cbranni Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 Hello everyone, I'm Colin and have just joined the club and the reason for joining is I recently bought a couple of motorcycles, one was a 36 Panther the other a Royal Enfield Flying Flea ex WD I think, it registered for the road in 1946 and had few owners until 1951 when it put in the shed with the Panther and then forgotten about. I have rebuilt the Panther and will shortly start to rebuild the Enfield, in my search for infomation on this bike I found this site and I am hoping the members of this club with the knowledge they have will help me with the rebuild of this bike. A little about myself, I am 65 in March and a Toolmaker by trade, I worked for Bowden Cables for forty years until closure in 2006, I now work for another cable company but only thirty hours a week which will reduce to twenty in March. My wife passed away in 2010 and since then to occupy the time I have rebuilt motorcycles, to date I have completed ten to what I think is a good standard, I do not rebuild to sell or for investment just for the enjoyment of doing it and riding the finished bike. Where do I keep all these bikes you might ask! well there are two in the lounge, one in the hall, and one in the dining room, two in the shed and four in a friends garage, I getting short on storage room. I will post photos (if I can, not very good with computers) of the bike in the correct section and any comments will be great. Thanks for reading Colin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rampant rivet Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 Welcome Colin did I see your bikes in the OLD Bike Mart ? good luck with the restorations. Whish I could keep my Norton in the house RR. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robin craig Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 Welcome to the forum Colin, I think there are a few rooms in the house not listed as housing a bike, so I think you have room to spare yet! Regards Robin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 Welcome Colin. You sound just the sort of person the Forum likes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shane.c Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 Welcome Colin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_bish Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 welcome on board, would love to see some pictures Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arcot1751 Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 Welcome Colin, I have just bought myself a bike project a 1957 BSA B31 first registered to Len Vale Onslow, who was well known in the motor cycle world for building bikes and riding them until the age of 102 I may need your advice before too long as it will be my first British bike rebuild ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbranni Posted January 1, 2015 Author Share Posted January 1, 2015 Thanks for the warm welcome arcot1751.....if you think I can help with the B31 just ask, always willing to help rampant......yes that was me in Worthy Williams column in OBM last month Colin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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