My interest for motorcycles started early, at 9 my father let
me drive his Vespa 125 cc 1953 with sidecar and at 15 I bought a moped a Monark
La Strada at 16 a Ducati 1961 125 cc, next bike was a Ducati 450 Desmo Mark
3 1970.
In 1976 my father in law found a Ariel 1935 RH 500 in a swamp,
in bad shape but restorable and five years later I fond the remaining parts
of a 1919 P&M RFC model in the grass behind a barn where it had been since
1939 and in 1983 I bought a Panther 1931 Mod 60.
After this nothing happened a lot of hard work and three children
took all my time but in 1995 I found Simon Fleming:s "The Panther Page" on
internet and my interest came back. In 1998 I started to insulate my garage
for to be able to use it as a workshop in the winter but a hart atack early
in 1999 put a stop for my plans, and the garage is now after 3 years finished
so I can start work on my bikes again. I'm slowly coming back but will never
be like before but I still have my interest for old motorcycles.
The first bike I will try to restore will be Ariel 1935 Red
Hunter 500 and after that Panther 1931 Mod 60. The P&M 1919 RFC will have
to wait it's still to many parts missing.
Mats Berglind
I live in Borlänge in mid Sweden and is a member of
Dalarnes Automobil Klubb,
VMCC, POC, AOMCC, MCV, MCHK and Ariel Klubben Danmark.
snailpost:
Mats Berglind, Erikersgatan 4, SE-784 37 Borlänge Sweden
phone +46 24318066 mobilephone +46 703166036
mail me
A new grandchild Tyra is born 2008-01-10 daughter of Märit & Rickard,
pictures on Family page
Updated 2008-01-05 with pictures from Irish Rally
1983.
Updated 2007-04-14 with link to Björn Bellanders page about.
MC
Museum Surahammar and his private page
Björns story
Updated 2007-06-24 with pics on a 1953 350 Panther
digged up in Storuman in north of Sweden last year.
Welcome to
Mats Berglind:s
homepage about
old motorcycles.
