Panther & Pal

· Wednesday August 19, 2009

“You ever take it over any sweet jumps?”

Were Napoleon Dynamite to ‘stack it' on his bike, I have no doubt Pedro would send him directly to Panther & Pal, North Perth's premier bicycle/mower repair joint.

Owner Jim has worked in this shop for 50 years. He started greasing the chains of Panther motorcycles and Pal pushbikes at the tender age of 14 and went on to buy his boss out. Now he sells new and rebuilt vintage-bikes, not to mention the odd prehistoric lawnmower. Hell, Jim will rustle you up anything, really. You want a basket? Pegs? Spokey-dokes? Foghorn?

What's that, Napoleon? A ride-on mower with pedals? Dang!