My dad had a Panther and sidecar in the late 50's. I remember being in the sidecar when I was 4 or 5 and (knowing nothing about decompressors) watching dad being catapulted over the handlebars, thinking it was all part of the starting ritual because he landed on his feet and carried on like it was perfectly normal. 😊 Also have memories of an older local bike enthusiast having a Panther in the mid-70's, and following him up the steep, mile-long climb to our village on my Honda CB250. Despite the age of his bike and that it fired "every other lamppost" I was struggling to keep up with him.

@bikerdood1100

16 күн бұрын

Oh big singles can bite

@bikerdood1100

16 күн бұрын

Old bikes can go surprisingly well My BSA makes the same powers my old Vt250 on paper but there’s a big difference

I had a an ex GPO - BSA 350 side valve dispatch bike - tricky bit of riding leaning the bike on those square tyres especially on wet cobbles, good learning experience for a 13 year old back in the day

@bikerdood1100

16 күн бұрын

Interesting, you tend think about the bantam when you hear GPO bikes but there were indeed many more dating back to the round tank

Another banger, my friend. Before I started watching your videos, the only British bikes I knew anything about were the Black Shadow, Commando, Triumphs, and BSA Goldstar. I think Velocettes are my new favorite bikes. You would get a kick out of the expressions on my buddies faces when we get together and talk about old bikes and I bring up Ariel and JSA 😂

@bikerdood1100

16 күн бұрын

Introducing people to little known bikes is one the reasons we do the videos Thanks for commenting

Excellent, just one point, the HRD Vincent was the first to use twin break drums, thus dubbing the overall breaking! Thanks, you nitrate your videos really well.

@bikerdood1100

15 күн бұрын

Thanks Vincents are fascinating machines I must say Not in my price bracket though

Great follow up to part 1.

@bikerdood1100

16 күн бұрын

Thanks we try Not always successful but we give it a go

Thanks for part 2. Wonder what gems will be in part 3. Being the proud owner of a Venom Clubman and a Comet. The Comet is presumably one of the most underrated singles of the fifties. With modern speed limits the best touring bike I've ever had.

@bikerdood1100

16 күн бұрын

Interesting

Great selection of bikes. I really like the older Royal Enfields. The newer Royal Enfields to me are just plain butt ugly. I also like the look of the newer BSA bikes. Triumph has a nice selection of newer as well as older bikes. Ride safe everyone. Cheers from the States.

@bikerdood1100

16 күн бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

All gorgeous. Surprised Douglas sold so few Dragonfly's. People remember Vincents, but more democratic machines like the 350 Bullet and 500 Panther were what Joe Public bought.

@bikerdood1100

16 күн бұрын

Indeed they were A Vincent was a rare sight indeed Have ridden both the bullet and the panther But the Vincent is a more difficult thing to get you hands on Especially when you poor 😂

I do like your videos but I really wish you could get a better camera!!

@bikerdood1100

16 күн бұрын

I’ll ask the BBC 😂 Not like I’m earning big camera money

I see that you perpetuate the same myth. The one that says we were making the wrong motorcycles for our market. The problem being that when we made your conception of the correct ones. These were the ones that did not sell. Had we made better versions of the old ones, are we to suppose that these would not sell? After all, with better knowledge, we should have been able to make them both better & with a better profit margin. Yet this is the one thing we never talk about. Ultimately, it was bad management that lead to the demise of the motorcycle industry. Simple as that. We saw this in so many other industries. Bad management was rife in Britain. Never have so many bad decisions been taken by so many in so short a period of time. In a hundred years time, it will be looked upon as the mad days of British management from Government down to every company in the land.

@bikerdood1100

16 күн бұрын

You don’t seem to have grasped history here I discuss the contraction of the market That’s all motorcycles Why do you think they make up 1% of all road users in the UK today 🙄 Who’s falling for myths u wonder 🤔 The maths don’t lie Look at bike sales in 55 And look today 🤷🏻

@bikerdood1100

16 күн бұрын

The idea of bad management is a gross over simplification While it was the case for BSA group is was not so across the entire industry, the idea that ever British company was ran by idiots is I’m afraid in itself idiotic BSA / Triumph was not the entire industry 🙄