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Panther Model 75

Overview

The Model 75 Panther motorcycle

Phelon & Moore

Phelon & Moore manufactured motorcycles in Cleckheaton, Yorkshire, England from 1904 to 1967 particularly those under the Panther marque. They became identified with one particular design of motorcycle which had a large sloping 40-degree single-cylinder engine as a stressed front frame member...

had a 348cc, 6.5:1 (later 6.7:1) compression ratio, 71 x 88 mm, ohv vertical engine in a relatively standard frame. It was developed from the 1948 Model 70. In many respects it was similar to the 248cc Model 65. The Model 75 had Lucas K1F magneto ignition. The gearbox was Burman

Burman and Sons Ltd

Burman and Sons Ltd, of Ryland Road, Birmingham, England, manufactured Burman-Douglas steering gear.Their recirculating worm and ball design of steering gear was fitted to pre-war vehicles such as the Ford Eight and the Ford Prefect, the Bedford CA, plus many other vehicles - both pre and post-war....

CP four speed unit with a ratio of 5.25:1. The frame was a heavy duty cradle with a single saddle down tube.

Quotations

Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away Now it looks as though they're here to stay. Oh, I believe in yesterday.

Yesterday (song)|"Yesterday", from Help!|Help! (1965)

Why she had to go I don't know, she wouldn't say I said something wrong, now I long for yesterday.

"Yesterday", from Help! (1965)

Yesterday, love was such an easy game to play Now I need a place to hide away. Oh, I believe in yesterday.

"Yesterday", from Help! (1965)

She's lovely, great. She was very friendly. She was just like a mum to us.

About Queen Elizabeth II, in an interview after the Beatles received their MBEs from her (26 October 1965)

I want her everywhere and if she's beside me I know I need never care. But to love her is to need her Everywhere, knowing that love is to share each one believing that love never dies watching her eyes and hoping I'm always there.

"Here, There and Everywhere" (1966)

Lovely Rita, Meter Maid, nothing could come between us. When it gets dark I'll tow your heart away

"Lovely Rita" from Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band|Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)

Will you still need me, will you still feed me,when I'm sixty-four?

"When I'm Sixty-Four" from Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)

Hey Jude, don't make it bad Take a sad song and make it better. Remember to let her into your heart Then you can start to make it better.

Hey Jude|"Hey Jude" (1968)

And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make.

The End (The Beatles song)|"The End"; The last full song track of Abbey Road (album)|Abbey Road (1969) the last Beatles album to be recorded before the band broke up. (Let It Be was the last album released, but had been recorded earlier.)

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