ISSUE 768 | JULY 2016 - Jampot

ISSUE 768 | JULY 2016

The Journal Of the AJS & Matchless Owners Club Ltd

EST.

1952

In this issue

Wet SumpingTap Damage

MatchlessRacer

InternationalJampot Rally 2016

Alf Goes ForthPart Two

2 July 2016

A quick guide to main services and contacts.

Club People

DATING SERVICEAJS & MATCHLESS

(Norton 1963 to 1969)

Machine Dating Officer, Roy Bellett, Rose Cottage. Frog Lane, Kelvedon Hatch, Brentwood, Essex, CM15 OJJ. Ph: 07860 824862 9AM-8PMEmail: [email protected]

UK members please enclose SAE with enquiries. A clear, close-up photo of frame and engine number stampings must always be provided. Cheques made payable to ‘AMOC Dating’

Website AccessBoth members and guests can access the

Club’s website at

www.jampot.comThe website is packed with information,

technical tips, photographs and reference material.

A full member will require their membership number to register on to the website. If you forget your membership number you can be reminded by contacting the

membership secretary at Kettering HQ (it’s also printed on the magazine carrier sheet).

If you forget your website identity and/or password (after registering) you can ask for it

to be reset by emailing

[email protected] Only members have access to current

`for sale’ adverts and certain other features of the site.

Contact or visit us

AJS & Matchless Owners Club LtdUnit 3, Robinson WayTelford Way Industrial EstateKettering , Northamptonshire. NN16 8PTTel: 01536 511532Fax: 01536 511607Website www.jampot.comOpening Hours:-Monday – Friday 09:00 – 17:00SaturdayMarch – September, 09:00 – 16:00October – February, 09:30 – 15:00

Membership enquiries

Monday – Friday 10:00 – 13:00 OnlyTelephone – select option 1Email – [email protected] Online @ www.jampot.comCurrent CostsStandard UK £26.00Standard Overseas £30.00Digital UK/Overseas (PDF) £22.00Spares Scheme* £10.00*10% Discount on Parts

Parts Service

Parts ServiceTelephone – select option 2Email – [email protected] can be submitted by telephone,post or fax quoting payment card details.Telephone for details if paying by chequeCall in person during opening hours.Or, on line via:-www.jampot-spares.compayment via Pay Pal

Kettering Classic Motorcycles

Telephone – select option 3Email – [email protected] for sale can be seen on the back page of “The Jampot” each month, or browsed on line at:-www.kettering-classics.comParts and Classic Bike Sales websites are also accessible via links on the main club site.

TECHNICAL HELP

The Club operates a ‘HELPLINER’ service to assist members with technical queries.

Call +44 (0)1844 216868 or (0)7926 883416

from 09:00 to 21:00 GMT/BST email: [email protected]

AJS & MATCHLESS OWNERS CLUB LTD. DIRECTORS Colin Farrington Rob HarknettRon WalkerStuart Smith

EDITORVACANT [email protected]

ADVERTISING EDITOR:Clive Turner, 72 St Margaret’s Road, London W7 2HF0208 5670393 [email protected]

SECTION NOTES EDTIOR:Dave Walling, 143 Bush Elms Rd, Hornchurch, Essex, RM11 1LU 07768387814 [email protected]

TECHNICAL EDITOR:Andrew Phillips, 17 Crail Close,Wokingham RG41 2PZ 0118 327 3707 [email protected]

PRESIDENT:Roy Bellett, Rose Cottage, Frog Lane, Kelvedon Hatch, Brentwood, Essex CM150JJ 07860 824862 [email protected]

CHAIRMAN: Rob Swift, Burwood, 5 Cutbush Lane, Bitterne, Southampton SO18 5QR. 01489 786884 [email protected]

SECRETARY:Ron Walker, 26 Barrington Meadows, Bishop Auckland, Co. Durham DL14 [email protected]

TREASURER: Ernie Phillipson, 11 Stonyhurst, Chorley, Lancashire, PR7 3NR [email protected]

MACHINE DATING OFFICERRoy BellettEmail: [email protected] 07860 824862

PRO: Stuart Smith, 81 Bideford Green, Leighton Buzzard, Beds. LU7 2TJ 01525 374814 [email protected]

PRE-WAR OFFICER: Rob Harknett,1 Parkfields, Roydon, Harlow, Essex CM19 5JA. 01279 792329 [email protected]

EXHIBITION OFFICER: Neil Trinder, 07876 [email protected]

FUND PROMOTION OFFICER: Tony Smith, Dean Cottage, Sudborough NN14 3BX 01832 732200

HEALTH & SAFETY CONSULTANT: Clive Patrick [email protected]

HELPLINER: Dave Gregory, 10 Hunt Road, Thame, Oxon OX9 3LG 01844 216868 or 07926 [email protected]

VICE PRESIDENTS: John Grew. Billy Ham. Ron & Pat Hughes. Lesley Wright.

Dating Certificates for ‘age-related numbers’£8.50 to Members; £20.00 to non-Members

Certificates of Authenticity£8.50 to Members; £20.00 to non-Members

Fee in connection with Reclamation of original Registration Numbers (DVLA 765 Scheme) £30.00

Cover: Ron Walker on 1951 G3L

The Journal of the AJS & Matchless Owners Club

From the outsideBefore we look into the future, I thoroughly enjoyed the first of the articles about Colin Seeley in the June ‘Jampot’ which recently arrived.

He started and grew his business using his motorcycle knowledge, enthusiasm and some astute business decisions – a theme that has continued through to today. Any of you who have met Colin whilst promoting the charity in memory of his late wife cannot have failed to notice his enthusiasm and determination. Next month we will get some insight into his racing career and championship wins – I bet it make good reading!

OK, looking into the future.The report by our Exhibitions Officer on the Stafford show caught

my attention with the picture of Darren Massey on his G80C which he displayed at the show. I remember from previous years visiting the show that his father (Ian) was (and still is) a regular helper on the club stand as well as bringing along exhibits himself. This is a classic case of a son following in his fathers’ footsteps in taking up the interest in old motorbikes and brings some hope for the continuation of the club – assuming there is a management team/committee to continue.

Recently, I was asked to help a relative of SWMBO who wanted to get a scooter/motorbike for travel to work as he lives in a remote village with poor public transport. The offer of a skills training course and job to follow was the spur to get mobile, albeit at short notice.

We spent a few days trawling around to find a suitable deal for machine and clothing and getting insurance quotes (that was a joke – You’re a learner sir? First machine? How much riding experience do you have? – we not too subtly pointed out that they had already answered their own question)

Fortunately we managed to get him an early booking on a CBT course thanks to a cancellation, so I was duly despatched to pick him up and deliver him to the training centre – was it any coincidence that it was immediately opposite the local Hospital/Casualty Dept.?

Whilst they did the classroom part of the day I wandered across to said hospital and got myself a good old “full English” in the

cafeteria. I was working on the theory if it’s going to cause a heart attack, where better place to be!

By the time that I got back to the centre, there was the usual mix of 125cc ‘bikes and scooters doing their best to annihilate the rows of cones that they were supposed to be riding around. After some fifteen minutes it was clear that most of the trainees had mastered the art (two of them particularly well) except for one young lad who simply could not master clutch/brake/gears and on several occasions had to be picked up off the floor – sadly he fared little better when put on a ‘twist and go’ and later decided to abandon the course before the road ride.

Whilst the group were having a break before getting geared up for the ‘radio controlled’ road ride sessions (two x one hour), I went over to see how our chap was getting on and found he was surprisingly confident and said - “I want to get as good as these two” pointing to the two that I had noticed earlier. It was then that I saw they were early twenties females!

One of them had seen the “Matchless” sticker on my car and said “I’ve got a Triumph 3TA that I want to ride!, the other sister said “and I’ve got a BSA B40”

It transpired that their father and grandfather have several classic ‘bikes between them and with granddad getting older he wanted the grandchildren to get on two wheels. Their brother has been riding for four years and now has a BSA Shooting Star courtesy of granddad.

They have already followed the other family members and joined the VMCC and plan to start going on runs with 125’s as a family group. Their plan is to get a full licence as soon as possible to join the classic brigade. I asked what their reception had been like at VMCC meetings and the answer was “many of them are funny and helpful, but a few are rude and condescending”.

So, it looks like the future for continuation of classic ‘bike clubs could be bright with younger family members coming on. However, a few of us ‘olduns’ need to change our attitude to be more encouraging rather than disparaging. Just because our ‘bikes are old, we don’t have to behave like old fossils stuck in the past. There is interest out there and we need to nurture and encourage it to ensure our old bikes continue to be preserved and used.

Is the future looking brighter?

The Jampot is the official journal of the AJS & Matchless Owners Club Ltd. It is published monthly and distributed free to all members of the club. No part may be reproduced or published in any form save with the permission of the editor. Views expressed in “The Jampot” are not necessarily those of the editor or the club committee. The Club does not make any representation as to the accuracy or suitability of any of the information contained in third party advertisements nor does it accept any responsibility or liability for the conduct or content of those advertisements and the offerings made by any third parties.

‘HELPLINER’ Technical Helpline 01844 216868 or 07926 883416 (9.00am to 9.00pm) [email protected] 3

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after the makers announced an updated recipe is going to be introduced.

As in recent month’s “From the Outside” and “Write Lines” correspondence we were also embroiled in lengthy discussion to determine if original or modified is better. After some debate we concluded that the only improvement really needed was to mimic French variety “Gâteaux Sablés Nappage Fraise” and produce a 4” diameter version of the Jamie Dodger. As far as motorcycles were concerned, we concluded if it’s your bike do as you will with it and celebrate variety and individualism that is for ever present amongst those playing with old motorcycles.

The Jampot cooperative took a retro tea break this month, we all sat in a circle trying to impersonate the BEANO’s ‘Roger the Dodger’ while sitting on half size chairs sporting scuffed shoes, grey flannel shorts and skirts and wearing poorly tucked in dishevelled shirts, our respective names having been lovingly sown inside each garment we were wearing by a responsible adult. There was only one biscuit that could accompany this nostalgic sojourn, the favourite purchase from our preferred back in the day local tuck shops and named after our comic book hero, the

Jammie Dodger.We would like to point out

at this stage that all our biscuits were legitimately purchased from

bona fide authorised retailers, they most certainly did not form part of the £20k hall of biscuits that fell of the back of a lorry, before they even left the Burton’s Food factory in Torfaen, last June.

We were surprised to learn that in addition to the great biscuit robbery a further controversy was shading our biscuit of the month. Apparently the short bread and jam treat is the subject of a petition to retain its original Vegan and dairy allergy friendly recipe

FROM THE PILLION

Roy,

Good afternoon and I trust that this letter finds you in good health and doing your exercises each day!

Some years ago I was given the words of the AJS & Matchless song. I have attached a copy for your information. If I remember correctly I was given this sheet by the late John Drudge. He told me that the words can be sung to a well-known tune. The question is, “what tune”? Who knows and can they tell us what it is?

In conjunction with your role in the editorial team of the Jampot, would you consider publishing it and asking the question “Does anyone know the tune to which the words can be sung?” Replies to me at [email protected]

I would also send a copy of this letter to Roger Limb as the Club Archivist, if only I had his address. Can you help with this matter?

My regards and best wishes,M.J. Hallam

A.J.S. CHORUS

I ride an A.J.S., from morning until night,I ride an A.J.S. and by gom, it’s a championI ride an A.J.S. so I don’t care a jot,For my A.J.S., being A.J.S., it is beating the blooming lot.

THE SONG OF THE A.J.S.The song of the A.J.S. now I will sing,The first bike to Hampton the Trophy to bring,Of “two strokes” and “Multie”2 I’ve heard quite a lot,But the little A.J.S. is right on the top.Ritooral, Ritooral, Ritooral, I tay!I’ll ride my A.J.S. by night and by day,And to each one I pass on the road I will say,Ritooral, Ritooral, Ritooral, I tay!

I went to the “Island” to see the great race,And to see our brave lads set all others

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Letters to the editorW R I T E

L I N E S them. What I’m trying to say is there is loads of room at Kettering often more than some bike shop’s have, it was intended as a means of helping members not as a money making business, sadly it seem the whole club is getting deeper lnto the commercial world. While I am fully aware that the club needs funds to keep going I some times wonder if the members best interests have been forgotten. Pete sampson fenrunners cambs

Hello Ron.

