Can anyone identify this bike?

I have an old family photo and I was wondering if anyone can identify
the bike on it. The photo is at
http://www.classicmotoring.co.uk/Bike.jpg

Many thanks.

 

Frayed Knot, but *want* anyway.

 

Thus spake Simon unto the assembled multitudes:

Damn, wish I hadn't got rid of my 8 volumes of 1978 vintage 'On Two Wheels'.

 

Hmm. I can't really, but there can't have been that many sloping
singles about in the '20s...

Panther comes to mind but did they build bikes this early?

 

Simon () wrote:
: I have an old family photo and I was wondering if anyone can identify
: the bike on it. The photo is at
: http://www.classicmotoring.co.uk/Bike.jpg
: Many thanks.

Panther ?

Blair
'03 R1150GS
'97 CBR600

 

Looks like a pretty good match, doesn't it?

 

yes:

http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afbeelding:PM_1922_A_2.jpg

which looks quite similar, bearing in mind that stuff like lights, horns,
handlebars and even some controls were individually set up in those days.

http://www.pantherownersclub.com/PantherPage/p-m-hw-pm.html

how about the RFC/RAF model?
--
Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
"Chuck didn't reply, so George swung round in his saddle. He could just
see Chuck's face, a white oval turned toward the sky.
'Look,' whispered Chuck, and George lifted his eyes to heaven.
(There is always a last time for everything.)
Overhead, without any fuss, the stars were going out"
Arthur C. Clarke, "The 9 billion names of God"

 

I reckon you're right, 'tis a P&M - they started in 1900 but were just
called P&M then, the Panther name came later. Those of you who have the
Hamlyn version of Tragatsch, please turn to p246. Apart from the
direction of the fins on the cylinder and the dummy belt rim on the
front wheel, the RAC machine depicted there looks pretty similar: same
forks (are they Castle?), same band brake at the back, same mag drive
chain cover, same exhaust valve lifter, etc, etc.

 

Very likely - compare the carb on the RFC model with the one in the picture:

http://www.pantherownersclub.com/PantherPage/RFC14_Eng_L.jpg

 

Could be a Spagthorpe Whippet although the thrunge sprocket is non-standard.

 

non-standard.

Oops, that should have been Spagthorpe Miniature Collie, (the Whippet is
entirely different). Mind you, the saddle seems to be non-standard as well
as the unorthodox thrunge sprocket.

 

Find that on the net did we Gary...............lol


k

 

The thrunge sprocket shows it's an export model, for Scotland only.

 

And also the fact you dont have a fucking clue about classic bikes!

k

 

Back under your stone, you trolling little perve.

 

That does seem to be the chap. Everything matches up. Splendid work
gentlemen. I have a feeling my granddad was involved with the RAF/RFC
so that would also tie in. I feel a trip to the National Motorcycle
Museum coming on.

Many thanks.

 

Ah Sir.tony...............you know rather a lot about perving yourself
if Im not much mistaken...........lol

k

 

I'm sure he does, you both have a lot in common - including an uncanny
ability to instantly jump to the wrong conclusion. Now stop trolling and
get back to pimping your girlfriend/sister/daughter (possible all one and
the same person) or whatever your latest perversion happens to be.

 

Sorry from your pedantic prattle and wrongful accusations I thought you
were the one and only sir.tony.......................seems you dont
even have that dubious honour, and are merely another clueless twat!

k

 

SNIP!

Wrongful accusations? Well your Yahoo profile gives your email address as
which leads us to....
http://makeashorterlink.com/?C45A2595C
http://makeashorterlink.com/?K56A5195C
http://makeashorterlink.com/?R27A2495C

The prosecution rests m'lud. The defendant may wish for other instances to
be taken into account. I can't be bothered to search his other aliases
(yet!).