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1966 Matchless G80 CS, 497cc. Registration number not registered. Frame number C11283. Engine number G80CS/5309.
Sold with the dating certificate from The AJS/Matchless owners club.
The 500cc Matchless G80CS was a competition motorcycle aimed squarely at the US market where the model was arguably the one to beat in off-road events such as hare ‘n hounds, scrambles, desert races and enduros in the fifties and early sixties. It could never be described as a lightweight, as it was always rumoured that Matchless kept adding 3lbs of metal to the frame where it had broken in competition – until it stopped breaking. The result was the almost bullet-proof, highly reliable, late model G80CS which, in its final incarnation, weighed in at some 380lbs.
C11283 was dispatched on the 4th July 1966 to Berliner Motors of the USA, it is unknown when it was imported but prior to 2005.
This, matching numbers, late example was rebuilt by our vendor some 20 years ago. Genuine steel petrol tank, Norton oil pump motor, large front brake and large air filter. Since then it has been dry stored as part of his trials collection. The last competition bikes were bought by Tom Archer of Archer Bros as AMC folded, and he assembled them, mainly for trials, scrambles and road racing. It has been turned over regularly and will require light recommissioning before road use.
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