I would like to support James’ suggestion. I joined the club in, I think 1974, when I purchased the first of my three G3Ls machines. Since then my membership has been continuous, (membership number 101.) Since joining I have over the years ridden from time to time with mylocal section, have attended a couple of International rallies, Four national Jampot rallies. I have written and had a number of articles or letters printed in the Jampot, paid my dues on time, also used the spares scheme as and when required. Not the most active of members but one that has always enjoyed his membership. The only thing that wouldcause me to not renew my membership of the club is if the Journal ever became unobtainable other than online. However, as a very satisfied member, I think that if the administration and costs of this project are affordable I would like to see it happen. My thanks to the Officers and committee members of probably the finest on make club, for all of the hard work that they undertake.

Best Wishes Dennis Cooney.

Hello DennisThanks for your letter which I think it is fair to say, reflects a member very satisfied with club life in general. You certainly have been a member for a long time, continuous at that. I think I joined in ‘79 but lapsed in the mid-eighties only to realise 10 years ago what I had been missing. Doesn’t compare I know.

the pace,They started like lightening and finished that way,I’ll give fifty quid for another such day,Ritooral, Ritooral, Rotooral, I tay!But for “Billy’s” bad luck we’d be able to say, That we’d five out of six of the first in the frayRotooral, Ritooral, Ritooral, I tay!

There’s Harry, and George, And there’s Jack and there’s Joe,They are the boys to make A.J.S. go,There’s Williams, and Williams, and Haddock and Jones,And poor Billy Heaton who asked his way home!Rotooral, Ritooral, Ritooral, I tay!They all worked like Trojans to win that great day,So we’ll all join together and shout Hip Hooray!Hip, Hip, Hip, Hip, Hip, Hip, Hip, Hip, Hip, Hooray!

Written and sung by W.F. Crane.14th June 1914, at the dinner in celebration of the success of the S.J.S. machines in the Junior Tourist Trophy Race.

Kettering Bike Sales

I read in the may jampot that the club are desperately looking for more bikes to sell. I am not to sure lf the club are fully aware of the definition of the word desperate? from my recent experience it seems only a bike that will produce the most commission are required. When I inquired I was told my bikes would take too long to sell one not having compatible components the other from a foreign country. Thee months is allowed before asking the owner to remove them because they block up space. Is there different rules applying I seem to remember a 15/45 being rather expensive probably while it’s been there over 6 months blocking one of the spaces.more room could be made by asking the vincent owners club to remove their machines, not sure what to say about the bikes I’ve seen up there with not for sale on

As for the Jampot magazine, there are certainly not any plans, talk, whispers or whatever that it disappears in favour of the online version only - the British public appetite for printed magazines even in a digital age should see to that.

I note your support for James’ idea and so will pass it on to the editor. It will also no doubt be discussed by committee members at some point (possibly online!). Oh and thanks for your support for the work of the committee. Don’t fancy a job do you?

Ron Walker, Secretary AJS & MOC

Authenticity of Old BikesI have just read an interesting letter in June Jampot from Geoff Stovold about the authenticity of old bikes, I agree that they are best used regularly rather than kept unused in showroom condition. He mentioned problems with the Dynamo voltage regulator.

I had a problem with a pattern regulator. I also had a genuine Lucas regulator, but one of the coils was open circuit. Having nothing to lose, I dismantled it, unwound the coil until I found the break, soldered the wire ends together and rewound the coil. I had to remove about 5 layers of wire to find the break and rewind those layers again -all by hand. I cleaned all the contacts and set up the regulator according to

the Lucas workshop instructions. It needed a small adjustment to get the correct charging voltage once back on the bike, but is now working well. This just goes to show how these old electro-mechanical parts do work well when properly set up.

I would say to others, don’t replace an old Lucas part until you have tried repairing it first.Colin Pennifold

Our lastest trip to Australia

Our latest trip to Australia saw us spending a few days in Brisbane where we visited old friends AJS and MOC members Bruce & Wendy King, on arrival Bruce fired up the barbie and Wendy put on a wonderful spread. We sat and talked bikes and put the world to rights after which Bruce showed us his fantastic collection of bikes before it was time to leave.

We then headed up to Rockhampton where we stayed for 3 weeks with family and grandchildren (lovely to see them all) while we were there I rang Trevor Inskip the chairman of the Rockhampton Branch of the Historic Motorcylcle club of Queensland who invited me to their monthly meeting. A very friendly bunch of bikers.

All in all another great trip downunder,Sam Allinson

Reply to NC’s letter in June edition

I read N C ,s letter in the June edition of Jamot with great interest. I can sympathise with someone with wet sump ing issues but the thought of fitting a tap in the oil line fills me with horror! So perhaps my experience may be of use to members. In the 80,s I lived in Plymouth and ran a well worn but very fast Velocette Venom that used a lot of oil and smoked terribly if you belted it. On a Club run local motor bike dealer and guru Terry Hobbs (great guy and sadly missed) asked what oil I used. I told him Duck ham, s 20/50 or something similar. Terry suggested (more an instruction really ! ) to use a straight 40 as that was the correct oil. I duly bought some and changed the oil. The smoking stopped altogether and oil consumption was about a third of what it had been. The difference was quite extraordinary.

Ever since then I have run all my old bikes on straight oils and won’t go near multi grades.

I now have a 1951 rigid 500 single Matchless which I,ve had for 2 years and a 1965 Bsa A50 which I,ve had for 20 years and that’s done close to 130,000 miles. (Bought from Terry Hobbs ironically )

I don’t use the bikes in the winter because of road salt so they are in the garage from Dec to end of March normally. I do start them up at the end of January so basically the oil has 2 months to drain. The level in the Bsa goes down by under 2 inches. Out of curiosity I did once drain the crankcase and what came out didn’t, t fill a jam jar. And it never smokes on start up. If the oil pump has been replaced it was over 70,000 miles ago.

I,ve only had the Matchless for 2 winters but again no large drop in level nor does the primary chain case level rise.

I have original handbooks for both bikes and they state quite clearly straight 40 for the Bsa and straight 50 for the Matchless.

I also bought a 1966 Bsa A65 a couple of months ago as a cosmetic project. I put in fresh Morris 40 oil and in the 6 weeks it’s been standing the dipstick level has hardly moved.

So if you are having wet sumping issues and are using a multi grade it



Sam’s trip down under to catch up with friends Bruce and Wendy King


is worth considering using the correct straight oil and see if that helps .Lione

Some bits for free

I recently advertised some bits for free & have been astonished at the response, nearly everything gone very quickly.The advertising dept. then gratuitously repeated the ad. & the calls kept coming. The strange thing is that I advertised the same stuff last year with no price attached & got no response at all. Are we all a lot of cheap skates? George

Dear Dating officer,

Just as quick note to thank you very much for all your help regarding the Registration of my AJS 350CC 16ms during these last 4 weeks. (RUF 647)Everything arrived back to me last Sunday morning and I am now looking forward to taking the bike for its first run out if and when it ever stops raining.I have spoken to Ken Odlin and thanked him for his part in getting the paperwork returned to you so quickly. These things do help so much when it is your first attempt at doing a full restoration job such as mine.Now to enjoy the riding for a few weeks, then maybe look to do another rebuild project during the winter months. It has been a pleasure doing this one, so I hope the next one will be as well.Again, many thanks for all your help and I hope to meet up with you sometime in the future.Kind regards,Roger Pannell.

Westward Ho Lives On

There was a lot of speculation in a previous edition of ‘Jampot’ with regard to the possible demise of the Westward Ho! Please could you put a note in the

Letters to the editorW R I T E

L I N E S Dear Roy,

As I told you, my IJR-2012-Kent-Badge has survived many hours and miles under the sole of my M/C boot, but in rather bad condition (see attached picture). This happened two years ago during a trip to Corsica with my modern BMW, whilst giving it a roadside repair (headlight bulb). The badge fell off my M/C jacket and got stuck under my shoe; I realized that hours later, when one of my boots produced sounds like horse- shoed, at a filling station...It would be very kind if you could organize another specimen of this badge for me, of course only if it´s possible without larger sacrifices. Thank you very much in advance!!Kind regards,Jan-Hendrik Wolf

Can any one help if so please let me know Roy Bellett 07860 824862

next edition to let people know that planning for the event has begun to try to ensure this unique event will go ahead again in 2017. We are currently in the process of setting up a web site and co-ordinating volunteers from various sections. Articles and adverts will be appearing in future ‘Jampots’ – so ‘watch this space’.RegardsSteve and Carol Rogers

Westward Ho!

Following the last epic event, and in the best traditions of the Westward Ho! money raised this year is £896.78p. I have sent a cheque to our chosen charity - the HENRY SURTEES FOUNDATION, see web site www.henrysurteesfoundation.com.A big thank you all who gave so generously. Dick Somers, Sussex Section.

The Weekly Quiz

Earlier in the year we announced that the winner of the 2016 weekly quiz would get a voucher for bike insurance from Peter James. So how is the quiz going? Well so far we have had correct entries from 70 people from 8 countries. Here are the top entrants, with the current leaders getting 17 of the 21 correct. (You can find the quiz on the club website from the home page, click on club and then quiz)

BILL MANTLE (billmantle) UNITED KINGDOM 17DUNCAN MOSS (Duncan) UNITED KINGDOM 17DAVID ASHCROFT (dave16mct) UNITED KINGDOM 16ROY BELLETT (G15 Roy) UNITED KINGDOM 14POUL HANSEN (ajsph) DENMARK 12ROB HARKNETT (Rob Harknett) UNITED KINGDOM 11BOB ZWARTS (zwarts) UNITED KINGDOM 11JOHN JARRETT (John Jarrett) UNITED KINGDOM 10ROBERT FINAN (inveraray bob) UNITED KINGDOM 9JAMES HAYNES (Reynard24) UNITED KINGDOM 9STEVE RATCLIFFE (sjr) UNITED KINGDOM 9ALAN GIBBS (alanengineer) UNITED KINGDOM 8DAVID PEARSON (g15mk11) UNITED KINGDOM 8RAY STOCKHAM (Yak) AUSTRALIA 8HARRY WILKINSON (hwilkinson) UNITED KINGDOM 8PAUL BERNAL-RYAN (pkr87) UNITED KINGDOM 7PAUL GUSE (PGGuse) GERMANY 7TERENCE HUNTON-YOUNG (woodpecker) UNITED KINGDOM 7NORMAN GRIGAT (desmo) GERMANY 7



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the concierge. All things considered, he was definitely correct! Bless the concierge, he helped me out of my gear and put it in the boiler room, then sorted a hot coffee and a room for me. I had a shower, put some clothes on the radiator and my boots; sorry Bill, the water was getting in them but only just! I then hit the sack and

The rain was light and the CSR fired up and settled to a gentle rumble, hooked into first and launched up the drive onto the road. With a cheery wave I headed towards the main drag to Caen, stopped to fill the tank to the brim then set off at a steady 55mph on an empty road. It was a holiday in France, Remembrance Day; I’d got a poppy in the UK. I stopped for a fag break near Fleurs and the heavens opened. Only one thing for it; carry on. Fortunately the rain eased to light again but the cloud base was very low, a prelude of what was to come. I thundered on past Mayenne and Laval, a good road but I was unable to see much scenery and the light was going.

Slowly the road climbed and I was then into fog, rain and darkness and my energy was failing. I was of course running with the headlight on, but I kept getting flashed by on coming drivers, I thought how on earth can I be dazzling them? The prince of darkness isn’t that bright at six volts! Perhaps it was because of the oncoming vision of the only bike on the road with a candle in a brown jar, and they could not see me until I was close! I struggled on to Angers and after a couple of circuits of the town found a hotel and sloshed my way inside.

“Ah Monsieur c’est ne pas une jour pour la moto!” said

ALF Goes Forth - PArt two


Travel

Saltbox Alf continues his wet ride home on a newly purchased CSR. Words by Saltbox Alf

It’s now the early hours of the morning. I pass Quillan, then Perpignan and over the border into Spain and the rain stops. Huzzah!

Bin bag waterproofing

Journal of the AJS & Matchless Owners Club


was out like a light.Breakfast at 07.00, I had enough for two; pancakes,

croissants, cold meats and buckets of coffee. The CSR fired up second kick: excellent. I took a look at my route list and directions, Saumur then on to Niort (some may remember the trip to Niort airfield at the IJR from Celles-

sur-Belles). Still raining but a bit brighter, off I went. Mental note, the gearbox on the CSR is really slick in action and is a joy to use.

