Such a classic British sound of the 50s ,big singles thumping down the B roads of England aka "Two lane blacktop" 🇬🇧❤🇺🇸🙏💪

I have a 52 G80.. And they are amazingly nippy!.. Mine is in my cottage with me!.. lol I polish it all the time in front of my fire.. Greetings from old England..

What a beauty ! I remember reading a book in 6th grade and doing a report on a guy who raced a Matchless in a hare scramble . I've never seen one...this is a rare treat for me . Thanks so much ! PK

I love these big thumpers from this era and the Matchless may be the most beautiful. It's gorgeous, stunning, breathtaking, easy on the eyes, pretty, extremely attractive and lovely.

I love restoring bikes and have been working on them since the age of 12. Now at 58, I can honestly say, never hears of this brand. But, she is a beauty ! Wonderful job guys 👍👍

A blast from the past. Nice condition British classic. Looks good and sounds good.

The seat looks so comfortable and old school classy.Stunning paint.

OMG... now it’s long live the King 🙄lol that’s one beautiful motorcycle for sure thanks for sharing 🇬🇧🍀👍🙏🇺🇸

I have a G3 and a G80. The AJ's and Matchy's have a sound all their own. I've found a little blip of the throttle when engaging first from neutral, or downshifting, just takes away the crunch you experience with the Burman B52 gearbox. I also run 'Penrite' fluid grease, developed for Burman gearboxes which gives even quieter running. (AJS and Matchless introduced the swingarm frame in 1949, only Royal Enfield had a swingarm frame earlier). The oil damped front forks were introduced in 1941, on War Department Bikes, making them the preferred ride for dispatch riders on bombed out roads. The rear shocks were referred to by the factory as Teledraulic Suspension Units. From 49-50 they were nicknamed 'candle sticks' due to their slender appearance. They were prone to blowing oil seals, so the more robust units were introduced from 1951-1956, still with the same factory name, but were nicknamed 'Jampots' due to the large spring shrouds resembling the tins that jam came in, back in the day. The name has since stuck. The oil was able to be changed in the units, but many a time I have dismantled them to discover 50 yr old oil with the consistency of black treacle. It has a particular odour all its own. 20 yr old diff oil doesn't even come close. 😅

@skippmclovan1135

2 ай бұрын

How did you eliminate oil loss from the primary chaincase? At different times i had a '50 G80 and a '55 G3LS and both of them were 'oil-drippers' from the primary chaincase. At times i had to file out 'ridges' that developed on the clutch hub splines, making the plates 'sticky' to disengage. The metals used back then were a bit so-so, unlike today's engineering standards, and it was all too easy to strip the 'soft metal' threading in mainly 'Whitworth' from memory. But those engines had a lovely ability to pull along strongly at little over idle speed. The G3 was the slightly easier of the two to start, the '55 model having an auto advance-retard feature, for the first time i believe. Chronometric speedo that went up in notchy increments. A 2 litre early model Corona was about as quick from a red light standing start - neck in neck with the G3. That was when i made the change to a '65 650 Dommie SS and could say 'goodbye' to most wannabee quick 4 wheeled vehicles of the time. Next came an orange model H1B triple with the renowned 12.7 standing quarter mile that NOTHING could touch . . ! . . !

@lukewise1227

2 ай бұрын

@@skippmclovan1135 Having owned a Kawasaki 'Widow maker' I am surprised that you are here to talk about it. I have some Suzuki GT550 frames and parts awaiting a resto-mod and they weigh a tonne! That was Suzuki's answer to the H1's spaghetti chassis. I have ridden the Honda CB's also and marvelled at the headstock and frame moving independently of the fuel tank. The secret to chaincase sealing is to use a rubber seal that is a 'T' shape, not the 'U' shaped seals that are marketed today. Surfacing each half of the chain case edge on a long length of glass with fine emery paper glued to it for the perfect 'flat' surface. The rubber is cut in a length and positioned so that there is a 5mm gap at the '0100'' position on the rear circular section. This being the best point where oil is flung off the primary chain, for the oil to drop back down into the case. The seal is held in place to the rear of the case first with lengths of duct tape, then the front half is positioned and the tape folded down onto the front half. The alloy clamp is then placed over it and tightened enough to hold the seal in place. The tape is then peeled up front and rear and gently slid out from under the clamp. Once all the lengths of tape are removed, the clamp is tightened up and the 5mm gap at 0100 closes up as pressure is applied all the way around the case. Secondly drain the oil from the oil tank into a large milk bottle between rides and this stops oil feeding past the oil pump and wet sumping into the crankcase. When the engine is started there is too much oil for the pump to scavenge immediately and the crankcase pressure can send oil past the main bearings on the drive side and into the chain case, overfilling it and leading to leaks from the dynamo aperture and the gearbox mainshaft aperture at the rear. The clutch baskets were made from melted down Messerschmitts and Kubelwagons, combined with razor thin drive plates, hence the problems there. Modern bonded clutch plates allow for thicker drive plates and much harder baskets all fix the problem. Of course it's taken a long history of trial and error, but in the end I found this worked best for me.

