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British Bikes / Re: Dispatch rider in WWII
« on: January 09, 2011, 01:57:48 AM »
Quote from: Justin_Faithfull on January 09, 2011, 01:45:15 AM
Nobody has mentioned that the very unique toolbox just in front of the saddle springs, which is oval in section, & is the same on both bikes.

Useful comment, just another plank in a raft of the same.

Quote from: Justin_Faithfull on January 09, 2011, 01:45:15 AM
I think the bike is definitely a Matchless (or AJS equivalent).

Nope, in 1929 AJS and Matchless were 2 quite different companies.
This was built as a Matchless.
Someone who knows these things says the forks were altered for 1930, so 1930 its not.

If it was made into something different after the AMC takeover, then that is something else again....

Wish we could see the other side...

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British Bikes / Re: Dispatch rider in WWII
« on: January 08, 2011, 11:49:22 PM »
It has been discussed somewhere else that the rider could be George Rowley - AJS Factory rider  ?

If so, then this just may be a factory test bike (on test on the Continent ).
But only after the amalgamation with AMC.

The background is an interesting pattern of stuff - its also been suggested the "ohv" bit is an illusion of the background. Or a doctored photo, factory even, of an ohv...

Unless we can see the other side, its hard to know for certain.

P.S. Unless 2 photos are taken from EXACTLY the same viewpoint / angle of the bike, overlaying them will produce size differences.

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British Bikes / Re: Dispatch rider in WWII
« on: January 08, 2011, 10:51:36 PM »
Quote from: wetdog on January 08, 2011, 08:10:25 PM
this bike is NOT a Matchless

This is a very strange statement.
Compare all the bits.

Same forks.
Same 3 bar frame (which CANNOT be a co-incidence).
Same wheels.
Same brakes.
Matchless paint scheme on the tank. (but no visible logo ).
Same bolt pattern/location on the visible engine bits.
Rear cylinder and nuts just visible under the riders coat.
Magdyno in correct location for a v-twin 990cc.
Twin fishtails just visible through the back wheel - top one quite high, as v-twin.






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British Bikes / Re: Dispatch rider in WWII
« on: January 08, 2011, 06:35:39 PM »
Err, precisely, the magdyno IS the magneto.
The only way it can be behind the riders leg is if the engine is a v-twin.
You can also see the twin fishtails through the rear wheel - the lower one is pretty faint.

Folks who have looked at that "ohv" pic have concluded that what is visible is the sidevalve cylinderhead, and something in the background that makes it look like ohv.

Exactly the same bike as the 1929 pic you found, plus electrics.
Plus that continental looking pillion seat arrangement.

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British Bikes / Re: Dispatch rider in WWII
« on: January 08, 2011, 04:04:16 AM »
Quote from: yebbut on January 07, 2011, 03:15:40 PM

 that Matchless is not a mislabelled 990 sv but a series D ohv single; sloper engine as was the fashion then, certainly wouldnt average 60mph either

Have another look at it.
Its a v-twin, you can (just) see the base of the rear cylinder, magneto is behind the riders leg where you'd expect it on a v-twin. So a stock standard 990cc 1929 Model X with electrics, exhaust pipe at the front is where you'd expect it on a sidevalve.

http://www.cybermotorcycle.com/gallery/matchless/Matchless_1930_ohv_14-802.htm

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British Bikes / Re: Dispatch rider in WWII
« on: January 07, 2011, 01:08:17 AM »
Quote from: r80gs on January 03, 2011, 11:08:25 PM
<snip>
Is there not a matchless scrambler 750; this link may not but it but I did find a reference to it. http://www.cybermotorcycle.com/gallery/matchless/Matchless_1930_ohv_14-802.htm
<snip>
At 60miles an hour you could cover 480 miles in 8 hours which is about (if not less than) what the journey would have been at the time. Given he told me he left at 5am I find it quite plausible that he'd make it back to 'London the same night'.


That Matchless you quote is neither 750cc, ohv, or a scrambler.
Its a mis-labelled 990cc sidevalve.
A big, expensive, tourer to boot....

I'd agree, averaging 60 mph back then, when most bikes could barely do 60 mph, and where on most roads 60 mph was impossible, is bordering on nonsense. Maybe a lot more hours were involved ?

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British Bikes / Re: rear guard?
« on: January 06, 2011, 11:32:37 PM »
Some models of mid-late 1930s BSA had a valance like that ?
The M20 in particular.

Only someone who owned one could confirm if that structure in behind the chain guard was the same though ?

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British Bikes / Re: 30s Royal Enfield Toolbox
« on: December 31, 2010, 12:40:03 AM »
I thought I had such a toolbox for measuring, but I see from pics that the hinge is quite different. Might explain why it fits in the space, but the mounting tabs are not quite in the right places...

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