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Standard250 - 499ccSingle-CylinderMatchless Motorcycles
·August 5, 2021·1 min read

1961 Matchless G80 Typhoon

1961 MATCHLESS G80 TYPHOON BACKGROUND Parent-company AMC knew how to build big singles. Despite now having a nice lineup of...
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webbike·
StandardMatchless Motorcycles
·July 17, 2021·9 min read

1967 Matchless G80CS

1967 MATCHLESS G80CS BACKGROUND The 500cc Matchless G80CS was a competition motorcycle aimed squarely at the US market where the...
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webbike·
notfpAJS MotorcyclesNorton MotorcyclesMatchless Motorcycles
·July 14, 2021·9 min read

A Brief History of AMC Motorcycles

AMC = Associated Motor Cycles BIRTH OF AN EMPIRE Associated Motor Cycles was more popularly known as AMC (not to be confused with ‘the other AMC’, American Motors Corporation, the US company that owned Rambler, Metro & Jeep, which sold out to Chrysler in 1987). Associated Motor Cycles was the...
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Book ReviewsnotfpMatchless Motorcycles
·July 14, 2021·2 min read

Matchless Motorcycle Books

MATCHLESS MOTORCYCLE BOOKS Matchless and its sister-brand AJS were part of the AMC (Associated Motor Cycles) empire of classic British...
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webbike·
Motorcycle BrandsMatchless Motorcycles
·July 14, 2021·7 min read

Matchless Motorcycles

BADGE ENGINEERED Matchless Motorcycles and AJS Motorcycles were, for most of their history, essentially rebadged versions of the same machines....
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webbike·
Standard250 - 499ccSingle-CylinderMatchless Motorcycles
·July 14, 2021·4 min read

Matchless G3

1936 Matchless G3C Trials. MATCHLESS G3 EARLY HISTORY In the early 1930’s Matchless was enjoying great success with its side-valve & later OHV singles. It was only natural to continue to develop this line, and in 1936 Matchless introduced two new distinct ‘families’ of motorcycles: The “Clubman”, and the “Tourist”....
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webbike·
Standard250 - 499ccSingle-CylinderMatchless Motorcycles
·July 14, 2021·1 min read

1964 Matchless G3C

1964 MATCHLESS G3C BACKGROUND Parent-company AMC got a contract to build 80,000 Matchless G3s and G3/Ls for the British government...
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webbike·
Standard250 - 499ccSingle-CylinderMatchless Motorcycles
·July 14, 2021·1 min read

1950 Matchless G80

THE NEW 1950 MATCHLESS G80 1949 was the first year for the Matchless G80, the company’s top-line 500 single. Typical...
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webbike·
Standard250 - 499ccSingle-CylinderMatchless Motorcycles
·July 14, 2021·1 min read

1952 Matchless G80

THE NEW 1952 MATCHLESS G80 1949 was the first year for the Matchless G80, the company’s top-line 500 single. Typical of British bikes of the era, it used pushrods and a small bore/long stroke (undersquare). The new bike also had a new frame with a swing arm rear suspension, and...
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webbike·
Standard250 - 499ccSingle-CylinderMatchless Motorcycles
·July 14, 2021·1 min read

1953 Matchless G80

THE NEW 1953 MATCHLESS G80 1949 was the first year for the Matchless G80, the company’s top-line 500 single. Typical...
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webbike·
Standard250 - 499ccSingle-CylinderMatchless Motorcycles
·July 14, 2021·3 min read

1949 Matchless G80

THE NEW 1949 MATCHLESS G80 1949 was the first year for the Matchless G80S, the company’s top-line 500 single, the...
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webbike·
Standard250 - 499ccSingle-CylinderMatchless Motorcycles
·July 14, 2021·3 min read

1947 Matchless G80

THE NEW 1949 MATCHLESS G80 1947 was the first year for Matchless G80 civilian production following World War 2. The company’s top-line 500 single, retained the rigid frame of the prewar bikes, but borrowed the Teledraulic telescopic front forks from the wartime G3/L. They were shared across many other makes...
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webbike·
Standard250 - 499ccSingle-CylinderMatchless Motorcycles
·July 14, 2021·4 min read

1966 Matchless G80

1966 MATCHLESS G80- LAST OF THE LINE The G80 was Matchless‘s top-of-the-line 500 single. Launched in 1949, just as civilian...
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webbike·
Standard250 - 499ccSingle-CylinderMatchless Motorcycles
·July 14, 2021·3 min read

1968 Matchless G80

1968 MATCHLESS G80 BACKGROUND Matchless de-stroked their big 500 single down to an 86mm stroke, creating what they called the...
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webbike·
Standard250 - 499ccSingle-CylinderMatchless Motorcycles
·July 14, 2021·3 min read

1967 Matchless G80

1967 MATCHLESS G80 BACKGROUND Matchless de-stroked their big 500 single down to an 86mm stroke, creating what they called the “short stroke” engine. The G80 was what they called back then a “scrambler”, which later might have been defined as an ‘enduro’, and today would probably be called a ‘Dual...
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webbike·
Standard250 - 499ccSingle-CylinderMatchless Motorcycles
·July 14, 2021·3 min read

