The Panther has gone.

Normal service is resumed following a holiday in Ayr. Tonight the Panther is on its way to its new home near Nottingham. Not quite as far as Hungary. It will be in the company of several other Brit bikes.Need to work on getting rid of the remaining bikes. There are 8 left. The 150 Trophy and the MZ 150 Trail are lovely bikes, come on someone :-)

Its Hungarian and its gone !!!

I got a phone call today at 5pm from a Hungarian Lady called Andrea, she was in Cambridge. She and her husband had set off from Hungary on Sunday evening to travel 2000km's to Milnsbridge to pick up Mark's Pannonia. I wasn't really expecting it until Wednesday but it was the way it turned out. Nigel and Neil had no problem with change of plan. As the pair travelling back to Hungary are catching the ferry Friday I hope they get a chance to rest and take in some of Britain (probably the South Coast). So it was that they arrived at 8:30 ish and we loaded the Pannonia onto the bike trailer and we saw them on their way. Safe trip to them and the bike.

The thing is, it was not even their bike. A collector of Pannonias from Hungary called Roland will be the proud owner of the motorcycle. By all accounts he has eight already and very nicely restored. One of which is of only 30 that were ever made. I hope he would be able to explain to the appreciative audience of this blog. All this is the sort of eccentric lunacy that Mark would approve of. Below are a few pictures to record the event.

More close up pictures of the ES 150 Trophy Hybrid

A mentioned in the last posting about this bike it has a TS150 back end and seat. The original rear casting and seat are with the bike. The original seat has real springs and would seem to be of a better quaslity than the 70's TS seats.

A bit of Spannering to make the TS 4 Speed presentable

Unlike the 250 Trophy and Trophy Sport the TS 4 Speed was already reasonably together. After a two hour bolting together session it has started to look like a fairly complete bike. Here are the pcitures showing the fruits of our labours.

This is how it was when we lifted it out from underneath the cellar steps.

This is the right side following assembly. We picked out the best bit out of a selection of hubs, brake covers etc.

It looks fairly complete from the left side. Needs cables, torque arm, brake lever etc. These look to be in the baskets of bits.

It does have a silencer. It is brand new so we carefully took it out of the box for this shot and then put it back again. The new down pipe is on the seat.

The shot from the rear shows the new seat cover and the new tool box cover with keys to the lock. Not the new rear foot pegs also.

 Finally or the bits that go with the bike in one place.

More close ups of the 1960's RT125

A couple of pictures of this one and a description was posted back in January. Here are a few more pictures of its classic Teutonic features.

 Note the shape of the air box. Inside is a metal gauze very similar to that on the IWL scooters.

 As proof that it is just a collection of bits a bungie holds up the exhaust. The rear sprocket and chain case is metal.

 View of the engine from the the other side.

 A bakerlite box for the electrics that was made on Craggy Island. Didn't check the under side of the seat to see if it was made by RS ! I bet replacing the electrical box is tricky and pricy.

Some Russian bits

 There are still a large number of parts in the cellar though most have now been sorted at least into Make and sometimes model, although there is one basket full of indicators.

Below Mr Shaw models a pair of earings made from Dneiper wheels

There is the front brakle of a Dneiper and a light lens.

The BMW outfit goes to Colchester

Two more bikes went yesterday, both to Essex. The BMW by trailer and the MZ ES 250/2 Trophy went in the boot a car.

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More close up views of the Hungarian Panonnia 250

This bike has some quite unusual features both deliberately in sytle and accidentally, so I thought I would post a few more close up shots.

First a reminder of what it looks like.

 This is a shot of its good side. The other side has a hand painted design that is totally different?

 A close up of the mighty powerful 35W generator

 One of the striking featiures is the metal, painted, enclosed chain guard. I prefer mine in rubber.

 The hand painted lettering indicating miles is a nice touch.

 Controls welded to the handle bars? even the Japanese didn't think of this money spinner ifyou ever dropped the bike.

 The original British side of the mudguard number plate showing its authenticity as being registered as a small batch of Pannonias that made it to the UK in the 1960's

 Apparently the rear light was modelled on a Russian MIG jet fighter!  Mark was less flattering about it. The black spilt paint over the back end of the bike adds that nice touch to patina of age.

 The view from the front.

The MZ ES 250/2 Trophy in bits

Nearly done with the pictures of the bikes. Just the Trophy Sport after this one. This was part of a collection of three ES250/2's that Mark and Kevin picked up in a van on a long excursion out. It then got taken apart and various parts restored or replaced with new.

The frame has been repainted. The Petrol Cap has the ISDT winning years engraved into it.

Both swinging arms are present with steering column and suspension.

 The exhaust is brand new and the mudguards, side panels and centre stand have been repainted. There is an envelope with stickers in it.

 A selection of other parts including new brake pads, handlebar indicators, new speedo and two headlight shells.

The New speedometer. Not sure how it has done two miles in a box, but it does look like it has never left the box.

 The wheels.

This is one of 5 engines that could go intro the bike. However cannot find the original that is detailed on the log book.

 This picture shows that the carb is for the correct model (according to the manifold casting). The Carb casing is also present.

 A box containing, handlebars, chain gators, foot rests, pillion foot rests, headlight, handlebar cover, sidestanding, electrical parts and many other MZ goodies (!)

 This is the entire collection of parts minus the engine which is in the cellar.

Progress in the cellar.

With 4 bikes going 2 weeks ago and a couple of Wednesday evenings good progess been made. 95% of the MZ Trophy 250 is together now with about 80% of the Trophy Sport. Same goes for the TS fours speed that was posted some week ago. That sid there are perhaps thousands of bits left. For instance a bag of 20 pastic handle bar stopthat go in the ends o the handlebars. Even with a collection of MZ's there is perhaps more than a lifetimes supply. There are many indicators to. There no problem finding some for the Trophy.

Stuff that still needs to go are:
* the BMW outfit
* the Guzzi
* the Panther
* the MZ RT 125
* the MZ 150 trail bike
* the two MZ ES150's
* the MZ TS 250 4 speed in bits
* the MZ ETS Trophy Sport in bits (this has buyer)
* the MZ ES 250 Trophy in bits (one potential buyer)
* the Pannonia 250
* the two Jawas 350 twins in bits.

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