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A strip and clean of its carburettor has the 1930 Panther purring again.
Some essential bench time for the 500 Panther's Amal two-lever (Standard) carburettor is followed by a day in the country with a little German Triumph, a 350cc side-valve TWN from 1929. Includes liquid lunch.
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Back again, and firing on one cylinder
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Recommissioned with brighter sparks the Panther and sidecar is back on all three wheels for a weekend jaunt; garden visiting, tea and cake
Little Red Goes Home
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Fulfilment of a promise to ride the 1939 Model 40 Red Panther back to the place of its manufacture in Cleckheaton, Yorkshire, 84 years after its despatch from Phelon and Moore.
Panther Model 50: Part 10. The fuel tank; (session 2)
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Making tank saddle and bases, TIG welding to the upper sections with a pressure test and the application of interior sealer and primer to complete the replica Model 50 Villiers Panther's petrol tank ready for finishing.
Panther Model 50: Part 9. The fuel tank; (session 1).
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Fabrication of a pattern based on the old tank, with the first stages in beating and wheeling flat sheet to create a replacement for the Villiers Panther's rust-perforated fuel tank. For further information on wire-form pattern making and sound advice on sheet metalwork visit Wray Schelin @proshaper
Villiers 2T Panther Model 35 Special stretches its legs on a 75 mile summer ride.
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Bench preparation of the electric-start Panther Model 35es Sports before a day out with Anglian Section VMCC to visit a fellow-member's tractor collection. This video includes unverified anecdotes.
Starting again. Panther and sidecar trial and tribulation.
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After almost a year cooling-off we tackle the heavyweight Panther outfit's starting issues once more for a 90 mile Summer Saunter with our local Vintage and Classic MCC group. Getting there and back is a kind of success but we're not out of the woods yet. Further adjustments are planned before one last ride in 2023.
Panther Model 100 engine; Part 5. Out on the road
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The last part in a series describing our build of a 600cc Panther Model 100 power unit, from bench to road. Join us for the engine's first 100 miles, riding with the group on a VMCC section run to the coast. Includes philosophical thoughts on the value of optimism, gratuitous anecdotes and images which some viewers may find distressing.
Panther Model 100 engine; Part 4: In with the new.
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Installation of a rebuilt Panther 600cc sloper engine, primary drive assembly and attachment of ancillaries, including a first run on the bench. For further information on use of a timing dead-stop visit David Witt's BSA/JAWA page: @ua-cam.com/video/ZTGpmfY9Nfw/v-deo.html
Panther Model 100 engine; Part 3: Out with the old.
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The 1955 Model 100 Panther's engine has been in use for well over 30 years and it's worn out. In this, the third of five episodes we bring the motorcycle back to the bench, remove the old engine and prepare our rebuilt one for installation in part four. A fifth video will cover its first road trial, to the seaside for fish and chips.
Longest Day Run by Red Panther.
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Little Red on trial. A one hundred mile shakedown following engine work.
Panther Model 50: Part 8
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Stripping old paint, making repairs and refinishing the Villiers Panther Grand Sports metalwork.
Little Red in trouble
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A sunny day ride on the Red Panther 250 ends in tears. WARNING: this video was edited in a studio where anecdotes are processed.
Panther Model 50: Part 7
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Breaking the 325cc Villiers Panther into its component parts and assessing condition.
Drowned Rat Run
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Wet and dry miles on a vintage Panther for the Club's Ratty Rally on the banks of the upper river Thames.
Villiers Panther Model 50: Part 6
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Villiers Panther Model 50: Part 6
The Raffle Socks. A festive bedtime story.
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The Raffle Socks. A festive bedtime story.
Villiers Panther Model 50: Part 5
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Villiers Panther Model 50: Part 5
Panther National Rally 2022
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Panther National Rally 2022
Villiers Panther Model 50: Part 4
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Villiers Panther Model 50: Part 4
Give me a break! Vintage motorcycle life; its problems and solutions.
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Give me a break! Vintage motorcycle life; its problems and solutions.
Villiers Panther Model 50: Part 3
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Villiers Panther Model 50: Part 3
I could kick myself. Panther starting and navigation difficulties.
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I could kick myself. Panther starting and navigation difficulties.
Villiers Panther Model 50: Part 2
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Villiers Panther Model 50: Part 2
Panther 500 from Swaffham market place to Blakeney Quay
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Panther 500 from Swaffham market place to Blakeney Quay
Villiers Panther Model 50: Part 1
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Villiers Panther Model 50: Part 1
Red Panther Ride; the director's cut.
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Red Panther Ride; the director's cut.
A sidecar for the 40th
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A sidecar for the 40th
1936 Panther Model 100
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1936 Panther Model 100
Red rust, restoration and riding in the rain
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Red rust, restoration and riding in the rain

КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @crashburnfly
    @crashburnfly 14 годин тому

    I have been greatly enjoying your films, entertaining and educational and I can appreciate the time it takes to make (and edit it all) to make such fine productions as I make films myself about ancient bikes. Very impressive making a tank from scratch. Please make more films, all the best Paul.

