History
I inherited this 1949 Stroud Panther from my father in 2009 as he was no longer able to ride due to his poor health. Unfortunately my father passed away in 2014 and the bike basically sat in my garage. In 2019 decided to restore it, but with a few modifications and I really liked the idea of a polished copper tank, with the complimentary green leather bobber seat. It is running, but not very well but the plan for the next 12 months is to get it running reliably so I can ride it for The Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride in Sydney in 2022. I have done the past 2 DGRs on my 1984 BMW R65 Cafe Racer, another bike I inherited from my father.
Modifications
Tank was repaired and cleaned to remove rust, nickel and copper plated then polished to a high shine along with the primary cover.
New Amal 622 concentric carb fitted
New front and rear guards, cyclinder, original Lucas headlight all resprayed gloss black.
New tail light fitted to rear guard along with a tail tidy
New regulator fitted
New handle bars, Biltwell grips, brake and clutch levers and Amal throttle body fitted.
Chain cut shorter and resprayed.
New seat pan, trimmed in green leather with pattern to match the grips.
About to rebuild the forks to convert from the original air damped Dowty forks to a spring / oil conversion sourced from the Panther Owners Club.
