gautrek Posted September 5, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 5, 2014 I am setting off a 9-45 so will have a while to hang about. I have finally got mine back together and made it down the petrol station and back. So 80 miles should be fine. The good news is the box seems better and hasn't dropped out of 2nd gear yet so I may be ok attempting sheep s*** hill ( or what ever its called) . I did bottle it last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon v8 Posted September 5, 2014 Report Share Posted September 5, 2014 Ok,I phoned today,I'm #73 and my start time is 9.59. I usually like to be around the start good and early,so I'll catch up with you then.My Ajay seems to be in fine fettle, and all I need to do is unload the trailer of firewood so I can actually get the bike in it for sunday.Very much looking forward to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gautrek Posted September 8, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 8, 2014 What a brilliant day out this was. Much merriment was had in the pub the night before. The weather was about right for this event. I met up with Jon at the start and then saw him a couple of times on the course. Unfortunately my gearbox is still not happy with staying in 2nd gear so all the climbs were a bit much for me with only having first. I span to halt on them all. I have decided that next year I will do the old mans route. I have also decided I must bite the bullet and fit a later Burman box as the one in my bike is only a medium weight one and I think the low gearing is too much for it. So if anyone knows of a complete burman box with clutch going then let me know. It will entail major surgery on the panther as new gearbox plates will be needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon v8 Posted September 8, 2014 Report Share Posted September 8, 2014 Good to finally meet up ! Yes,it was an excellent day out,weather was spot on and because the sky was so clear we stopped loads of times to just take in the view.Shame you had gearbox problems,I can understand your difficulty,a couple of those sections were quite tasty and you needed to be 100% commited in the right gear to have any chance.Those sections would have been a different story had it been wet. I just wish that all those lovely bikes were out being used more.I just don't understand it,I know some don't like closed to club four lap trials and some must assume that most classic trials are too hard,being aimed at twinshock stuff.But here in the south west it simply isn't the case.I suppose I can only keep on encouraging riders to come along and join in if they can. I didn't ache as much as I thought - even managed some work today ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gautrek Posted September 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2014 Well I have had some good news. I popped round my folks today to tell them about the weekend. After explaining about how it still keeps dropping out of gear I mentioned I was looking at fitting a later Burman box once I track one down. To which my dad replied I have one in the garage if you want it. So I returned home with a complete box which spins and doesn't seem in too bad nick. Even my spare clutch fits. I think its a GB box which was made in April 1954 I also got a barn find box off ebay last night for £35. Its rusted solid but that doesn't matter as I only wanted the cases as I need to get a new mount welded on the front as my Panther box has mounting points at 3 and 6 oclock. So I don't mind butchering the ebay cases as they look rough anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gautrek Posted September 13, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2014 That's ok mate. if you could send me the Panther down in return that would be great I would stick my few photos of the day up on this site but I seem unable to . The whole section at the top of the posting section is greyed out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon v8 Posted September 19, 2014 Report Share Posted September 19, 2014 Anyone know if the results are out ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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