Made a fuel stop at Saumur and the attendant was a classic bike rider and very impressed by the CSR, having not seen one before. He made the suggestion that perhaps I would like to do the scenic trip along the Loire to the south, but I thought “I won’t be seeing much in this weather”! Off again and on the approach to Niort the rain stopped and the sun glimmered through the cloud, how perverse is that? The only place in France that was almost dry! Twenty miles down the road and the rain started again. On to Angouleme, Bergerac and Agen; smooth running and mile munching with a couple of fuel stops and comfort break. A pause on the route to fit top quality bin bag boot covers.

At Agen I stopped for some grub and a warm up at a well known dead dog burger chain. I consulted a map and decided that I could get home by the early hours.

It was then that the lights decided to play up; brake light blown, head and tail lights dim or off. Oh bugg*r! I had a look but could not find a broken wire or broken connection. I wiggled the terminals and revved up and the lights came back on. I discovered that if I went onto tick over the lights faded, although the ammeter was showing a charge and occasionally the lights came on bright; must be a high resistance or water ingress? It came to pass that roundabouts were a nightmare, on entry the lights cut out; scary! Blip the throttle and back on they came. So a simple answer attack each roundabout with vigour!

I kept going to Toulouse and round the Peripherique, even found the right exit for Carcasonne by route national. It’s now the early hours of the morning. I pass Quillan, then Perpignan and over the border into Spain and the rain stops. Huzzah! Arrived home at 04.30 relieved to get there and ready for a nice cup of tea and bed. What can I say; a well sorted bike (cheers Andy, no you can’t have it back) a chance to meet Neville and Marigold, to meet Bill and the Brightspark emporium, to travel some great routes and at least see some of the countryside, to talk with people on route who were attracted to the bike and were curious as to the marque.

Wet stop somewhere!

CSR at the Jampot Rally


dictated a quicker journey, although I would have preferred to ride. Next time, I hope.

That’s all folks! Saltbox Alf.

I have to report that after a trip of 1,284 miles, overall the fuel consumption was 54 mpg and oil used was about a pint and a half and a drip! I am happy to say the internals stayed as such. I ache like fury, but it’s done my back some good, a constant vibro massage! Now it’s time to clean, service and polish the dear girl; must think of a name for her. The rain has followed me and it’s pouring down here in north Spain!

In addition to the light fault there was developing a slight harshness in the transmission dept. The lights fault was actually a broken terminal on the battery, making and breaking the circuit. More serious was the discovery of the primary chain sans a couple of rollers! It now sports a motocross secondary chain cut to length; same pitch etc, but a very nice gold colour and good quality. Oh, and it needed a new rear tyre, it was not harry spankers to start, so it did well.

The CSR has visited Angleterre for the Jampot rally at North weald (coals to Newcastle springs to mind). I have to admit it was transported in the van but circumstances

Inken, me and the CSR

Definitely a ‘Matchless’ young lady…

This month comes from the sunny south coast, Jess Swift of the Hampshire section. Jess celebrated her 21st birthday just after the 2015 North Weald Jampot rally so considerably lowers the average age of the club membership. She is cradling dad Rob’s 1956 G80CS, bought as a box of bits and lovingly restored by him, possibly for Jess….

Jess started riding motorcycles one week after her 16th birthday. Although the cost of insurance currently prohibits her from riding Pa’s fearsome beasts she does have a much loved 1995 Yamaha Virago 535cc as transport. The bike is just a year younger than her so she clearly intends to continue the family’s classic bike tradition. She is definitely a lady who knows her own mind and Pa has been club Chairman for many years. With luck, at some time in the future, Jess will be stepping into his role. Hooray for equality. Having a grade 7 pass at the piano shows Jess is clever enough and she’s much better looking than Dad…

JAmPot LAssJess Swift

Make your girl our next Jampot Lass! Send a photo of her with a bike of the marque to [email protected] and we will be in touch!

Jess’s daily ride



internAtionAL JAmPot rALLy 2016 The 34th International Jampot Rally took place

during the Whitsun weekend in Berg en Dal (NL). The Netherlands were the host country for the fifth time. Club members and other volunteers went the extra mile to create another memorable event. There were no fewer than 300 participants, making sure that the ‘meet-and-greet’ was spectacular once again. Many AJS/M enthusiasts met old friends once again. Besides, there was a wide range of cultural transport heritage on offer to be enjoyed.

HistoryThe first International Jampot Rally was organised in Goulceby, England, in 1983. It is said that few foreign riders were attending at the time. Soon the NL followed suit: the first ‘real’ IJR took place in Chaam, 1984. Over the years many things have changed: the numerous enthusiastic visitors have aged considerably, as our hobby doesn’t seem to appeal much to younger generations. Ever fewer attendants come on their bikes with small tents on their luggage carriers. Nowadays there is more demand for comfort (bathrooms, toilets and a proper bed) and good food. Sufficient alcoholic beverages were never in short supply, it seems…..

Since the previous IJR in the NL (Denekamp 2006, with 430 visitors) there have been rallies in Germany (2x), Poland, Italy, Ireland, Switzerland, England, France and Denmark (with some 150 visitors). The NL

started their preparations well in advance, once they knew they were to be the host country for 2016. It is hard to imagine what efforts were made. A year prior to the rally a programme was drawn up as well as a website with all the relevant information. This implies that the selection of an appropriate venue with sufficient capacity, global arrangements for sleeping accommodation and catering, concept-tours, additional sanitary facilities, had already been arranged by this time. Therefore registration through the website is always more than welcome, so as to give the organisation a timely estimate of the number of visitors that can be expected. On this occasion this was a great success: the estimated number of visitors was practically the same as the actual attendance.

Welcome to the guestsIn recent years much work is usually done to make the guests feel welcome and comfortable. The IJR 2016 team has gone to great lengths to achieve this. Berg en

A Roman-style welcome and registrationand registration

Dutch organ; how quaint can you get?

Dal is situated in beautiful surroundings and campsite “De Groote Flierenberg”, developed around a historical farmhouse dating back to 1652, was an absolutely ideal venue. Nijmegen and its surroundings were a centre of activities in Roman times and the organisers made maximum use of this fact. The hosts and hostesses went so far as to wear period apparel.

On registration the participants were served a welcome drink, a 20-page special issue of the NL club magazine Satisfaction Guaranteed in full colour with all the information in Dutch as well as English and a small version of the flag of their own country. Although it was Friday 13th May, the sun was shining and a typically

NL organ was playing in the background. No indication whatsoever of impending Friday 13th disasters.

The registration process was done in a special tent. Facing it was a tent where coffee and tea were available for free during the entire event. Additionally there was a tent offering facilities to carry out any necessary repairs (never comes amiss). Somewhat behind it was a huge white-yellow tent rather looking like a circus tent. It offered seating for everyone as well as picnic tables.

At the official start of the rally on Friday night all participants were requested to attach the flag of their country of origin received while registering to those of their neighbours at either side. This resulted in long colourful streamers which were suspended from the tent’s roof construction by some skilful climbers. What a way to promote an international sense of togetherness!

After all, if you want to make your life one great party, you’d better to provide your own bunting. The organisers had taken care to observe subtle sensibilities: the Scottish received their own flag and not the Union Jack. As there were visitors from the NL, England, Scotland, Belgium, France, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Poland, Denmark, Sweden, Norway and even New Zeeland it was a motley spectacle indeed. It also became visible that at least half of the participants came from the UK, as is usual.

Wonderful Tours and Interesting ExperiencesThe surroundings of Berg en Dal offer a variegated landscape. The Saturday tour covered some 100 kilometres around Groesbeek, Mook and Cuijk, then a small stretch in Germany and through the Ooijpolder. The typical NL landscape of broad leisurely flowing rivers alternated with small, picturesque villages and wooded areas. A special parking area had been reserved at the Waalkade close to the centre of Nijmegen, giving those who wanted the possibility to have a pleasant walk in the city.


Frantic activity to hang the steamers

Formation for the Saturday tour

Midway through the Saturday tour, our bikes on the Waalkade at Nijmegen. Photos: Peter Weeink and Carla van der Poll


On Sunday we crossed the river Waal to follow that river for a while riding eastward. Subsequently we took a ferryboat across the Pannerden Canal to follow the scenic Posbank route to the Arnhem Openlucht Museum (Open Air Museum of NL Agricultural and Architectural History). After an extensive visit to this wonderful historical park (Dutch history in a nutshell) we made our way back to Berg en Dal via the elegant new bridge at Nijmegen (the Waalsprong). Along the way the colour pink was massively in evidence, as the opening stages of the Giro d’Italia had taken place there a week previously.

The Saturday afternoon offered the traditional Silly Games, a small-scale jumble sale for parts and the opportunity to buy a pair of Dutch wooden shoes; those who wanted could have the AJS-Matchless logo branded on to them. Club merchandising like T-shirts, badges and baseball hats were on offer too. The music of a brass band provided a fitting background.

When the riders returned from the Sunday tour, they were welcomed by bagpipe music, a clear illustration of the lengths the organisation had gone to so as to provide a memorable and colourful event. One more example: around eleven at night on both Saturday and Sunday evening a mobile café turned up to offer those who were a bit peckish an opportunity to have a small bedtime snack. This provision seemed somewhat superfluous, for the catering was of excellent standard anyway. The contracted catering firm provided a sumptuous breakfast from Friday to Monday morning. On Friday and Sunday there was a dinner buffet and on Saturday a three-course dinner. All this at 100 euros a person and that included the campsite charges!

On Friday night a DJ played music in the tent, while on Saturday and Sunday night the band Back2live played numerous classics from pop history for those inclined to listen and/or dance. Personally I belong to the category who prefer quiet conversation, which is usually made almost completely impossible by the noise level produced. This is a traditional conflict of interests which has led to many a discussion within the various clubs; unfortunately a mutually satisfactory solution has proved elusive so far.

Formal Closure and a Look into the FutureThe IJR is traditionally closed on Sunday night around 20.30. This is the pleasant moment when the awards are handed out and the next IJR is announced. This year there were prizes for winners in the Silly Games and for the visitors to the rally. The prize for the youngest participant to arrive on an AJS or Matchless motorcycle went to 24-year-old Hessel Boot from Noord Scharwoude (NL). The oldest camper was Edward Pennycook from Scotland, 87 years of age. The male rider covering the longest distance on AJS-Matchless: Lars Erikson from Sweden, who rode 1,586 kms to arrive at Berg en Dal. The female counterpart on AJS-Matchless: Antoinette Stapel from Schoorldam. The longest distance dual seat passenger: Irene Pennycook, who spent 420 km at the back. Finally the breakdown championship was awarded to 83-year-old Rob Trigg from England. A warm cheerio to each of them!

A final momentous proceeding followed: the banner used since 1989 to welcome visitors to an IJR is handed out to the organisers of next year’s rally. In this case it went to Poland. Chris and Anna Rotta will organise the 2017IJR in the Gdansk area. They did the same thing very enthusiastically and competently in 2008, to there is every reason to look forward to another memorable IJR. Well, and then? It seems more than likely that we will once again be welcomed in Portugal in 2018, an attractive prospect indeed! Cees Zwinkels / Peter van der Schee


Sunday tour, crossing the Pannerden Canal

The IJR-banner starting its journey to Poland, 2016. Harrie van Ewijk and his daughter Sandra hand the banner to Chris and Anna Rotta


Colin Seeley: The AMC years. Part two

Colin Seeley was thundering down the A2 London-Dover trunk road in Kent, the sound of his 500cc single bellowing in his ears. But this was no ordinary touring model. It was a road race outfit with a glorious overhead cam G50 Matchless as it’s motive power. What a sight that must have been.

“Jock West (AMC sales director and former GP rider) used to do the same thing with the AJS Porcupine, testing it on the A2 with trade plates! he would go back to Woolwich via the A20 doing a whole loop!” says Seeley with a big smile looking back to those carefree exciting days,

The AJS Porcupine 500cc twin won the first ever 500cc world championship, in 1949. And Seeley would be the first to win a British road race sidecar title on an AMC bike (1962). He would work the Matchless single for all it was worth.

“It was impossible to ride it any faster,” says the double British sidecar champion (1962-63) who won six Isle of Man TT Silver Replicas (1961-67) on AMC singles and BMW twins.

