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by **zygy3** » Sun Oct 28, 2012 1:33 pm

Matchless G3L S 1954 350CC
This is my Lovely Classic Motor Bike...

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by **Tman** » Sun Oct 28, 2012 5:03 pm

Sorry, nice bike or not, I never click on links from one-time posters... :1204

by **Stuart SS** » Sun Oct 28, 2012 11:11 pm

zygy3 ; its not personal but as Tman suggests ~ we have been having issues with 'newbies' posting spam ~

We would throughly enjoy some shots of your Matchless ~ How about some "photo shop" or similar snaps to begin. And some history ~

Give us some details of your pony ~ I saw a 500/650 Matchless only yesterday ~ a tad rough but still a classic ~

I always was led to believe the Matchless has a "licorice" bottom end (??)

by **zygy3** » Mon Oct 29, 2012 2:06 am

by **Stuart SS** » Mon Oct 29, 2012 2:21 am

Mate

That is VERY Sweet ! You have to be VERY pleased with that beast ~

Thanks for sharing ~

But again having expressed myself regarding singles.. I followed a fellow club member home on his Velocette home yesterday and that sure did sound sweet~ under "stress" ~ :158

by **Tman** » Mon Oct 29, 2012 3:43 pm

Velocette schmelocette Stu.

Here's the latest project in the Tman workshop-

http://s54.photobucket.com/albums/g81/T ... 0_0581.jpg

Nice Matchie too. The tank looks like it should be on a twin.

by **Stuart SS** » Mon Oct 29, 2012 11:26 pm

Tman ~ looks intriguing stuff.

Ms M reckons I should sell both my bikes and get another project ~ I just went bug eyed and said NOOOOoooo!! :158

When I was an apprentice and earning a humble $22 a week ~ a nieghbour farmer revealled he had a 350 Velocette complete and the only thing wrong with it was the forks seals were U.S. ~ $25 ~ Instead of explaining my plight and offering to pay it off ~ he sold it to a cousin and he then srtripped it down and made a Go-Cart out of it ~ !!!

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by **Tman** » Tue Oct 30, 2012 8:51 am

Yep, I guess we've all got those tales to tell.

Anyway mate, I find that as I get older so do my bikes; there's something about plinking along on a rigid-girder on a country lane on a nice day which is almost spiritual. Old Dig seemed to understand that too, but without a bike (or bikes) to work on it'd be pills or the bottle for sure.
That's why I have no time for the " Jap classic" cobblers. Good reliable bikes no doubt, but where's the involvement? Where's the lurrve? :220