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Title: Please Identify Bike
Post by: ungaas on August 29, 2018, 08:30:21 AM

Hello All,
             If possible for someone to identify the bike for a friend of mine.
The picture is of his grandparents taken in 1930 at Hampstead Heath, unfortunately no other detail available.
Regards,
Ung.

Title: Re: Please Identify Bike
Post by: cardan on August 29, 2018, 09:11:11 AM

Hi Ung,

Nice one. The bike is an early 1920s P&M (Phelon and Moore), the forerunner to the famous "Panther".

In 1921 (or so) they tried a disastrous motor with fins parallel to the ground, so I suspect this one is 1922-23. Possibly with a 4-speed gearbox rather than the earlier 2-speed-primary-chain setup. Google will provide many photos for comparison.

The bike was a few years old by 1930, which explains the non-standard paint scheme.

Cheers

Leon

Title: Re: Please Identify Bike
Post by: R on August 29, 2018, 10:06:48 PM

http://cybermotorcycle.com/gallery/panther/images/P-M-1923-Panther.jpg (http://cybermotorcycle.com/gallery/panther/images/P-M-1923-Panther.jpg)

http://cybermotorcycle.com/gallery/panther/P-M-1923-4.5hp-Model-B.htm

Title: Re: Please Identify Bike
Post by: ungaas on August 31, 2018, 05:48:18 AM

Thank you all for your input to my posting.  Mark will be extremely happy with this information as well as the link.

Kind Regards,
Ung