Seeley’s A2 shakedown was in preparation to move up the ladder in his chosen sport. His new G50/Canterbury combo looked the business. And he would make his mark to such a degree that the AMC factory at Plumstead would use his success to promote its bikes.

But before that first British title, dealer Seeley (see last month’s Jampot) had been trying other, less expensive forms of bike sport.

The desire to join the brotherhood of daredevil racing motorcyclists had been planted when schoolboy Seeley cycled to Brands Hatch in 1949 to witness grass track racing there. Then followed days out to the races on the

family’s Vincent sidecar outfit.

Seeley’s first taste of actually riding riding on a track would come in 1954. Aged 18 he borrowed a 500 BSA Star Twin to ride in a one-hour endurance trial at Brands, run by the Gravesend Eagles MC.

“I wore a leather flying jacket, flying boots and pudding basin helmet, and after after the event, it was like... I have arrived!” he says, smiling at the excitement and innocence of it all.

Exhilarated by the experience and gratified to receive his first award, a certificate, his mind was set. “I had to go racing,” he says. “I couldn’t afford to go road racing at the time so I

Last month we dealt with Colin Seeley’s years as a main agent dealer for AJS-Matchless. This month we look at his racing career and the close links he had with the factory, taking two British sidecar titles and moving on to become a Grand Prix winner. Interview by Brian Crichton Colin Seeley

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Great picture of a contemplative Colin Seeley with his passenger Wally Rawlings on their stylish fintail Canterbury Matchless racing outfit. It’s 1961 at Brands Hatch.



went off-road racing.”But first he had to

concentrate on his new bike dealership. After two years as a self-employed mechanic he opened a showroom in Belvedere, Kent, in 1956, aged 20, taking on several agencies including AJS-Matchless.

The following year (1957) he took a 500 Triumph Trophy in part-exchange and decided that this could be made into a scrambler. In May that year he made his off-road debut at Uckfield, East Sussex. Keen to get as much action as possible he also rode the Triumph on the grass, in hill climbs and at the Ramsgate sprint. There was no stopping him!

His eagerness to compete and learn were key elements in his growing success. And to his surprise and delight he found he had a natural talent.

“I never thought I would be any good. I just wanted to do it,” he says, reflecting on those days when he crammed 30 hours into every day.

The following year (1958) he was able to buy a works 500 AJS scrambler previously ridden by the great Gordon Jackson (recently profiled in Jampot). He was now a rider-agent, a term you rarely hear these days. In the years we are dealing with here it carried much currency. The dealer was riding the product he was selling and proving its worth in competition.

As you know the mighty AMC 500 single is a big handful off-road. And we can’t all be Dave Curtis. Jockey-sized Seeley, however, gamely used its thunder in scrambles at Brands, Pirbright, Streatley and other venues.

“It was beast,” he says with a wry smile remembering those days and a knee injury.

Taking on a Greeves agency in the same year saw him switch to the lighter two-stroke. By this time the sweat and toil he had put in was paying off. He was being placed. This included winning the Novice Trophy at the Lincolnshire

Grand National scramble (1958) plus £2 15s in prizemoney that day.

“I was keeping up with riders of the calibre of John Giles who was on works bikes. Awesome!” reflects the dealer/racer with satisfaction. “Giles and Ken Heanes were my heroes.”

With his shop running well, Seeley fitted in as many as he could in 1959 on his Greeves single. This was the year of record new bike and scooter sales in Britain (more than 330,000), and he was ready to make the next step and realise a dream. He was going to take up sidecar road racing.

For the 1960 season he bought an ex-Eric Oliver Norton outfit. Oliver was sidecar world champion in 1949, 1950, 1951, and 1953. So Seeley reasoned that the Norton Manx outfit would be just the ticket for his tarmac baptism of fire.

“It was a heap,” says the tyro road racer ruefully. He discovered this on his debut at Snetterton in April 1960.

No dealer likes buying a dud. But Seeley didn’t dwell on the fact. He had races to win. So he used his influence at Plumstead to buy a G50 Matchless which he and his passenger Wally Rawlings, a C.J. Seeley (Sales) Ltd employee, bolted to a Canterbury chair. The A2 test run proved it was fit for purpose.

But there was another pitfall waiting to snare him. As a newcomer he found that getting a race entry was all but impossible. This incensed him, and he went to the press about it. As a result Motor Cycle Weekly ran a sizeable article on the plight that many newcomers have come up against.

Meanwhile Seeley wasn’t going to hang around in the hope that race organisers might think again. Instead he and

“Within a short time I was up with riders like Pip Harris, Jackie Beeton, Chris Vincent and Bill Boddice. It was never a case of I’ll show them what I can do. I just wanted to have a go.”

The 1963 Isle of Man TT over Ballaugh Bridge and passenger Wally Rawlings airborne in an airborne Watsonian chair!

the obliging Rawlings unbolted the chair of the outfit and put it on the roof rack of the shop’s Ford Thames, and put the G50 in the back. They were off to Charterhall 400 miles away in Scotland. There the organisers were happy to give them a start on their little race track.

This tales gives insight to the Seeley character. He can’t stand what he sees as injustice. He’ll stand up and fight it. And he won’t give up.

This chain of events almost immediately established Seeley as a force to be reckoned with on the road race scene.

The little tiger found he had something of a flair for publicity. He was firm but never pushy. His Halfords training - smartness, politeness, professionalism - won respect. And his racing prowess would gain him even more admiration respect.

In 1961, following a disappointingly fallow year because of lack of entries, Seeley was soon giving the best sidecar riders of the day a race for the money.

“Within a short time I was up with riders like Pip Harris, Jackie Beeton, Chris Vincent and Bill Boddice,” says Colin. “It was never a case of I’ll show them what I can do. I just wanted to have a go.

“As I started to make progress the factory started to support me. I was giving them the best results at the Isle of Man TT.

“At the TT in 1961 and 1962 I was the most competitive racer on a single cylinder sidecar. I was right up there against Fritz Scheidegger and others on BMW twins.”

Indeed the wonderful lionheart purr the G50 with Seeley at throttle struck fear into the hearts of twin cylinder sidecar racers who weren’t on their mettle. Seeley and passenger Rawlings made the folk at Plumstead proud of their products.

Seeley would win the British sidecar titles in 1962 and 1963 using Matchless power. he was the only rider to win sidecar titles using AMC power.AMC capitalised on his success to promote their bikes. This included an image of the Seeley outfit in the 1962 Matchless range brochure.

This brochure had further significance in the Seeley household. The girl on the hand tinted cover is AMC secretary Joan. She and Colin would step up to the altar in July that year.

What a wonderful year it was for Seeley. A British

Seeley (right) the moto cross star on a 250 Greeves, jacket flying, at Canada Heights, Swanley, Kent, in 1959

The 1962 Matchless range brochure features Seeley/Rawlings on their G50 race outfit, and on the cover the young lady who would become Mrs Joan Seeley in July that year




title, marriage, a thriving business, and so much to look forward to.

That year (1962) in the TT Seeley and passenger Rawlings finished third at a race average of 82.8mph. Seeley remains the fastest single cylinder sidecar racer on the TT Mountain circuit.

He rode the Matchless three times on the Island (1961-2-3) showing a determined consistency with 6-3-6 placings against the might of mainly German GP aces on BMW flat twins.

“In 1963 I knew I was capable of an 85mph lap, but the engine just wouldn’t go well as it should have done,” says Seeley. “I was so disappointed.”

Much as he loved Matchless, AMC and the staff there, he knew he would have to join the BMW ranks to progress in the sport at Grand Prix level. And so 1963 was his final year with the faithful G50 Matchless that had elevated him to championship victory and numerous race wins.

The following year (1964) on a Rennsport BMW ohc flat twin supported by colourful Swiss sidecar ace Florian Camathias, Seeley realised his finest hour – winning the Dutch TT at Assen. He led from start to finish and set race and lap records.

That year he was second at the IoM TT to Max Deubel (BMW), the German sidecar stars receiving back-up from the BMW factory. Had Seeley enjoyed the same back-up he could well have been world champion.

In 1966 Seeley was second at the French GP, and in 1967 third at the IoM TT. He stood on the rostrum seven times at GP level, and twice finished third in the world sidecar champiosnship (1964 and 1966).

Reflecting on his Dutch TT win, Seeley says: “I was at the Dutch in 1980 when Jock Taylor won the sidecar race. I wouldn’t have dreamed that it would take 16 years before another British rider would win it.”

His sidecar racing years included using a Matchless G12 CSR 650 power unit for sidecar races over 500cc. AMC boss Donald Heather even ordered the race department to build him a 650cc version of the 500cc G45 Matchless racing twin. But this unlimited class engine never made it out of the race shop. The factory was under financial pressure, so non-essential projects were put to one side.

Seeley, though well in with the factory

and enjoying preferential treatment in obtaining bikes and parts, remained an independent rider. This allowed him to strike up a relationship with Norton tuner Paul Dunstall resulting in the use of a 650 Norton twin for some races.

The 1967 season was his final year as a three-wheel racer. By this time he had become a manufacturer. The next chapter of Seeley’s glittering career had already begun. And today, 50 years later, Seeley race bikes are still winning races!

Next month we look at Seeley’s start as a manufacturer using AMC engines. It was the dawn of an another amazing period of striving for and achieving success as his business life took on its third phase.

Seeley and Rawlings with their trophy haul from the 1962 season

Would you like to ask Colin Seeley about his racing exploits, his years as a dealer and as a manufacturer? You can do so in person on Thursday 25 August at the National Motorcycle Museum, Solihull, Birmingham, where 80-year-old Colin is giving a special talk to AMOC members followed by a question and answer session.

Thursday the 25th August 2016Colin Seeley at the National Motorcycle Museum

To follow up this series of articles On Thursday the 25th August 2016 A live talk by Colin from 3pm- 6pm.

Tickets are just £10.00 Limited to 100 Places. The price will also include entry to the museum from mid-day with the talk starting at

3pm, duration - two to three hours with a break for a small buffet (included in the price)

Payment by Cheque Payable: AJS & Matchless Owners Club LtdRoy Bellett, Rose Cottage, Frog lane, Kelvedon Hatch, Brentwood Essex, CM15 0JJ,

07860 824862, Email [email protected]


wet sumPinG tAP dAmAGe...

So the last article should have underlined the need for exceptional care should you fit an oil tap to the oil feed pipe on your motorcycle. To run the engine with no oil is not a good idea and can cost a great deal of time and money to fix. Alas, sometimes the damage is so extensive that the con-rods break and come through the crankcase, wrecking the engine.

Should you be unfortunate enough to ride off one day and forget to turn on the oil, you will probably get about 400 yards before you feel the engine binding up. If you are quick enough and de-clutch you might just have to replace a set of big-end shells and two pistons. If, like some, you feel the engine tighten up so you try to get it to pull better by opening up the throttle, (yes, people with no mechanical sympathy do just this, as you will see...) the oil still about in the crankcase and draining down from the camshafts might just save the timing-side big end. Alas the primary-side big end will starve of oil first, it will get very hot, then seize up solid, bending the con-rod and welding the shells to the crank journal. The piston skirts will have ‘picked up’ in their dry bores on the ‘thrust-faces’ and aluminium bits will have already gone through the scavenge oil pump, possibly damaging it.

The cure? Well. It’s a trip home by your recovery firm, and an engine out job and a full strip down to the bare essentials. If you are lucky the bores will clean up, but you will require new pistons. The con-rods will be useless so sourcing a pair for an AMC twin is now getting fraught. If you have a 650cc engine make sure you fit rods that have

been chamfered to miss the insides of the crankcase. You can do this to 500-600 rods as they are all the same. The major problem is the crankshaft. Luckily, but at some cost, it can be metal-sprayed back to standard by people like T&L of Bedford if it is not bent. If you are not mechanical then you will have to engage a professional engine rebuilder, and the normal hourly rate is about £50 currently.

Then its a re-assembly of the engine and possibly a good second-hand oil pump fitting if your was damaged AFTER you have fully washed out all oilways, pipes, tanks, etc of the bits of aluminium and white metal from the shells. Then you can run it in again, remembering to pull down the heads after 100 miles or so.

