Don Galloway Is Faster Than You*

I met Canadian Don Galloway when I was banging bars with him at Santa Rosa while we were racing Roland Sands' Indian Scout Superhooligans.

Dan was also racing his neat 'little' Panther Honda (not this one, another one...). I'd noticed him the night before kicking everyone's ass. I was so impressed and intrigued by his bike I had Preston Burroughs shoot it there and then for Sideburn 27.

Not too long after that race, Don competed in Florida and Georgia (he lives in Canada, remember, 6.5 hours drive north of the US border) and cleared up. Read about him and his giant-killing, big-bore Honda XL350 in Sideburn 27.

This is what happens when another rider's foot peg gets in your front spokes.

The amount of fuel an XL480 consumes in 4 laps of a 1/2 mile. 

 * probably

Panther Triumph at Mule

From Mule Motorcycles in Southern California...

Saw your featurette on the Panther and thought you'd like to see the one I have in work. Updated bodywork, Storz tank and modified Woods seat. All new 750 motor.
Richard

Read about the modern Bonneville street tracker Mule Built for Arctic Monkeys drummer, Matthew Helders in Sideburn 25.

Panther Monoshock

I was recently racing, riding and spectating at the Santa Rosa flat track weekend. There were loads of framers at the Friday and Saturday CFTA races and  I came across a Panther Honda. I'd never heard of Panther, so I spoke to the owner, Don Galloway and organised a feature on his bike for the next Sideburn. Don came from Ontario, Canada to race and was flying. He told me a little about Panther, a Canadian, one-man company that made incredibly sweet-handling framers. G

Don followed up our conversation with these photos and a note...

A picture of the just rediscovered TT500 mono Panther from 1975.
Don.