  • @LemayNelson
    @LemayNelson 11 днів тому

    I LOVE TGE OLD BRITISH. BIKES THERE TEMPERAMENT AND SPLENDOR. IM OLDER NOW BUT I STILL LIKE TO HEAR THEM RUN. I WISH I HAD ONE TO FONDLE. LEMAY. NELSON. VANCOUVER WASHINGTON PACIFIC NORTHWEST U S A. GOOD SHOW. BUB.

  • @TheAmpguy
    @TheAmpguy 12 днів тому

    Worst handling bike I’ve ever owned! And the brakes were really bad.

  • @chrisclarke7051
    @chrisclarke7051 14 днів тому

    I watched with great intrest your restoration of the 250 Panther "little red" and I enjoy sharing your journeys that you post. Look forward very much to future videos.

  • @redtobertshateshandles
    @redtobertshateshandles 16 днів тому

    This works for Yamaha's XT/SR500 too. Except there's no ignition retard or half comp lever. And you want to ensure that your ignition isn't too far advanced.

    • @jonathanjones9790
      @jonathanjones9790 16 днів тому

      I borrowed an SR500 and was impressed. The big single brought up to date.

  • @LemayNelson
    @LemayNelson 17 днів тому

    Iv been watching the hole. To my amazment5. Thanks to the. Nannies that we had and they were no educators but baby sitters. I never. Had a good education. But my will was strong and some. Hoe I made it to. Go. I ,earned more in collage

  • @Drobium77
    @Drobium77 17 днів тому

    you really are the modern day 'used motorcycle guide' I've really missed this sort of commentary on troublesome bikes...thank you :-)

  • @user-lt7ne9mv9b
    @user-lt7ne9mv9b 17 днів тому

    Thanks once again. These videos capture the joy of being awheel.

  • @shingerz
    @shingerz 18 днів тому

    That was excellent to watch good stuff 👍

  • @kenc4104
    @kenc4104 19 днів тому

    My first ever bike (too young to ride it legally) was a 197cc Villiers Panther. I believe it had Earles forks from memory? Wow, over 50 years ago.

    • @PantherOwnersClub1
      @PantherOwnersClub1 18 днів тому

      Your memory is correct ken. Most likely a model 10, available with three or four speed gearbox.

    • @kenc4104
      @kenc4104 18 днів тому

      @@PantherOwnersClub1 It was definitely a four speed,.About the performance of a 150 or 175 Bantam. I only saw it in pictures, but my Dad had a 600 Panther sidecar outfit when he was young - in the 1950s, prior to cars being cheap enough for the working man. I enjoy your site, thanks for doing it!

  • @randyroy4074
    @randyroy4074 19 днів тому

    Your videos are a class act. Thanks from the Colonies.

  • @redtobertshateshandles
    @redtobertshateshandles 20 днів тому

    Looks very black inside. Mixture too rich ?? Looks like the choke is on. But it's an antique, so I don't know.

  • @MikeH-de3mh
    @MikeH-de3mh 20 днів тому

    I absolutely love these videos. They're Informative, easy going and beautifully put together with a nice sprinkling of humour. Thank you Sir, and keep them coming.

  • @SLAPPERG
    @SLAPPERG 20 днів тому

    A great film well done.

  • @brockett
    @brockett 20 днів тому

    A joy to see you working on this lovely bike.

  • @LemayNelson
    @LemayNelson 20 днів тому

    I wish the bothe of you many a pleasant. Ride and times. Together. Lemay. Nelson. Vancouver Washington pacific northwest U. S. A

  • @redtobertshateshandles
    @redtobertshateshandles 20 днів тому

    Dad says his Panther outfit used to suffer from vapor lock up one particularly long hill here in summertime Australia. Exact same queue of cars behind honking their horns. That carb is right behind and attached to a super hot cast iron cylinder and head. Maybe Yorkshire is always like an icebox.😂 And long hot uphill is outside it's design parameters.

  • @mrh8854
    @mrh8854 21 день тому

    Lovely video, such a pleasure to watch. Many thanks for sharing it...

  • @Tired_wirey_brandy_look.
    @Tired_wirey_brandy_look. 22 дні тому

    New to this channel and not a Panther owner, but that was brilliant!

  • @oldbritishmetal
    @oldbritishmetal 23 дні тому

    Another beautifully immersive episode. Thanks very much for taking us along, Jonathan! Hope you are doing OK.