The photos tell the sad tale of an engine I had to sort out earlier this year for a friend. He had only just purchased the G12 CSR and took it out for a ride the next day, totally forgetting it had an anti-sumping tap fitted. He got just a few yards down the road and came to a full-stop. In his case the pistons and bores were OK, but the con-rods and crank were ruined. T&L recovered his crankshaft. On a G12 I purchased last year where its oil tap had been forgotten, the owner had been quick enough to stop, only the pistons were wrecked, the crank was OK.

Put a note on your headlamp to remind you of the tap...

by Neil Cairns



As I have been recovering from a rather nasty cancer and the subsequent horrendous therapy I’ve not been able to do much in the way of motorcycling over the past few months. So, when Charles asked me if I was going to the IJR in Holland it seemed an admirable opportunity to make up for the riding deficit. What could be better than a pleasant amble through the English and Dutch countryside in the company of friends?

The site and ferry were booked and I even bought a Dutch phrase book for travellers and a Michelin map of the Holland. As the departure date approached John, Bill and Charles suggested we met somewhere convenient so we could ride to Harwich together, The BP petrol station on the A14 near to the A142 junction was agreed together with a suitable time to allow steady progress to Harwich. On the morning of the appointed day, I packed the ‘bike, went home for lunch – this may sound odd, but my garage is in a farm building some 5½ miles from home – said ‘bye ‘bye to Gail and returned to the farm. Motorcycling gear on, go through starting procedure and kick – vainly, as the ‘bike wouldn’t start. I should point out at this juncture that the aforementioned cancer had denuded my body weight by 1½ stone with a subsequent loss of physical strength which makes kicking a big twin something of a trial. An adjunct to this is the impossibility of getting the machine on the centre stand.

Fortunately, a chap was working in an adjacent unit at the farm so he gave me a push and away I went! The ‘bike ran beautifully. As I approached the meeting place I realised with horror that I’d left behind in the garage my bum-bag containing passport, ferry details and the Monopoly money called Euros. Imparted the bad news to my colleagues, said I’ll meet you in Harwich, turned the ‘bike round at the next intersection and returned home for the documents. Set off again, and travelled this time via the M11 and the A120 as it might be marginally quicker.

On the Braintree bypass is where the gods decided that I should be punished for my forgetfulness – the punishment decreed was that I should be hit in the rear end whilst completely stationary by some woman in a car who was not paying attention!. I was flung into the road, all my camping gear was scattered, the ‘bike was on its side with the engine racing! I was surrounded by three people, one of them the woman driver, but no witnesses (amazing, isn’t it). Fortunately one of the three was a young chap who hefted the bike onto its centre stand whilst I repacked the gear. Names and

addresses were exchanged and my female assailant admitted liability. The ‘bike suffered a broken rear light lens, broken indicator, bent pannier frame, bent crash bar and offside footrest (John says there are probably other bits which are not immediately evident)

By a somewhat circuitous route I made it to Harwich and met up with my missing colleagues.

On board the ferry, assistance was required to get my ‘bike onto the centre stand.. then to the cabin and restaurant for something to eat. Next morning, did not start well! I could just hear a (to me) garbled announcement over the Tannoy but I’ve no idea what was being said – my friends know that I’m a deaf as a post and I didn’t have my hearing aids in at that hour of the morning. Had a quick shower and though I’d see what there was to eat. To my surprise, everyone was assembled to re-join their bikes so no breakfast for me. Apparently the Tannoy announcement was to say the “breakfast was now being served”!

Now this is where the fun really starts! The twin refused to start – due to the lack of “kick strength”, meanwhile all my colleagues, including the rump of the Fenrunners lead by Andy with a satnav gizmo, hared off the ferry leaving me in splendid isolation on the ferry car deck. The AJS eventually started, then I couldn’t get the b@*&*%$y off the centre stand. The car deck had some sort of resin floor finish which made the stand slide each time the ‘bike was pulled forward. I tried sitting astride and heaving it off that way but no joy. I was frantically trying to make contact with two deck hands and finally they came to assist – their efforts succeeded in sliding the ‘bike sideways whereupon the centre stand leg caught of the restraint floor cable and over went the machine, throwing me with it! Oil was spilled but no other damage done and I was able to ride off the ferry – the next question, which direction?

I was now adrift in Holland, a bit like the Ancient Mariner. I wandered around for some time before I was pulled over by two charming policemen – they wished to see my driving licence etc, It seemed that I’d crossed a few cycle lanes which is strictly verboten but at least they indicated which road I should look for. I was, they informed me in Delft and I should be heading for Arnhem. The taller of the two policemen kindly kick-started the AJS into life!. The Michelin map of Holland, whilst of an excellent standard doesn’t appear to give road numbers in sufficiently bold type to make tem easily readable – furthermore, I did find the road signage a little sparse compared with the UK.

However, I made it to Nijmegen and by now my blood sugar was probably in the negative zone since

by Rob Trigg, Fenrunners Section

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I’d not eaten so after fruitless wandering around the town I opted for a McDonalds. I parked the ‘bike at the rear – the paving was smooth concrete block and there was a slight downward slope. I put the side stand down, dismounted and the machine slide gently to one side and fell over, again discharging oil and me on the deck! I called fro help from four Dutch youths enjoying their quarter pounders and they lifted to bike back on its wheels (I find it impossible ‘tis too heavy!). I ordered a meal and asked the manager if he knew of a motorcycle rally in the vicinity – he did know of a Superbike rally but nothing to do with British ‘bikes. I expected to find prominent signs pointing the way to the Jampot.

Eventually, as I couldn’t remember/didn’t know even the name of the campsite (I had hoped to be whisked there by Andy and his magic gizmo!) I ‘phoned Gail and asked her to give the name/location. After much phonetic spelling, I had the name. The McDonalds man was then able to assist me and give reasonable directions and in due course, dear reader, I reached the site but even in Berg en Dal I could see no signage. In the nicest possible way, I castigated my colleagues for abandoning me to the Fates, Richard helped me erect my tent, Peter fetched water and tea provided by John and Bill.

Saturday morning didn’t look too promising as far as the weather was concerned but it cheered up nicely and the sun shone. Having a wash adjacent my tent became somewhat of a farce as, in my panic to leave the ferry, I’d left towel and soap in the cabin lavatory! Paper towels sufficed - Charles offered me some soap – memo to self “buy towel”, Good run on the Saturday and a splendid market up the hill in Nijmegen. Back to the site and perhaps I could have a wander around the autojumble to find a replacement rear light lens. At this point you should know that the cancer left me with a slightly misplaced left eye resulting in double-vision. This latter defect has been corrected by prismatic glasses, bought at great cost but they do allow me to drive, However – and there’s always a however – it makes the judgement of ground height very difficult and steps/stairs can be awkward whilst uneven ground can be a nightmare..

Guess what? I tripped over a box of bits in the autojumble, bashed my head on the ground and finished up bleeding from a graze on my forehead. I was instantly surrounded by three Angels of Mercy, Cecil and Sandra and I’m afraid the third I don’t know. My wound was dressed and all was well after giving the Angels absolute confirmation that was neither dizzy nor feeling faint. But I did get a lens for 5 euros which John kindly taped on the rear light body. I thought I’d had my ration of disasters but how wrong I was!

In the middle of the night I was desperate for a pee; I extricated myself from the sleeping bag, unzipped the tent entrance and started to crawl outside, leaning for support on a canvas camping stool. (getting to one’s feet from a recumbent posture at my age is less-than-easy – in fact it’s downright difficult) The stool fell sideways depositing me hard on my left shoulder from within which I felt a distinct “pop” and an instant lump

appearing just at the end of the collar bone/shoulder blade. There was no great pain but it appears that I have a small fracture next to the collar bone/shoulder blade joint. Having peed, I crawled back into the tent and went to sleep.

When the earlier Angels of mercy called to see me in full daylight I said what had happened and Cecile called the hospital when an appointment was made for later in the morning. Albert, Cecile’s husband drove Cecile, John Sole and me to a hospital in Nijmegen where I was x-rayed and given an arm sling. The Dutch doctor – a very pretty young lady who I would have gladly taken home and shown my mother! –was quite adamant that riding a ‘bike was out of the question.

The big question now exercising the feeble brain was “how do I get the ‘bike back to the UK?” Anyone local to the Fenrunners base was sought out for assistance. Eventually Colin Farrington said that if I was amenable, he would ride my ‘bike back to Norwich as his ‘bike had broken down and was being trailered back to Ipswich. He would trailer minet down to Bassingbourn Garage to be subjected to the tender mercies of John Sole who would provide an estimate for the repairs thereof to be presented to the perpetrator of my tumble. Through the good offices of Rose and Dave of Wey Valley, Hampshire Section, I was transported back to Harwich. Meanwhile I had contacted Gail and arranged for her to collect me from the port. Home at last!. Thus, the saga is ended and the nightmare vanquished.

As a epilogue to this epistle, readers might like to know that the left eye will be corrected surgically, probably starting in August 2016. The after effects of the post-cancer treatment are fading now but whether I’ll regain stability on my feet, I don’t know. As for the weight loss and diminution of body strength I’ve registered with the local gym/health centre but of course, that-s been put on hold due to the fractured shoulder joint. Addenbrookes Hospital are of the opinion that surgery on the shoulder is not necessary unless I’m in constant pain, which I’m not.

All things considered, I love my AJS twin and perhaps it’s been. playing up because it heard me say “electric start”.

Finally, a big “thank you” to Charles, Bill, John Sole (in particular!), Richard, Peter, Sandra, Cecile and Albert, Colin Farringdon and friends including Bill Redford, who telephoned me at home to check on my state of health. And for all of this I received a Award. I gather it was for “determination” or perhaps sheer incompetence!, Regrettably I had left the presentation early in order to pack the ‘bike for Colin’s journey so missed whatever eulogy was announced met, I quite sure with howls of derision!

EAST BERKS I thought that we didn’t have a single representative at the International this year. My Essex Section spies told me otherwise. Andy Rankin – you were spotted and well done for keeping our end up.

On 16th May club night Mick Vockins’s son Richard brought his Noriel bike he used in the Scottish Classic Pre 65 Two Days Trial. He gave a short talk on his experiences and this was well received. The day before some early risers went on a scenic breakfast run.

Unfortunately rain cut short Rex’s run on 25th May. On 28th May, Dave Gregory, Dennis Wray and I represented the section at the British Motorcycle Club’s (Oxford) annual Best of British Bike Day. The weather was glorious and this year AJS & Matchless were the featured marques. Out of the 180 motorcycles attending,

20 were AJS or Matchless. Two keen attendees had come all the way from the Netherlands.

At the end of May, Roger got two firsts and a second at the Snetterton Round of the Lansdowne Series. One first was by 29/100ths of a second! Well done Roger – keep taking the pills!

Looking forward to our Chiltern Hundreds Charity Run in 10th July and Rex’s next midweek run on the 20th.

Gary Jones

EAST LONDON & ESSEX were well represented at the IJR in Berg en Dall with no less than 10 members and partners attending. It should have been more but alas Dave “Bigwol” Walling was rescued by the AA before he got to the Channel Tunnel. Four of us, along with 3 from North Essex, met-up at Vic’s before embarking on the overnight crossing from

E. London & EssexMeet 2nd & 4th Thursat Stapleford Airfield, near Abridge, Essex

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BRISTOL Steve bravely entered the spirit of the 60’s on his spirit of the 30’s M16 and saw more of SW peninsula than the organisers intended. Most of the section were at the VMCC SW coast run on the same day which was over a much smaller mileage and had some old cars to mix it up a bit. Terry Edmonds got his Puch stuck in 1st, of 3 gears, so had to crawl home. Geoff Bowen found some steep lanes above Dursley for his Thursday run and led us to lunch on the Costa Sabrina at his second choice pub north of Saul. Steve and Tony rode in the Wells Club’s ‘Hare’ run which was about 140 miles in perfect weather. Patrick is a forceful rider on his 250 as the exhaust is blued nearly back to the silencer; Of course it could just be that his carburetion is weak.

Tony Colman

CHESHIRE AND NORTH WALES The section met on a sunny 1st of June evening at the Helsby Sports Centre. Most of the members turned out on a bike of the marque, the problem was that there were very few of us. Presumably many members were away on holiday? It’s hard to believe that we are already half way through the year. Later this month we will be displaying our bikes at the Kelsall Steam & Classic Vehicle fair. Don’t forget next month’s meeting is the “bring a bike other that the marque show”, If you want to bring a bike of the marque there will be a prize for them too. Have a good month, ride safe.

