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The Matchless G12 was one of the last motorcycles designed under the Matchless name. It was also produced as the AJS Model 31 by the same company. [2] Designed by Phil Walker, AMC knew that it had to be a 650 cc (39.7 cu in) but wanted to use as many parts from the Model 11 as possible.
The Norton P11 is a 745 cc (45.5 cu in) air-cooled OHV parallel twin motorcycle that was made by Norton-Villiers from 1967 to 1969. Designed as an extremely light high power-to-weight ratio desert racer, P11 was revised in 1968 to the P11A and marketed as the Norton Ranger, a road legal version of the P11 with a more comfortable seat to make it suitable for normal road use.
AJS had manufactured car bodies for Clyno, but in 1929 Clyno went under. [3] AJS returned to car making in 1929 with the Nine powered by a 1018 cc side-valve Coventry-Climax engine producing 24 bhp (18 kW) and driving through a three-speed gearbox. The cars were quite expensive at £210 for the two-seater and £320 for the fabric bodied saloon.
There was an export bike primarily for use as a desert racer, sold up until 1969 as the Norton P11, [23] AJS Model 33, Matchless G15 and Norton N15 which used the Norton Atlas engine in a modified Matchless G85CS scrambler frame with AMC wheels and Teledraulic front forks. This bike was reputed to vibrate less than the Featherbed frame model.
The AJS Model 31 was also produced as the Matchless G12 by the same company. [2] Designed by Phil Walker, AMC knew that it had to be a 650cc but wanted to use as many cycle parts as possible from the preceding 600cc Matchless G11, which had been badge-engineered as the AJS Model 30. The cylinders could not be bored out further, so the stroke ...
Its pushrod 500 cc OHV vertical twin-cylinder engine was based on the roadster Model G9, and was housed in a modified AJS 7R chassis. Derek Farrant won the 1952 Manx Grand Prix at 88.65 mph, and AMC put the G45 into limited production. In 1953 there was a Clubman range of Matchless/AJS 350 cc and 500 cc singles.
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