Matchless motorcycle

Matchless Rickman Metisse G50

I’ve always had a soft spot for Matchless (and AJS) motorcycles. And if I had a spare US$40,000 kicking around, I’d pop over to New Zealand and bid for this one in the Webb’s Auction of Classic Motorcycles. It’s a G50, a 500cc development of the 350cc AJS 7R, and with less than 200 examples…

Matchless G80CS

14 YEARS AGO / 1 COMMENT / CLASSIC MOTORCYCLES

This bike is almost sixty years old, yet it’s just as desirable today as it was in 1950. For starters, it’s one of the original ‘scramblers’ and it’s as rare as hen’s teeth. And the back end, exhaust system and tank graphics would be perfectly at home on a contemporary Tokyo custom. The Matchless G80…

Matchless G80 special

This lovely Matchless G80CS from the early 1950s belongs to Sylvain Coste in France. It doesn’t actually exist any more—the engine has…