1936 Panther 350cc Commencement As previously on all my restorations I find it helpful to record photographically state of bike before I commence restoration This photo shows my other bikes and as can be seen the Panther is in reasonable condition a series of different photos with more detail Bike is in good condition will make restoration relatively simple As always photos have been taken to record original condition and to assist in rebuild    Gearbox I thought I would commence with refurbishment of the gear box. There is no cover for the kick start mechanism so will have to make myself Top insert was only used to use as template for hole size for clutch operating mechanism Showing kick start spring, innovative thinking was required to determine how to tension spring. This was achieved by removing the pressed sleeve which restrained the kick start quadrant this prented a problem as it was now free to rotate on shaft, overcame this by drilling and tapping  kick start lev...

1962 James Commodore I h ave decided I will leave restoration of engine till last and will commence on restoring all metal work to I hope factory quality. With my strategy determined I commenced by recording the dismantling process with a series of photos Front Wheel A lot of paintwork and re-chroming required I will purchase new spokes and re-spoke wheel [gallery ids="1423,1422,1429,1427" type="rectangular"] [gallery ids="1442,1429" type="rectangular"]    Rear Wheel A lot of refurbishing required and again re-spoking will be necessary [gallery ids="1496,1495,1494,1493" type="rectangular"] [gallery ids="1499,1498,1497" type="rectangular"] Forks The forks were dismantled and require work I was unable to dislodge spring from bush on one leg, ended up cutting housing to free spring which was corroded into bush. Some fancy welding was carried out by Valley Engineering to repair a first class job. [gallery ids=...