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Title: Yes...I DO like this Matchless!!
Post by: JJ on February 09, 2021, 06:43:49 PM

 :thumb: :thumb: :thumb: :cool: :cool: :smiley: :smiley:


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Title: Re: Yes...I DO like this Matchless!!
Post by: 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

Title: Re: Yes...I DO like this Matchless!!
Post by: oldbike54 on February 09, 2021, 10:18:54 PM

 Those things won scrambles races , trials events , even some early MX style events .

 Dusty

Title: Re: Yes...I DO like this Matchless!!
Post by: JJ 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:

Title: Re: Yes...I DO like this Matchless!!
Post by: Dave Swanson on February 10, 2021, 08:16:01 AM

That is the nicest "Matchy" I have ever seen. 

Title: Re: Yes...I DO like this Matchless!!
Post by: Sasquatch Jim 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. 

Title: Re: Yes...I DO like this Matchless!!
Post by: Travlr on February 10, 2021, 08:42:53 AM

I'll pay $100 to watch you kick start it JJ!

Mike

Title: Re: Yes...I DO like this Matchless!!
Post by: JJ 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:

Title: Re: Yes...I DO like this Matchless!!
Post by: Dave Swanson on February 10, 2021, 09:22:12 AM

This thread needs a good picture of this beautiful bike!

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Title: Re: Yes...I DO like this Matchless!!
Post by: JJ 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!

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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:

Title: Re: Yes...I DO like this Matchless!!
Post by: sdcr 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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Title: Re: Yes...I DO like this Matchless!!
Post by: Siamese on February 10, 2021, 05:06:52 PM

Think how good that would look parked in my driveway. 

Title: Re: Yes...I DO like this Matchless!!
Post by: Scout63 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.

Title: Re: Yes...I DO like this Matchless!!
Post by: PeteS 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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Pete

Title: Re: Yes...I DO like this Matchless!!
Post by: nighthawk 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.

Title: Re: Yes...I DO like this Matchless!!
Post by: Chuck in Indiana 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.

Title: Re: Yes...I DO like this Matchless!!
Post by: JJ 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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Title: Re: Yes...I DO like this Matchless!!
Post by: timmythecop on February 15, 2021, 11:37:06 AM

My grandad in WW2:

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Title: Re: Yes...I DO like this Matchless!!
Post by: JJ on February 15, 2021, 02:18:21 PM

Quote from: timmythecop on February 15, 2021, 11:37:06 AM

My grandad in WW2:

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 I LOVE old photos of vintage motorcycles and their riders!! :thumb: :thumb: :thumb: :cool: :wink: :smiley:

Title: Re: Yes...I DO like this Matchless!!
Post by: Scout63 on February 15, 2021, 03:32:47 PM

I’d have paid money to spend a few hours with your grandfather TTC.