1959 Matchless G80

1959 MATCHLESS G80 BACKGROUND As was the case with virtually all Matchless motorcycles, sister-company AJS had a nearly-identical version which...
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webbike·
StandardParallel Twin600 - 1000ccMatchless Motorcycles
·July 14, 2021·1 min read

1957 Matchless G11

1957 MATCHLESS G11 BACKGROUND Matchless entered the vertical twin race in 1949 with the 500cc G9 and its sister-bike, the...
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webbike·
Standard250 - 499ccSingle-CylinderMatchless Motorcycles
·July 14, 2021·2 min read

1955 Matchless G45

1955 MATCHLESS G45 BACKGROUND Matchless introduced the G45 500 twin in 1951 as a race bike. It debuted at the Manx Grand Prix that year piloted by Robin Sherry, who took 4th place. The G45 was based on the street version of bike, the Matchless G9. The stock G9 was...
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webbike·
Standard600 - 1000ccParallel-TwinMatchless Motorcycles
·July 14, 2021·1 min read

1961 Matchless G12

1961 Matchless G12 650 Twin 1961 MATCHLESS G12 BACKGROUND Just prior to World War II, Triumph rocked the world with...
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webbike·
Standard600 - 1000ccParallel-TwinMatchless Motorcycles
·July 14, 2021·1 min read

1960 Matchless G12

1960 Matchless G12 650 Twin 1960 MATCHLESS G12 BACKGROUND Just prior to World War II, Triumph rocked the world with...
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webbike·
Standard600 - 1000ccParallel-TwinMatchless Motorcycles
·July 14, 2021·1 min read

1965 Matchless G12CSR

1965 Matchless G12CSR 650 Twin 1965 MATCHLESS G12CSR – A BRIEF HISTORY Matchless built their first vertical twin in 1949, the 500cc G9. In 1956, they punched it out to 600cc and named it the G12 (seen here). In 1959 they punched it out again to 650cc and called it...
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webbike·
Standard600 - 1000ccParallel-TwinMatchless Motorcycles
·July 14, 2021·1 min read

1964 Matchless G12

1964 Matchless G12 650 Monarch Twin 1964 MATCHLESS G12 BACKGROUND Just prior to World War II, Triumph rocked the world...
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webbike·
Standard600 - 1000ccParallel-TwinMatchless Motorcycles
·July 14, 2021·1 min read

1963 Matchless G12CS

1963 Matchless G12CS 1963 MATCHLESS G12CS – A BRIEF HISTORY In 1963 there were four models offered of the G12....
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jahid Hashan·
Standard600 - 1000ccParallel-TwinMatchless Motorcycles
·July 14, 2021·2 min read

1966 Matchless G12

1966 Matchless G12 1966 MATCHLESS G12 BACKGROND In the 1950s, Matchless and AJS were the diamonds in AMC’s (Associated Motor Cycles) crown, but by the 1960s, their fortunes had turned for the worst. Matchless had launched the G12 and AJS Model 31 650 twins in 1958, with high hopes for...
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webbike·
Standard250 - 499ccParallel-TwinMatchless Motorcycles
·July 14, 2021·2 min read

1953 Matchless G9

1953 Matchless G9 500 Twin 1953 MATCHLESS G9 BACKGROUND Like everyone else in the British motorcycle industry at the time,...
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webbike·
Standard250 - 499ccParallel-TwinMatchless Motorcycles
·July 14, 2021·4 min read

1955 Matchless G9B

1955 Matchless G9B 1955 MATCHLESS G9B BACK STORY The 1955 Matchless G9B has an interesting history, that is also very...
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webbike·
Standard250 - 499ccParallel-TwinMatchless Motorcycles
·July 14, 2021·1 min read

1956 Matchless G9

1956 Matchless G9 500 Twin 1956 MATCHLESS G9 BACKGROUND Matchless Motorcycles cut their teeth on the depressed British home market, depressed both before World War II and after. They did good business selling reliable single-cylinder bikes to commuters who used them as their only means of transport to and from...
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webbike·
Standard250 - 499ccSingle-CylinderMatchless Motorcycles
·July 14, 2021·2 min read

1941 Matchless G3

1941 Matchless G3 1941 MATCHLESS G3 BACKGROUND Just prior to World War 2, Matchless was on a roll. Their middleweight...
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webbike·
Standard250 - 499ccParallel TwinMatchless Motorcycles
·July 13, 2021·4 min read

Matchless G9

MATCHLESS G9 BACKGROUND Like everyone else in the British motorcycle industry at the time, when Triumph rocked the world with...
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webbike·
StandardParallel Twin600 - 1000ccMatchless Motorcycles
·July 13, 2021·3 min read

Matchless G12

MATCHLESS G12 BACKGROUND Just prior to World War II, Triumph rocked the world with their seminal 500 Speed Twin, but the world had to wait for the war to end before the rest of the industry would have a chance to catch up. At war’s end, BSA was first to...
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webbike·
Matchless Motorcycles
·July 15, 2015·4 min read

Matchless G80

ABOVE: 1949 Matchless G80S. THE NEW G80 1949 was the first year for the G80, the company’s top-line 500 single....
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