@skippmclovan1135

2 ай бұрын

@@lukewise1227 Sir, thank you for this great information. Wish one had known this way back in those good days. In fact i have to say the '55 G3LS i owned as a first bike back in 1969 was the bike i ever felt most 'safe' on. There was a 'put-together with grace, strength, and balance' to ride that i never found again on any other later bike ..and particularly the H1B. The famed 'Slimline Featherbed' Norton for example could not take well the harsh metalled stony back country roads that we have here in NZ, whereas the AJ/Matchy frame and torque delivery was PERFECT as an all round bike in this country, in those glorious days of pure machinery. 318 V8's and REAL motorbikes ..not a malfunctioning transistor or a faulty chip to be found anywhere..!

@lukewise1227

2 ай бұрын

@@skippmclovan1135 Well the mention of 318's means you were a Chrysler man also. I owned 2 VF 2 doors, a VG Pacer, 3 Chargers (1 ex-Police that went like stink), and a CM GLX that I sold to Leo Geohagan. Wish I had them all now. I could build a new house. 👍🇦🇺 Edit: Don't call me 'Sir', I worked for a living.

@skippmclovan1135

2 ай бұрын

@@lukewise1227 Hey there, i particularly liked the LA318 - perhaps the VG Safari Regal (in burnt copper red all over) that my father purchased from a former RNZAF pilot colleague-turned Taupo Chrysler dealer-principal in July 1970 was just one out of the box for some reason. The family had two successive CJ 360's after that, but neither was a power match for the so-called Fireball 318. Mind you it had NO power-draining things like air, electrics, and pwr steer coming off it. It did have power front discs, that was all. Everything else on it was 'manhydraulically' operated lol. It would lay two parallel strips of thick deep dark black 775 crossply rubber for 50 yards from a standing start. These days i have a 5.7 Hemi Overland 2 storied building, but even that isn't as good as that one particular 1970 318..! What was done to the ex-cop Val that made it so good?? Did it have a 340 in it??? :)

I thought for a few moments that Kaplan had really aged a lot in a short time. Back when I was a kid I saw a Matchless 500 compete in a motocross race--it was obsolete even at that time, but did fairly well. It was matchless against the two-strokes going up hill but not as nimble in corners or on rough ground.

What a Gem my brother had one early 70s 💪🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

One really sharp looking bike. I've never heard of Matchless Motorcycles before.

@chrisrobertson9264

2 ай бұрын

You won’t be disappointed ❤

As a brit, I'll get myself a G80, when I stop messin' about on Tenere 700's. Great vidio, spot on working mans bike from the 50/60's.

WOW! Nice!!! Thanks for preserving this! (and all of the others you do)

I owned one in 1978 sold it when i emigrated. Really regret it.

Nice mullet.

Feckin lovely bike,my dad had one he was a rocker.. Battersea bridge boys..500 cc plenty of power , they used these in clubman events. .. regards Richard London UK 🇬🇧

😍 what a Beast! #OnAnySunday 😎✨🏡🍀🎨 Cheers Gentlemen 🎩🎩❤️💪🏼👊🏼

You can hear every piece of metal working in the engine.

What a bike, needs to be ridden!

Sweet

Show piece!

had one of those. not the right machine for long trips. if yer in a hurry, anyway. but for some reason i had the best half-hour ride of my life hurrying through the mountains south of flagstaff. spring air, empty road, could wind it out...

Bmw r65!!!love machine!!👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀

that is a cool looking old bike youd have to get use to the ticking

we got a 53 g80s g85cs was hell of a bike over there lol i say matchless typhoon was g85

nice

🆒 limousine 🆒💯

Dudes ,I want Vincent lighting or Black Shadow,Rapid ect... Videos to complete this Program. I know folks that have one.

Not a spark advance, it's a choke lever!

Jampot suspension

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One correction. Its a long stroke not a short stroke.