  • @buneerdavies5180
    @buneerdavies5180 23 дні тому

    This morsel of film is more relaxing than a lakeside massage. If John Betjeman wrote about a motorbicycle excursion he made one day, it would have been something like this.

  • @billykershaw2781
    @billykershaw2781 23 дні тому

    Me Ma used to live in Richmond Street, Cleckheaton, when I was born in 1066....

  • @AntElson-u8d
    @AntElson-u8d 23 дні тому

    what a lovely machine with that long legged stride ,it just seems to eat up the miles ,i have to admit to being a little envious but ilove your videos its almost like being on a bike again cheers tony elson

  • @mickcresswell1031
    @mickcresswell1031 23 дні тому

    Another great video, Jonathan. Thank you!

  • @hdevo80
    @hdevo80 24 дні тому

    Good video! Thank you show the Velocette, and the Triumph, and not only Panther. And how meny km/hour you crouse speed? George from Hungary.

  • @alanhodge984
    @alanhodge984 24 дні тому

    i own T120 and T140 Triumphs A65 BSA and Norton Commando but would love to have a Panther classic brit motorbiking lives! great film

  • @ianaristotlethompson4186
    @ianaristotlethompson4186 24 дні тому

    The smile, and gentle pat on the tank says it all. Thanks.

  • @ianlawrie919
    @ianlawrie919 25 днів тому

    An inspiring workshop introduction and a delightful ride, thankfully the pilot needle did not absquatulate 👏👍👌

  • @ianshipman6241
    @ianshipman6241 25 днів тому

    I skipped with joy when your video dropped into my inbox !! Another absolute masterpiece JJ , faultless from start to finish - watched, absorbed, hair ruffled in the breeze (I wish) , thumbs up liked and smiling from ear to ear. Thank You so much JJ it's brilliant seeing your content once more 😍🤩

  • @frankboff8185
    @frankboff8185 25 днів тому

    Another really enjoyable video. Thanks for sharing.

  • @IrisandpaulShea
    @IrisandpaulShea 25 днів тому

    I had a 600 sloper panther with a sidecar many years ago .. Lovely old bike towed my brothers Morris eight home when it broke down !!!

  • @colinhead284
    @colinhead284 25 днів тому

    Owning a 78 Guzzi Cali when going onto reserve left hand tap first , try and stop revs dropping , then left hand over tank to try and twist the right hand tap to reserve ! Its amazing how far you can go on one cylinder before the other one comes on song

  • @8025125
    @8025125 25 днів тому

    Thanks for the excellent Video JJ, very encouraging when my own '29 (mostly) 500 is scattered all round the shed post a slight seizure event, the barrel came back last week after sleeving. We used to pass through Corby regularly in the seventies and remember a giant drag line going cross country with I'm walking to Corby written on the back, very impressive. Well done on the video, they are always a highlight, look after yourself, hope to meet you one day. Andy Loosemore

  • @ryanrodgers1826
    @ryanrodgers1826 25 днів тому

    hi nice to see you back JJ top job and ride out in the sunshine thank you for the time out there with you cheers stay safe

  • @jayb6038
    @jayb6038 25 днів тому

    Living the life a purring panther and cake

  • @stewy62
    @stewy62 25 днів тому

    As a child growing up in Corby I cycled around the Eyebrook reservoir quite often and still visit there on my motorcycle. Imagine my disappointment as a child when I realised that the spelling wasn’t Ibrook. The Eyebrook was built in the late 1930’s to supply water to the new Corby Steel Works and, being almost on a direct line between the Severn and the Wash, quickly became a roosting place for migrant aquatic birds. The pub where you had your refreshments, The Samuel Lloyd, is named after one of the most important figures in the mining of Ironstone in the Northamptonshire area 🇬🇧

  • @saxonost7
    @saxonost7 25 днів тому

    Thanks for another lovely video. I find these rides strangely comforting.

  • @michaelrichards1799
    @michaelrichards1799 25 днів тому

    A beautiful looking machine.

  • @retromechanicalengineer
    @retromechanicalengineer 25 днів тому

    A very nice video. Was there cake?

  • @keithgarland3404
    @keithgarland3404 25 днів тому

    Another cracking video, good mix of spanner work, and pleasant riding. Appreciate the time and effort you put in, to make and upload your videos.

  • @pipersall6761
    @pipersall6761 25 днів тому

    Thank you for the classy ride!!

  • @zedcharlie
    @zedcharlie 25 днів тому

    Excellent. I love that panther. 👍

  • @williamnethercott4364
    @williamnethercott4364 25 днів тому

    Lovely video! The Panther sounded great and it was a welcome bonus to see the TWN.

