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Yes...I DO like this Matchless!!
« on: February 09, 2021, 06:43:49 PM »
 :thumb: :thumb: :thumb: :cool: :cool: :smiley: :smiley:



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Re: Yes...I DO like this Matchless!!
« Reply #1 on: February 09, 2021, 10:13:26 PM »
You make my heart sing JJ. It’s mine.  Thanks for brightening up the end of a long workday. Ben
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Re: Yes...I DO like this Matchless!!
« Reply #2 on: February 09, 2021, 10:18:54 PM »
 Those things won scrambles races , trials events , even some early MX style events .

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Re: Yes...I DO like this Matchless!!
« Reply #3 on: February 10, 2021, 08:05:54 AM »
Quote from: Scout63 on February 09, 2021, 10:13:26 PM
You make my heart sing JJ. It’s mine.  Thanks for brightening up the end of a long workday. Ben

Beautiful vintage British bike!! :thumb: :thumb: :thumb: :thumb: :cool: :cool:
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Re: Yes...I DO like this Matchless!!
« Reply #3 on: February 10, 2021, 08:05:54 AM »

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Re: Yes...I DO like this Matchless!!
« Reply #4 on: February 10, 2021, 08:16:01 AM »
That is the nicest "Matchy" I have ever seen. 
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Re: Yes...I DO like this Matchless!!
« Reply #5 on: February 10, 2021, 08:19:54 AM »
 Mine was a 1965 G80cs.  One of the best bikes I ever  owned.  Excellent on the road or off the road.  Not fast enough to win races
 But I took a second place once. 
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Re: Yes...I DO like this Matchless!!
« Reply #6 on: February 10, 2021, 08:42:53 AM »
I'll pay $100 to watch you kick start it JJ!

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Re: Yes...I DO like this Matchless!!
« Reply #7 on: February 10, 2021, 08:54:28 AM »
Quote from: Travlr on February 10, 2021, 08:42:53 AM
I'll pay $100 to watch you kick start it JJ!

Mike

If you watch the video of the owner kick-starting it...it's not that bad...and that's because it is well sorted... :thumb: :wink:

I almost sprained my ankle a few times on my '75 Norton 850 Interstate MK-III until I upgraded the electric starter!! :thumb: :wink: :smiley:
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Re: Yes...I DO like this Matchless!!
« Reply #8 on: February 10, 2021, 09:22:12 AM »
This thread needs a good picture of this beautiful bike!

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Re: Yes...I DO like this Matchless!!
« Reply #9 on: February 10, 2021, 09:31:47 AM »
Quote from: Dave Swanson on February 10, 2021, 09:22:12 AM
This thread needs a good picture of this beautiful bike!



This is such a beautiful, historic, vintage British bike...

I hope the seller gets *** TOP DOLLAR *** for this beauty!  I would love to own it....(*SIGH*) :thumb: :cool: :boozing:
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Re: Yes...I DO like this Matchless!!
« Reply #10 on: February 10, 2021, 11:53:35 AM »
Even Richard Thompson would approve of this Matchless.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0kJdrfzjAg

Quote from: Dave Swanson on February 10, 2021, 09:22:12 AM
This thread needs a good picture of this beautiful bike!


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Re: Yes...I DO like this Matchless!!
« Reply #11 on: February 10, 2021, 05:06:52 PM »
Think how good that would look parked in my driveway. 
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Re: Yes...I DO like this Matchless!!
« Reply #12 on: February 11, 2021, 11:43:46 PM »
Quote from: JJ on February 10, 2021, 08:54:28 AM
If you watch the video of the owner kick-starting it...it's not that bad...and that's because it is well sorted... :thumb: :wink:

I almost sprained my ankle a few times on my '75 Norton 850 Interstate MK-III until I upgraded the electric starter!! :thumb: :wink: :smiley:

The bike is a pretty easy starter JJ unless I forget to retard the timing.  Then it can bite.  I’m used to starting my SR 500 which has a new top end.  I disconnected the valve lifter in the Yamaha so I could keep the key in the bike and not worry about it being stolen.  The Matchless is much easier at about 7.5:1.
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Re: Yes...I DO like this Matchless!!
« Reply #13 on: February 12, 2021, 08:11:54 AM »
It was a photo of this Rickman Matchless that prompted me to nickel plate my Norton Frame back in 1973.





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Re: Yes...I DO like this Matchless!!
« Reply #14 on: February 13, 2021, 09:19:41 PM »
I had a high pipe '66 g80cs that was very cammy with the straight pipe and fun as hell when climbing a steep hill on song. I loved it from the moment I saw it. Rode it in an enduro w/a DNF. It wore me plumb out and I suffered a puncture w/less than 10 miles left but I was ready to quit. Asked my Dad to sell it for me when I was off doing my duty but it was a hard sell because no one could start it. The Matchless brand is a soft spot for me ever since, if I win a big lottery I'm getting a G50. When I got back to world I bought a BSA Goldstar that was very nice (big tank, monoblock carb) until it broke a rod and put me and the bride down. In those days I thought a 500 single was all anyone could ever need....times change.
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Re: Yes...I DO like this Matchless!!
« Reply #15 on: February 15, 2021, 07:33:10 AM »
Back in the day <snapping suspenders, kicking the embers in the fire>  :smiley: a bunch of us would ride in "the woods" in Michigan. We would trade bikes a fair amount, and one of the guys had a beat up (of course) G80. I loved that thing in sand..you couldn't kill it.
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Re: Yes...I DO like this Matchless!!
« Reply #16 on: February 15, 2021, 09:42:26 AM »
$5,300 with 6 hours to GO!!  ** NO RESERVE ** and I hope he gets a fair price!! :thumb:



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Re: Yes...I DO like this Matchless!!
« Reply #17 on: February 15, 2021, 11:37:06 AM »
My grandad in WW2:



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Re: Yes...I DO like this Matchless!!
« Reply #18 on: February 15, 2021, 02:18:21 PM »
Quote from: timmythecop on February 15, 2021, 11:37:06 AM
My grandad in WW2:





 I LOVE old photos of vintage motorcycles and their riders!! :thumb: :thumb: :thumb: :cool: :wink: :smiley:
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Re: Yes...I DO like this Matchless!!
« Reply #19 on: February 15, 2021, 03:32:47 PM »
I’d have paid money to spend a few hours with your grandfather TTC.
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