so much time at work trying to keep all the ever growing bills paid which doesn't leave enough time to really get your teeth into serious building.... plus when the sun shines I do love sitting in my garden with a bottle of red...........
Took a trip to the Goodwood breakfast club yesterday and had a wander amongst some weird, some wonderful and some bloody gorgeous machines. Spotted a real nice Panther M75 Stroud for sale which has inspired me with my own rigid M65 build.... a chap arrived in a homebuilt guzzi engined 3 wheeler which really got me salivating.. and there were some very cool pickups both home market and yankee and I have to say the Vauxhall Velox (with the Stroud Panther in the back) was the cream of the selection for me...

Well the blues kicked back in and little has progressed !!! but Cochise is now back home and on the ramp and work has started on foot pegs etc. The plan to have her running before the Bo'ness hillclimb has fallen through and now the new target is the spring which gives me time to work out the clutch arrangements etc... sorry the progress is slow but I have been playing with Bobcat the Panther as well in my limited spare time!!!

I'm back!!!!!!!!

Well its been awhile since I was last here, been having a bit of a blue moment in my life but fingers crossed that is behind me and onwards and upwards!!!!!!!
Cochise my Stroker Indian 741 has taken a new turn with a junior Scout frame coming down from Scotland, you can read about the frames earlier life here http://indianstrokerscout.blogspot.com/2011/07/whatever-happened-to-junior.html?spref=fb
I will be updating the build as I progress but here is a little taster of how she looks at the moment...

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Bikes of the Dragon

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All was not lost as my good mate Sumo lent me his old Pan-Euro for the rally. So the journey was completed in no time, even managing to meet up with my good mate Blacksheep Mick on his old BMW on route to the rally. The site was in an excellent location surrounded by mountains and right down by a river... slightly muddy from all the recent rain but still a pretty cool turn out.
Loads of cool classic bikes and several nice "Dragon" specials dotted around the area. It was a short walk into the local village to sample some local ales before a moonlit stroll back to the camp. Sunday dawned bright and dry after a night of torrential rain, camp was packed up and the homeward journey started. breakfast at the excellent Conway Falls cafe and a long long wet and blustery ride home... all in all a cool weekend.
All that is left now is to rebuild the Panther in readiness for next year !!!!

Dragon rally and assorted stuff....

Well it has been awhile since I last posted anything, well to be honest with the coming of winter I tend to shut myself away and pray for an early summer... that is until its Dragon rally time. So a few weeks before the rally I decide to check out Bobcats new oil leak and to give her a quick check over!!! quick was not a good word as the more I poked the more I found so with only 2 weeks to go I'm in a frenzy of gearbox repairs, clutch re-builds and new primary chain. Bike is back together by 22-30 Wednesday 9th of Feb, MOT is booked for the next morning and all is looking good.... Morning dawn's and Bobcat breezes her MOT... looking good just hoping I'm not using up too much of our luck.. friday morning arrives and Bobcat is loaded with camping gear and supplies for the journey and off I thump... got as far a South Mimms services and a dead magneto put an end to our trip together....