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The 1960s produced a surge of interest in sprinting, drag racing and record breaking, which carried through right to the late Seventies – a time when straightline racing was afforded almost as many column inches in the weekly bike press as any other form of bike sport. Riders like George Brown, Alf Hagon, Ian Messenger,…

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The July 17, 1924 issue of The Motor Cycle carried the first test of the all-new Matchless overhead camshaft 347cc single – a machine aimed purely at the sporting rider. In the introduction to the test, it was pointed out that motorcycles can possess a charm ‘just as indefinable as that with any human may…

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Harris Matchless G80 Some of us have some funny ideas in this old motorcycle world we inhabit but few are more likely to generate an increase in temperature beneath the collar than the subject of brand loyalty. For example, some reckon real Nortons only came from Bracebridge Street and rotary Nortons aren’t Nortons at all.…

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Matchless 250 G2CSR I am prejudiced. I have a deep affection for the majority of motorcycles, but don’t like BSA C10s, the Norman Nippy, Clubman’s Goldies and AJS and Matchless so-called lightweight singles; I have a prejudice against them, every one. Love the traditional Plumstead singles and had a heavyweight Matchless G80S that went all…

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