John Turner

BristolMeet 1st TuesThe Fox (PH),

Easter Compton

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Meet 1st Weds Helsby S&S Club

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The Bridge to Far East London

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Harwich to the Hook which left a fairly short ride of approximately 100 miles to the destination. Duncan Moss, from Hampshire, led us on a route avoiding much of the motorway system via a National Park. The journey was not without incidents, but we all arrived safely at the site. Meanwhile Roy, in company with Chairman Rob, Steve & Dave travelled via the Tunnel shuttle service; again all arriving safely. On Friday we rode to Arnhem, to view the real “Bridge to Far”: and enjoy lunch overlooking the river, before returning to Berg en Dall where the site was now officially open. . This area of the Netherlands is both scenic and full of recent history with many interesting locations. Congratulations to the Dutch Section for a very good rally with excellent food, especially for those who require a gluten free diet. Roy had the speedo drive lock-up on his way back to the Hook. With help from his “advisers” or: more importantly, direct help from a passing Dutch motorcyclist he was able to make it safely to the ferry.

While we were away the Squadron chose, without prior notice, to bar us from future meetings. We now meet at Stapleford Airfield where we have been made most welcome, even restocking the bar with beer more to our taste.

Alan Jennings

EAST MIDLAND First of all apologies for the absence of last month’s notes, don’t know what happened, they are still in the ether somewhere!

The International in Holland where nine of us attended was a resounding success, a few hiccups to make it interesting, Andy Smith suffered no less than 3 punctures on his outfit and I trailered Willy Tweed’s twin home after his primary chain did a demolition job on his chain cases.

John and Julie Grew’s “Posh” mystery weekend finished up in Marl bough Wilts a vibrant market town where we all enjoyed a 2 night stay, with them leading us on the by now stunning runs complete with the obligatory “OKIE” and chips stops. Well done that team.

On Sunday 5th June we had our annual premier road event “The Jampot trial” this year brilliantly organise by Don and Kath Sales who sent us on a 90 mile run through Leicestershire and Rutland lanes with a lunch stop at Whissendine. That turned out to be one of the highlights of the day as the landlord turned out to be a brilliant magician, entertaining us with sublime sleight of hand tricks. The eventual winner of the runs observation

quiz was Dave Read and his daughter- Well done all.

Matt Dillon

EAST YORKSHIRE The were again “in steam” this month. After visiting the Steam Museum in South Yorkshire on 2nd May, a fortnight later 10 riders went North to the Ryedale Miniature Railway to see an impressive collection of scale model steam locomotives and rolling stock. Perfect in every detail, rides are available on a purpose made track hidden away in the North Yorkshire countryside. As one of our members put it “we are just amateurs compared to these blokes”. A truly fascinating day out at this little known attraction. An overgrown schoolboy’s dream. Thanks to Brian Elsey for planning the day and Mal Baker for leading the run. Members were certainly kept busy in May as 16 members rode to the village of Melbourne where the bikes were parked up as John F. Taylor had arranged a trip on the Pocklington Canal. The vintage motor boat “New Horizons” provided a leisurely crtuise along this quiet waterway, another first for the Section. Bank Holiday Monday saw 11 riders en route to Sherburn Aero Club for our annual ride there. A doubtful weather forecast put some people off but the sun came out and the ice-cream van did a roaring trade. Two important runs coming up in June, our display at Sewerby Hall and the Steve Rea memorial run to Sutton Bank. On 3rd July Pete Freeman again takes us through Farndale to visit his favourite landlady at Church House, then on the 17th Breighton Airfield for their 1940’s weekend. John and Jean Cloughton will again entertain the Section to lunch on the 24th,meet at Fimber for a 10.30 start, names please to

John by 6th July, our meeting night.Bill Vivian

HAMPSHIRE – Seven attended the IJR with Duncan, Ray and Rob riding and Laurie, Barry, Dave and Rose vanning it. Ray, fancying making a trip of it, joined the Presidential procession at Folkestone not realising there was a price to pay in having to lead. Day one passed without a hitch but a heavy night following led to him being sacked on day two (a claim for unfair dismissal is shortly to be forthcoming). Strangely enough he was reinstated for the return trip which proved to be somewhat eventful and no doubt reported elsewhere in detail. The VMCC run to Hay-on-Wye proved to be similarly eventful with Ken having to head back to change bikes after depositing an oil slick at the outward coffee stop, Rose’s recently refurbished bike playing up and Laurie loosing everyone when leading on the return trip. A new set of mirrors have been added to his Christmas list! Ray Farmer

KENT With the arrival of warmer weather attendances at Kent Sections meeting have picked up with bike riders outnumbering car drivers for the first time this year at the early June meeting. Well done to Bert Spicer, Robin Mannering, Tony Cooper & Terry May for flying the Section’s banner at the IJR in Holland where they thoroughly enjoyed themselves. Bert returned to lead a run, joined by some of the local BSA club,


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back looking well and Alan showed us his missing digits (circular saw rash!)

Frank announced that he will be stepping down as treasurer at the next AGM. See Frank if you fancy the post.

6 members enjoyed the IJR in Holland. Steve won the eating contest and the t shirt for the most complicated breakdowns, but all arrived home safely.

Dave Ashcroft

OXFORD Oxford’s trip to Berg en Dal went very well and everyone seemed to have a fine time there. Not that it was difficult to enjoy the rally because the entertainment, food and general fun laid on by the Dutch hosts was great. On the way home there was plenty of time to visit what turned out to a really good beach at Hook of Holland. Sandy even managed a paddle in true British style.

For our club night before that a lady visited us from Trading Standards and who revealed the scams around that are catching people. Some of her stories were amazing. It was worth having a reminder about how to void being picked on and avoiding a scam.

An invitation to attend Best of British Bikes day at Cassington was accepted since our club bikes were featured this year. Our numbers were spread out over an enjoyable day.

Bill Beavis

SUSSEX Section June meeting saw a total of nine bikes of the marque turn out on a warm summer evening, along with a few modern bikes.

We meet at a popular pub which has good food, several customers came out to admire the bikes as we stood around chatting in the car park. One gentleman turned out to be Father Tony Brown – who in 1962 donned his leathers and rode with bikers in London on his 350 AJS. He was featured in Pathe News (you can find the clip on YouTube). Several members had a nice chat with him and have invited him to a future meeting.

We welcomed a new member Owen who has a 1955 GLS that he purchased recently, which is now running – he has been offered assistance if required.

An update on the Westward Ho! Reliability trial, a total of £896 was raised for the Henry Surtees foundation.

Dick S, reported on the weekend at St Omer, 18 people attended (not all club members) and had a great time, even if his recollections of the evenings were hazy after a few drinks!

The skittles evening was enjoyed and another is being tentatively planned for later in September

Colin Pennifold

to the Victorian pumping station at Brede just outside Hastings. If you are interested in all things mechanical this is a great place to visit. The return trip was punctuated with a pit stop at the Airport Café in Headcorn. Finally a “get well soon” message to our Chairman, Mick Turner, who has just had a hip replacement. If I know Mick it won’t keep him idle for too long. www.ajsmatchlesskent.co.ukChris Spicer

NEWBURY AND DISTRICT It is with much sadness I report the passing of John Croker suddenly on the 19th of April. His funeral was on the 18th of May in the New Forest attended by Spider and John Hillier. John had been a member of the AMOC for many years and was successful in winning second prize in the AMOC raffle of a 125cc AJS some years back. He still loved his 350 model 16 Ajay and was sad to sell both bikes on a couple of years ago when he could no longer ride due to an eye defect. Club-night on the 17th May saw an unusual motorcycle in the car-park and created quite a stir not just by us but many of the pub’s customers. Alan Skinner from Bratton near Westbury, Wilts arrived with a trailer and his 1931 500cc AJS and model D sidecar complete with a Brooklands Can silencer. He gave rides and demonstrations around the car park to much delight amongst us and a few locals.

On 28th of May there was a motorcycle meet at Cassington where the theme was a celebration of AJS & Matchless motorcycles getting pride of place. There was a good gathering of Plumstead products with a good many Sections present.

1st Sunday Run in June produced seven out on a run into Hampshire recreating this year’s run of the Westward Ho!

Malcolm Arnold

NORTH WEST The Section run to the Lakes was led by Peter Anderson. 8 members, all riding bikes of the marque, set off on tiny lanes through lovely villages with lots of hairpin bends and steep hills to keep us on our toes! Thanks go to Peter for planning a great route and to Jane for the lovely tea and cakes before we headed for home.

The June meeting was a pleasant evening with 22 bikes. Nice to see Brian

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Father Tony Brown at the Sussex Section


We would like to include all shows in which the AJS & Matchless Owners Club is represented,Please keep us all update throughout the year.

Compiled by: John Lewis, 116A Beech Road, Horsham, West Sussex, RH12 4TX,Tel: 01403 261976, Email: [email protected] Please send your event details by 14th of the month.

July

21 Poachers – Ride into Shortferry. 18:0023 Heart of England – Run to Leighton Buzzard Brewing Co. Super

Sausage cafe 10:3023 Hampshire – Kempton Park Autojumble.23 Newbury – Kempton Park Autojumble. Anyone going? TW16 5AQ23 Surrey – Kempton Park Autojumble 10:0024 Surrey – Summer Classic Bike Show and Bike Jumble. Ardingly

10:0024 Sussex – South of England Show and Bike Jumble. RH17 6TL24 Hampshire – Old Fossils Classic Run. Waterlooville MC (Entry

Form) TBC24 Kent – Sunday Run; Polhill 10:3027 East Suffolk – Evening run, Middleton Bell27 Sussex – 4th Wednesday in month event. Club ride to dinner.27 Poachers – Mid week run; Hagworthinghanm. 10:3028 Bristol – Run, Meet at Lay-by on A38, south, near Bedminster

Down. 10:3028 Heart of England – Evening run to The Greyhound Aldbury. The

Flying Fox 19:3030 Bristol – Section stand at Calne Bike day. Contact John Allen30 Newbury – Calne Bike Day. TBC30/31 Heart of England – Mallory Park Bonanza. Meet on site.

August

4/7 Sussex - VMCC International West Kent Rally. The Friers, Aylesford, Kent. ME20 7BX

4/8 Surrey – VMCC International, Friers Aylesford, West Kent.5 Poachers – Ride in to the W/Spa Fish and Chip shop. From 17:006 Heart of England – Hinton Flyers Summer BBQ. Hinton in the

Hedges Airfield, From 16:00 Meet on Site..7 Poachers – Bill’s run, starting from Nocton Heath cafe. 10:307 Newbury – Sunday run. TBC Herts - Sunday Runs most weekends.

For details contact Rob 01279-792329 Yorkshire – Informal runs every Saturday.

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17 July Charity Classic Car and Bike Show. Warlingham Rugby Club, Limpsfield Road.CR6 9RB Contact Steve Wakeman 0773964407 [email protected]

2/3 Oxford – ACU National Rally. Who is riding2/3 Hampshire – National Road Rally.3 Bristol – Sunday Run, meet Hambrook Common. 10:303 Surrey – Brooklands Motor Cycle Show. Eighty Years of Motor

Cycling.3 Newbury – Sunday Run - Lansdowne Classic Racing. Castle

Combe. tbc4 East Berks – Bike Night, Burnham Cricket Club. 19:006 Poachers – Midweek Run, Hagworthingham. 10:306 Kent – Old and Bold; Polhill 10:307 Heart of England – Midweek Run to Harrington Museum. Jacks

Hill Cafe 10:309 Heart of England – Ton Up Day; Jacks Hill Cafe.10:309/10 Newbury – Woodcote Rally. Woodcote Village. RG8 0PG9/10 Sussex – Wiston Steam Rally. Wiston Park, West Sussex.10 East Suffolk – Breakfast run to Stradishall cafe.. Meet Claydon

Greyhound 09:0010 Surrey – Barmaids Fancy; Hampshire. The West Meon Hut10 Hampshire – The Barmaids Fancy Intersection Meet. West

Meon Hut.10 East Berks – Chiltern Hundreds Charity Run. Entry forms On East

Berks web page; or contact Dave Younger; see sections page.10 Sussex – Hampshire Intersection Meet and Barmaids Fancy,

The Hut, West Meon.10 Poachers – Bob’s Run; Hagworthingham. 10:3012 Newbury – West Hagbourne Bike Night; West Hagbourne. 20;0012 Oxford – Hagbourne Bike night. Arrangements TBA14 Heart of England – Evening Run to VMCC; Car Park

Concourse, Shefford. Little Chef, Marston Moretaine. 19:3014 Bristol – Run, meet Mill Lane Car Park, Keynsham 10:3016/17 Scottish – Camping Trip to Skye17 Oxford – Club Run; Combe Mill. 17 Oxford – Founders Day at Stanford Hall. Arrangements TBA17 Newbury – Classic scrambles, Theale. TBC17 Heart of England – VMCC Founders Day at Stanford Hall.

