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We build the Phantom EG the way we have always built motorbikes -- by the hands of skilled artisans. Our lads specify or form every piece of the machine. Of course, no two clients are the exact same shape, or have the exact same taste. As a result, every Phantom is unique, 'commissioned' as would a piece of fine art. The EG was designed from the start as an homage to those amazing machines that spunky gentlemen (and ladies) used to set speed records at Brooklands and board track racer circuits back in the 1920s. The Phantom EG is not for everyone. There are other motorbikes that are faster, and still others more comfortable. What sets the Phantom EG apart from all others, is the abundance of soul. The spirits of The Phantom's founders, along with those legendary riders of the day such as Harry and Charlie Collier, W. D. Chitty, Bert Le Vack, Jake De Rosier, Jack Emerson, "Barry" Baragwanath, Gwenda Stewart, and scores of others both famous and not, run through every part of a Phantom EG. All these riders may have passed into history, but their presence is felt every time you sit astride a Phantom EG. |
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Read more: Introducing, The Phantom EG
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I recently directed Mrs. Ramsbottom to a small tin of old photographs I had squirreled away in the works. In that tin she found this image. It instantly took me back to that amazing day in 1922. the photograph is a little bit contravercial as the photo was taken at a Brooklands session in 1922 when Gwenda was involved with Col. Stewart, director of the Trump Motorcycle Company. |
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Read more: Gwenda Stewart on a Phantom!
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Thanks to the kind permission of CB editor Mr. Hugo Wilsion, we are happy to inform you that the article regarding the Phantom EG by Gary Inman can now be found here: http://www.thephantom.co.uk/Phantom-In-The-Press/
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the Phantom EG has also appeared in 100% Bikers in the UK, and Sideburn. Copies of these magazines can be found on their relevant website thingies. We are also happy to announce that we have launched a small shop through which we might offer for sale some Phantom merchandise in an effort to bolster Mrs. Ramsbottom's bingo fund. Do have a look and order some of our fine shirts for your loved ones -- supplies are limited...until we make some more of course. |
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I must admit that there is nothing like a week of miserable weather at the Isle of Man to make one thankful to be a ghost! High winds and driving rain plagued the Manx GP and associated events for almost the entire week. Regardless of this, the lads took the Phantom out for a variety of rides to events across the island over the course of the GP week. On the plus side, the public response was once again extremely positive. On the negative side, the lads got extremely wet and miserable on an almost daily basis. And the damp weather made riding on the public roads slow going by their standards.
But there were exceptions of course. For instance, on one morning the sun came out and the wind decreased and Frosty took Phantom EG 001 up the mountain and gave it a good thrashing in the rare, clear air of that day. It turned into a day the likes of which I will never forget, the day I met a spectral motorbike...
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Read more: Ghost Machine for a Ghost Rider
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We have been asked a lot lately how we build our sporting machines. Well, we only know of one way to build machines. I suppose that makes us old fashioned these days, but we build our machines today exactly as we did in 1929. |
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Read more: How We Build Them
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