thank's SILVERBEAR,i not long looked at your photo of your fine work and your mate look's so cool seating in his spot with the goggle's on ,does he ride with you often ...Your right this state is a beautiful layed back place ,i just find it hard to get the right part's here and know you guy's have all in your state ...AND Silverbear is it easy to get a schwinn motor bike bicycle where you are early 40's or so cheers mick
And thank you for your kind words, Mick. Yeah, that's Aaniimoosh (Ojibwa/Chippewa Indian word meaning 'dog') The Wonder Dog who is my biker babe and the reason for the sidecar. That's her bike and I just run it for her. Sometimes she asks (barks) to go for a ride and always wants to come with me if I'm going some place. The heaviness of this rig is making me do a couple of upgrades soon. To give it more power for hills it is getting a 147cc Jacobsen 2 stroke engine and I'm changing out the front drum from a Worksman to a used one from a Honda 55 trail bike which is much bigger and looks to be very well made. Between the sidecar, heavy bike, old bear running it and the dog there's a lot of weight to bring to a stop. Crashing is one way, but good brakes is better.
I can well imagine that it is sometimes frustrating having to send away for everything you need for your build, but actually I do, too, as I live in a large forest with few people. The difference is that my shipping costs are reasonable and it doesn't take long for parts to get to me. I know shipping from the U.S. to Tasmania has to be crazy expensive, especially for something like a bike frame or wheels. These old panther frames are getting harder to find, but a lot were made fortunately. I found mine at the local dump... incredible I know. But... with all the expense and trouble getting things together for your build you can be sure you're the only kid on your block with one of those! Ha! And having a long awaited part arrive must feel like Christmas has come with the postman.
SB