Jacks Hill Cafe.. 19 Bristol – Evening Run, meet Aust Warth. 19:3020 East Suffolk – Evening run Manningtree Station Buffet. Meet

A137/A12 Lay-By 19:3020 Newbury – Mid week run; The Bowlers Arms RG14 6TW. TBC20 East Berks – Rex’s midweek run; leave Shire Horse ; 10:00

AJS & Matchless Owners Club Rallies

Jampot2016 12/15 August Scotland. Stirling County Rugby ClubAlternative2016. 30 Sep- 2nd Oct County DurhamInternational 2017. 2/5 June PolandJampot2017 25th-27th August Stow on the Wold Rugby ClubAlternative2017. TBA

Forward Planning - Shows

We would like to include all shows in which the AJS & Matchless Owners Club is represented,either by particular section or as a nationally organized event. Please keep me up to date with relevant details throughout the year.



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2-5 JUNE 2017 – XXXIII IJRThis Rally will have very simple rules.150 participants can be booked.Only booking makes a participant. Hotel Jan III Sobieski offers 63 beds + additional 15 beds, so 78 we can reserve.

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registration. £4500 OVNO. [email protected] or 01692408918 for detailed information. Would swap for a good short stroke.

1953 AJS Model 16 MS. Matching numbers. Great runner. Modern wheels/carb/reg etc. £3,250 o.v.n.o. Phone Oliver on 01202 737377 or email [email protected] (Poole).

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250 CSR parts: Amal Monobloc 389/82 complete with float chamber extension; short plastic bellmouth; new slide. £20. 100 mph Smiths speedometer not used since overhaul by A Gagg & Sons (invoice supplied) £100 Petrol tap, brass lever type 1/8” x 1/4”. Unused £15. All items plus p&p. Contact Patrick at [email protected]

More 250 CSR parts: 042045 Plug, scavenge, oil pump £4. 041341 Fork, selector, mainshaft £3. 042130 Shaft, kickstart £10. 041291 Gear, first, layshaft £4. 041300 Ratchet, kickstart £4, All above items show some wear but are considered serviceable. All items plus p&p. Contact Patrick at [email protected]

I have a right hand side tool box (Kidney shaped) for a mid 1950s heavyweight to sell. I Bought both boxes but only needed the left side one! Made in India but I am quite pleased with the quality, has not been fitted to a bike so it has no bolt holes. £35.00 including postage. Phone Mr. Knight on 01752 822992 or fax on 01752 823235 or 07957412913 (mobile) or email on [email protected] (CORNWALL)

improvement to cosmetics. £3200. 01424 893404 or [email protected]

1964 Matchless G80 CS Street Scrambler. In Red with 17500 miles. Excellent show condition, taxed until March 2017, MOT until 19th April 2017. £8,500. Phone Andy on 07528735686 or email on [email protected] (KENT)

1953 Matchless G3 LS. In Black with 15000 miles. Good honest original bike, few dents and scratches, not restored. Comes with a pair of Rodark panniers and mounting frames and an original handlebar fairing. Old log book and some history. Further info or photos please email me. £3,500 o.n.o. Phone KEN on 01450 374693 or 07986 636292 (mobile) or email on [email protected] (ROXBURGHSHIRE)

Selling my restored 1959 G9 as used at the 2015 Jampot. In excellent cosmetic and mechanical condition; comes with a full set of Craven luggage and handlebar fairing. All matching numbers and original

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1963 G80CS. Rare export model in excellent condition. Unusually original right down to the original paint and chrome Dunlop rims. Full lighting equipment and centre stand. Dry stored 21 years then 3000 miles in last 17 years so 10,000 miles recorded believed genuine. £9200. 01424 893404 or [email protected]

1948 Matchless G3LC in need of a total rebuild. Bike stripped down approx. 70% complete comes with club dating certificate. Will accept a reasonable offer. Tel. Jon 01296 670420 (Bucks)

1939 AJS Silver Streak 250cc one previous owner. Kept in the dry storage for years . Realistic offers please . Mick 01302 854606 [email protected]

1957 AJS Model 18S 500cc project. Matching numbers with certificate of authenticity. Rebuilt engine and gearbox, new tyres. Needs completion of wiring and

The AJS&MOC Ltd does not make any representation as to the accuracy or suitability of any of the information contained in third party advertisementsnor does it accept any responsibility or liability for the conduct or content of those advertisements and the offerings made by any third parties.

information. www.gddesign.co.uk or phone 0790 4244567 or 01858 575480.

REPRODUCTION GB TAX DISCSAdd the finishing touch to your bike! 1921-1987 available. Correct design and colour for the year indistinguishable from original. Two identical discs for only £8 inc post or £12 with stamp changed to individual reg. office. I send on approval with invoice - changes done FOC. Website www.poplargreg.com email [email protected] phone 07710 267336 *for a period up to mid June 2015 I was being supplied with a water-based ink that proved to fade rapidly. If you have experienced a problem, please contact me and invoke your free replacement guarantee. I will then send you a set of three that won’t disappear.*

VINTAGE AND CLASSIC MOTORCYCLE PLATES pressed metal, self adhesive, and perspex number plates from Classic Motorcycle Plates. Reproduction graphics under taken upon request. Contact 07854 195 114 or 01933 390 143 website www.classicmotorcycleplates.co.uk

CLASSIC MOTORCYCLE REPAIRS. Years of AJS and Matchless experience, Twins and Singles also gearbox repairs undertaken. Servicing or rebuilds also undertaken. Electrical repairs carried out. Local collection and delivery for repaired bikes. Contact Ian (West Sussex and Hampshire) Mob 07584024800


for bikes. Callers by appointment only. Any queries please ring. Neil Fulcher, Frieston Lane Farmhouse, Frieston, Grantham, Lincs NG32 3HF answerphone 01400 272853 mobile 07873 249188 email [email protected]

KEN DE-GROOME - Mechanical Renovation Specialist. Specialising in AJS Matchless Heavyweight singles and Norton twins. Contact Ken at ‘The Bungalow’, Fen Road, Newton, Wisbech, Cambs PE13 5HX, Callers strictly by appointment tel 01945 870060, mobile 07800 809345, email [email protected]

ANTISUMPING TAP fitted with ignition cut-out switch for AMC singles and twins. I can supply taps for all makes where there is room to accommodate them. Further details from A.W. Dove, 41 Princefield Avenue Penkridge Stafford ST19 5HG phone 01785 598616 email [email protected]

IS YOUR TIN CHAINCASE LEAKING? I have the cure, a heat and oil resistant neoprene seal. Please send cheque for £12 UK or £15 worldwide made out to D.W.Buckingham - price includes P&P. D.W.Buckingham, 152 Blue Boar Lane, Sprowston, Norwich, NR7 8RY. You can phone on 01603 429674.

GLENN DAVID Paintwork restoration services. Classic paintwork, lining and petrol tank repairs/restoration. For more

co.uk Wanted. Burman CP Gearbox and 5

plate clutch. Ray email [email protected] Mob 00353 86 3143115

Wanted luggage carrier suitable for 1956 Matchless heavyweight. Henry on mob 07907 975395

Has anyone got a dynamo drive gear for a 1959 G12 Matchless that they would like to sell? Also wanted a pair of 1959 G12 650 twin Con Rods in good condition? If so please contact Chris at [email protected] or call on 01234 825 409; mob 07545 434 923

Wanted for a Model 31 650 twin, Oil Tank, condition not to important as long as there are no leaks. Tony, 07758819493

Dynamo for 1952 AJS single Lucas E3L or E3AR in good working order needed to help new Sussex section member Peter [email protected] phone 01444

871650 or mob 07801 334736Wanted battery carrier for lightweight,

please email me at [email protected]

I am looking for an exhaust camshaft for a 1954 h/w single. Part number 012694. I believe it fits both the 350 and 500. It has numbers 2 and 3 on the pinion, and has the shaft for the magneto drive sprocket. I am willing to buy the pair if necessary. Jeff. Please contact me at [email protected]

Please can anyone help me find a good outer cover for the primary chaincase of my 1958 heavy weight alternator single. [email protected] or 01495 303728.

Wanted, set of siamese exhaust pipes for 1958 twin, standard type not CS. Contact Stuart. 07985 297650 [email protected]

Services & Trade

WIRING HARNESS MADE TO ORDER.I make wiring looms for a wide range of classic bikes. British and overseas. All made to order to suit your bike. Pattern QD headlamp plugs. Wipac sockets and many electrical parts in stock. Tel: Colin 01603 736999 or 07717 173575 or www.catmando-services.co.uk

BALL AND ROLLER BEARINGS AND CLASSIC OIL. Obsolete bearings supplied or re-conditioned. We specialise in the difficult and the impossible including the competition 500 single timing side roller bearing. Vintage & Classic Oil by mail for your motorcycle, car, tractor, boat & workshop machinery. The Vintage Group 01283 509562 [email protected] vintage motorcycles for sale www.vinandvet.com

WORKSHOP 14 - We offer sympathetic repairs to your classic motorcycle. Frame repairs, welding, brazing, cycle parts, engine & gearbox rebuilds, electrical repairs, blasting & paint service. For good old fashioned service call John Bolton 07802 740672 or Mick Clarke 07910 179784

KICKSTART CLASSIC MOTORCYCLES. Specialist in AJS and Matchless motorcycles. Services, repairs, rebuilds. Singles and Twins, gearboxes, wheels, cycleparts. Collection and delivery service


Frame for 1958 G9 CSR. Long subframe with integral bottom rails. Dating certificate and 2 gallon alloy tank. £600. New old stock early type swing arm £60, NOS alloy pivot block £40 tel Pete 01594 833368 (Gloucs)

Wanted

Bottom yoke for heavyweight single to take 1 1/4’’ dia forks, please. The stem must be at least 10’’ in length (measured from the underside of the yoke) David 07719326658 [email protected]

Can anyone help with a 500 cush drive sprocket for an early 50s single. I need the type with 21 teeth for the drive and that has the later, larger drive for the dynamo chain but would make do with the earlier type if thats all I can get. Thanks Clive 07738 1719172 clivo2007@hotmail.

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Breakdown with options to include European cover and Homestart

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*All cover is subject to insurers terms and conditions, which is available upon request. **Premium example based on: 1950 Matchless G80. Value £10000. Main policy only and does not include any FJ+ cover options. All premiums assume it is not the main vehicle and includes Insurance Premium Tax. Male rider aged over 25 years old, 2000 annual limited mileage, and full clean driving licence with no claims or convictions. Member of associated club. Postcode OX10, vehicle garaged with no modifi cations. Includes a £10 arrangement fee.Footman James is a trading name of Towergate Underwriting Group Limited. Registered in England No. 4043759. Registered Address: Towergate House, Eclipse Park, Sittingbourne Road, Maidstone, Kent ME14 3EN. Authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. Telephone calls may be recorded. FP ADCB204.11.14

0333 207 6072or visit footmanjames.co.uk

• Young enthusiasts from aged 18• Bikes covered from 10 years old• Unlimited mileage available for older riders

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Here we go lads and lasses your chance to win this beautiful fully restored

1959 Matchless G12. Imagine no more leaky smelly dirty bikes, no more blue smoke. Just get on and go. All you need to do is chance a fiver or even more if you wish. So don't put the tickets behind the clock or stuff them in your wallet and NO NO NO don't put them in the bin this could be the best investment you make this year. Don't want it! Already have one! Don't like twins! So What? Win it, ride it or sell it, for a fiver it just makes sense.



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Tailor your classic bike insurance policy to suit your needs.