  • @briangibbon8711
    @briangibbon8711 25 днів тому

    I've had Velocettes all my life and never a Panther but I really enjoy your posts. Thank you for making and sharing them. Where do you mount your camera when riding?

    • @briangibbon8711
      @briangibbon8711 25 днів тому

      Ah! Didn't watch until the end when I made my first comment.... I see you strapped the camera around your waist. Expertly ridden with the hand change gear lever. Delightful....well done.

  • @colinhead284
    @colinhead284 25 днів тому

    Racing crouch ? steady on sir , where will it stop , heavens to Betsie !! ( ebay have some nice hobnail knee sliders , if that's the way you are going 🤣🤣🤣)

    • @PantherOwnersClub1
      @PantherOwnersClub1 25 днів тому

      I once attempted a clutchless, left hand over the tank racing change. That really was a step too far colin.

  • @user-ur9vn6tc2w
    @user-ur9vn6tc2w 25 днів тому

    What a perfect way to start the day, peace and quiet,a nice strong cup of tea and a video from you. I’m sure to be happier today with a start like this

  • @STP19
    @STP19 25 днів тому

    A Joy to Watch and a Joy to listen. Probably one of the Best Educational Videos on uTube. STP

  • @roberthocking9138
    @roberthocking9138 25 днів тому

    Another wonderful video, I can’t recall seeing the 500 before, but I may have forgotten 😁. Your start up reminded me of my 71 -750 Norton , it would give you a nasty whack in the foot on occasion, if you weren’t paying attention.😁. Nice work on the carby it is running like a sewing machine now

  • @basilwatson1
    @basilwatson1 25 днів тому

    I really do like that route map holder Where did you find that from and btw, you are so lucky about your weather! the workshop is "comfortable" mine at the moment is 45 deg c

    • @PantherOwnersClub1
      @PantherOwnersClub1 25 днів тому

      Oxford Products route roller. I've had mine a while but possibly still available. Wow, that's hot basil.

  • @waynemullally6423
    @waynemullally6423 25 днів тому

    Always more muck. That's how the Coliseum got buried, and the panther got slowed. When the internet got invented I got a used petcock for my little waki saki from the other side of the world. It came with a little Australian muck. It was better than Christmas. I'd give my eye teeth for some English muck. Grandad always said I was mucking about. How is it you make this so interesting?

    • @PantherOwnersClub1
      @PantherOwnersClub1 25 днів тому

      Some of it's dry and some wet, but the world is mostly muck wayne. I discovered the pleasure of it as a kid and never looked back.

    • @waynemullally6423
      @waynemullally6423 25 днів тому

      @@PantherOwnersClub1 I'll go you a little better, or worse. The world is made mostly of SHIT. My Dad immigrated to Canada in the early fifties with a book called five acres and independence. Mum came eight months later. He got a job with Texaco in the early sixties, that's where I developed my love for petrol (premium in particular). I was the third of their five children (first Canadian). Eventually we got to the countryside. My parents rented a farm house on an active mixed farm. Don't think that is a thing anymore. I was 8. For the next twenty years or more, I shoveled shit in the pursuit of farming experience to become a FARMER. That is when I wasn't working for my Dad (the best boss that I ever had) building and fixing swimming pools. My Dad had the temerity to give up a good job with an Oil company to go into the swimming pool business in Canada! This was a very bad idea according to his mother in law, who disowned him and my mother when they immigrated (until she and my Grandad (the second best boss I ever had) and my mother's younger siblings immigrated in the early sixties). Anyway, the swimming pool season is short, but the shit shoveling season is long. I worked for many a farmer with excess manure until I was almost thirty. I totally conquered any fear that I had of shit, but I also realized that being a farmer meant you smelled like the poo of whatever animal you raised, and the task of moving it around was endless. The world is mostly soil - somewhat rehabilitated shit. I decided farming was not for me. I went to University and got an honours degree in Philosophy and English drama. This prepared me for nothing, as I was told, or so I thought. I pursued the movie business in Toronto, which spat me out after a few years for lack of chutzpa. But, a little later, I combined my degree, and my lack of fear of shit, into a career in Social work. I specialized in alcoholics, drug addicts, criminals, crazy people, and sex offenders. 2 years ago, after 35 years, I retired, successful that I never became what I did for a living or ended up in Jail. Motorcycles have sustained me throughout. There are many things I fear, most of them on or about the road when I'm scrambling, shit isn't one of them; but there are many shitty drivers, oddly most on bicycles. Thank you, Johnathan, for your videos. Your quiet English patience has provided me with learning that I haven't had since the demise of my Grandad, and my Dad, though my older brother has turned out to be an almost reasonable substitute. CHEERS.