Policies from

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****

Salvage retention

Ride to work

Track day cover

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and many more

Agreed value

Shows and events

Helmets & leathers (up to a limit of £750)

European motoring (up to 35 days per trip)

Riding other classics

Breakdown with options to include European cover and Homestart

Specialist rates for club members

Classic benefi ts included*:

Cover options*:

*All cover is subject to insurers terms and conditions, which is available upon request. **Premium example based on: 1950 Matchless G80. Value £10000. Main policy only and does not include any FJ+ cover options. All premiums assume it is not the main vehicle and includes Insurance Premium Tax. Male rider aged over 25 years old, 2000 annual limited mileage, and full clean driving licence with no claims or convictions. Member of associated club. Postcode OX10, vehicle garaged with no modifi cations. Includes a £10 arrangement fee.Footman James is a trading name of Towergate Underwriting Group Limited. Registered in England No. 4043759. Registered Address: Towergate House, Eclipse Park, Sittingbourne Road, Maidstone, Kent ME14 3EN. Authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. Telephone calls may be recorded. FP ADCB204.11.14

0333 207 6072or visit footmanjames.co.uk

• Young enthusiasts from aged 18• Bikes covered from 10 years old• Unlimited mileage available for older riders

Wider eligibility cover now available for members of the AJS & Matchless Owners Club:

Classic insurance redefi ned.

SectionsBRISTOL The Fox, Easter Compton. 1st Tues. John Allen, 28 Grace Close, Chipping Sodbury, Bristol BS37 6NS. 01454319559 [email protected]

BORDER BayHorseInn, West Woodburn, 1stWeds, Ian Ives, 11 St John’s Terrace, Dipton, DH9 9DT, 01207 571909 [email protected]

CHESHIRE &Nth WALES Helsby Community Sports Club, Helsby, 1st Weds at 8pm. John Turner; Ph:01516 775647

CHILTERN CarriersArms, Watlington, S.Oxon, OX49 5AD. 19:45 1st Monday. Eamonn Townsend, 45 Greenwood Meadow, Chinnor, Oxon, OX9 4JH, 01844351480

DORSET & WESSEX Section Suspended.

EAST BERKSHIRE Burnham Cricket Club, Taplow Common Road, Burnham. 1st & 3rd Mondays.Contact David Younger, Durnore, Blakes Lane, Hare Hatch, Twyford, Berks, RG109TA, 01189403081 [email protected]

EAST LONDON & ESSEX Stapleford Airfield, near Abridge, Essex. 2nd & 4th Thursdays, 8pm. Roy Bellett, Rose Cottage.Frog Lane, Kelvedon Hatch, Brentwood, Essex, CM15 0JJ. Ph:07860824862. Evenings: Dennis Fox Ph:0208 5547608. www.jampot.com/eastlondon

EAST MIDLANDS The Odd House, Snarestone, DE12 7DQ Fortnightly Weds. John Renwick, 32 The Belfry, Stretton, Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, DE130XS, Ph: 01283541880, [email protected]

EAST SUFFOLK Waldringfield Golf Club, Waldrinfield, Woodbridge, IP136JG. 2nd Wednesday. Maurice Pinner, 23 Rosecroft Road, Ipswich IP1 6AP Tel: 01473 740586 [email protected] www.ajsmatchlesseastsuffolk.co.uk

EAST YORKSHIRE The Bell Hotel, Market Place, Driffield, 1st Weds @ 8pm. Mr Nick Campbell, Hawthorn Cottage, Ugglebarnby, Whitby, YO225HX. Tel01947 [email protected]

EXETER Informal Section at present. Alan Smith Ph:01392 430485 [email protected]

FENRUNNERS Girton Social Club, Girton, 2nd Mon. Kate Pascoe, Alconbury Tel.01480 896120 [email protected]

HAMPSHIRE The West Meon (Hut). 1st & 3rd Thurs. Ray Farmer, 16 Victory Avenue, Horndean, Hants., PO89PH. Ph:023 92593116 [email protected]

HEART OF ENGLAND The Lamb, 16-20 High Street, Stoke Goldington, Buckinghamshire, MK16 8NR. 2nd & 4th Thurs Steve Rogers. tel:01525 853355 [email protected] www.heartofengland.weebly.com

HERTFORDSHIRE The Goat, Hertford Heath, 1st Thursday. Rob Harknett, 1 Parkfields, Roydon, Harlow,Essex, Tel:01279792329.

ISLE Of MAN TBA

JURASSICS Fox & Hounds PH,Cattistock (Nr Maiden Newton, Dorset) Ph:01300 320444. Last Weds.Chris Lucking 0130 5773524 [email protected]

KENT The Castle Hotel, High Street, Eynsford, Dartford, Kent, DA40 AB1st & 3rd Mondays, 8pm.John Bugg Mews Cottage, The Street, Shorne, Gravesend, Kent DA12 3EA 01474 823547 [email protected]

NEWBURY & DISTRICT The Bowlers Arms, Wash Common, Newbury. 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month. Contact Malcolm Arnold, Meadow View Cottage, Beenham Village, Berks RG7 5NX. 0118 9712828. [email protected]

NORTHUMBERLAND 3rd Weds, The Three Tuns, Heddon on the Wall, NE14 0BQ. Dave Astley [email protected]

NORFOLK Colin Farrington, 21 Chapel Lane Coltishall NR12 7DR Tel:0160 3736999 [email protected]

NORTH DEVON Contact: Doug Almond, 50 Pixie Dell, Braunton, N.Devon, EX33 1DP Tel:0127 1816941 [email protected]

NORTH ESSEX The Alma, School Road, Copford Green, Copford, Colchester, CO61BZ. 1st Wednesday.Contact John Walsh, [email protected]

NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE Quarterly by arrangement, Ian Massey, 8 High Street, Woodlane, Stoke-on-Trent, ST7 8PB. Ph:01782721740

NORTH WEST The Bowling Green, Charnock Richardson A49. 1st Wed., after8pm. Jim Kenyon, 1A Hall Drive, Middleton, Manchester. Tel:0161 6434957 [email protected]

NORTHERN IRELAND Alfie Blair, 46 Clagan Road, Claudy, Co Londonderry, BT47 4DB Ph:02877781264 or 07730981346 [email protected]

NOTTS & DERBY The Gate Inn, Awsworth. 4th Thurs. Ken Odlin, 1 Byron Crescent, Awsworth, Notts. Tel: 0115 9322366 [email protected]

OXFORD The Burditch Hall, Castle Road, Wootton nr Woodstock OX20 1EQ. 2nd Tuesday. Contact Bill Beavis Ph:01869248322 oxford-jampot.co.uk

POACHERS (LINCS) The Red Lion, Spilsby. 2nd & 4th Tues. John Hattersley, Watery Lane, Goulceby, Louth, LN11 9UR. Ph:01507343562 [email protected]

PRE-WAR & WD NotActive

QUANTOCKS NotActive

SCOTLAND The Hawes Inn, South Queensferry, Edinburgh. 2nd Mon. Rod Towers, 92 Main Street, Kirkliston, West Lothian. EH29 9AD. Ph:01313332844 [email protected]

SOUTH KENT The Chequers P.H., Stone Street, Kent. Nr Pethamon B2068. 3rd Monday from 19:30. John Michael, 01227 793212. [email protected]

SURREY The Greyhound, Weston green ,Thames Ditton. 1st & 3rd Wed, 20:00. Luky Trenchard, 0795 2488629, [email protected]

SUSSEX The Thatched Inn, Ockley Lane, Keymer, West Sussex. 2nd Weds. John Stainer, 07711 325939, [email protected]

WARWICKSHIRE The Tiltyard, Leyes Lane, Kenilworth, 2nd Monday. Alan Jening 01327 879070, [email protected]

WEST MIDLANDS Old Halesonians Rugby Club, Wassell Grove, Wollescote 1st & 3rd Tuesday. Colin Tolley, 0129 9271220, [email protected]

WEST LONDON JohnBradford, 4 Bury Avenue, Hayes, Middx., UB4 8LF. Tel:0208 841 5745.

WEY VALLEY Four Horseshoes PH, Long Sutton, Nr Odiham, Hants. 1st & 3rd Tues of the month. David Chatley, 140 Ship Lane, Farnborough, Hants., GU148BJ, 01252 543599 [email protected]

WORCESTER Contact: Roger Jenner, Grove Cottage, Walterstone, Herefordshire, HR2 0DT. Ph:01873 890467, [email protected]

YORKSHIRE Gilder some Conservative Club, Street Lane, Gildersome, Morley, Leeds, LS27 7HX. 2ndTuesday.David Pegden, 21 Hill Top Lane, West Ardsley, Wakefield, WF3 1HT, 01132538601 [email protected]

OverseasARGENTINA MM Fissore, Ruperto Godoy 3839, 3000 Santa Fe, Argentina.

AUSTRALIA David Baker. Ph:61 3 9786 4063 [email protected] (ajsmatchless-australia.com.au)

BELGIUM Andrew Welvaartstraat 94 B 2590 Berlaar Belgium Tel :003234401127

CANADA Mike Partridge, 33988 Denfield Road, RR2, Lucan, Ontario, N0M2J0, Canada. Ph:(519)227-4923 Fax:(519)227-4720 [email protected]

CYPRUS C Constantinou, Alasias 21, Limassol, Cyprus.

DENMARK P Hansen, Flintevej 22, Fensmark, 4684 Holmegaard, Denmark. [email protected]

FRANCE Alan Smith (Saltbox Alf) 4 Rue de la Piquetard, 11350, Paziols+33 (0) 468 58 77 75 Email: [email protected]

GERMANY Otto Werle, Tulpenweg 13, 74229 Oedheim. Ph: +49 (0)713620525 [email protected]

HOLLAND Harrievan Ewijk. Dries 636561 VR Groesbeek, Netherlands. +31 (0)24-3787934

ITALY Sandro Capra, Corsodi Porta Nuova No 15, 20121 Milano. Ph. 00 39 2 659 2112. Fax 00 39 2 539 2369.

ITALY Registro Storico Itlaliano. Sergio Gavoni, Via F. De Lemene 6, Milano. Ph. 02 38008073, Mob: 335-5621702. [email protected] (www.ajsmatchlessclubitalia.it)

MALTA Albert Pisani, 54 High View, Triq-il-Vittmi tal Gwerra, Birkirkara, BKR4272 Malta. Ph:+356 9947 7196, Fx:+356 31 492 454 [email protected]

NEW ZEALAND (S) Gordon Alexander, Whites Road, Ohoka, RD2, Kaiapoi. Ph(00643) 312 6458 [email protected] (N) Marty Hewlett, 51 Killen Rd., R D 2, Katikati. Ph/Fax 00647 5490931 [email protected]

NORTH AMERICA John Diederich 118 Pointe Harbour Lane, Mooresville, NC 28117-3511 Ph:(704) 663-2555 [email protected]

NORWAY JT Jensen, Fjellstua, N-1796 Kornsjo, Norway.

SOUTH AFRICA Gary Reabow, PO Box 1414, 3650 Hillcrest, Kwa Zulu Natal. South Africa. Ph. +27 31 7655463, Fax +27 31 7655119 [email protected]

SWEDEN Lennart Andersson, Backvägen 5, S-18641, Vallentuna, Sweden. Ph.(46) 8 511 77751, fax 8 511 76608. [email protected]

SWITZERLAND Hans W. Reist, Keltenweg 21, CH 4132 Muttenz BL; Ph. (41) 61 311 7283, [email protected]; www.jampot.ch

• Buy or sell a bike of the marque or other classice motorcycle through the clubs dedicated sales outlet with the profit from sales made available to invest in the future of development

of new parts for the AJS & Matchless marques •

1. FWH 985 1953 AJS M16 PETE PYKETT SPECIAL £5950

3. CSV 725 1946 AJS M16 £3650

5. 905 UXH 1954 AJS M18S £2995

6. SSJ 942 1962 MATCHLESS G15/45 £10750

7. ARA 328G 1968 BSA BANTAM D14/4 £1500

8. AEC 870 1951 DOUGLAS MK V 350cc £3525

9. YXX 120 1960 AJS M31 £3750

10. 124 EKT 1959 AJS M20 £3750

ALSO AVAILABLE:

21. TTB 862 1954 ARIEL VH RED HUNTER 500cc £3500

22. HSV 850 1954 BSA M21 600cc £4000

• Stock constantly changing, visit website for up to date details:WWW.KETTERING-CLASSICS.COM •

UNIT 3 ROBINSON WAY, TELFORD INDUSTRIAL ESTATE KETTERING, NN16 8PTSEE OPENING TIMES ON PAGE 2 Telephone: +44 (0) 1536 511532 Fax: +44 (0) 1536 511607

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