Saturday, February 17, 2024

Matchless G80


That's a beauty.


 

10 comments:

  1. Hallo, looks like a G80 CS from 1966

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  2. Externally, at least, the major components look just like my '54 CS. I'm sure you're right in thinking this bike is c. 10 years younger; but what is it exactly that suggests a more recent model? Can't quite put my oily finger on the differences.

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  3. Rats - Oil puddle under it is 10 years smaller?

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  4. Alte CS sind langhub Motore bis 1954 danach kurzhub .

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  5. In 1967 I bought a brand new 1966 G80CS. See the pictures and short article on page 13 of the latest Westcoast BMOC newsltter.
    http://www.bmoc.ca/Good%20Vibrations/GV%20Feb%202024.pdf

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  6. Is there an visible difference between long stroke and short?

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  7. Mr. G: I think the same model is shown in Roy Bacon's book, a G80 CS from 1966, with oil tank on the left, battery on the left and aluminum primary cover for the alternator.Full aluminum cylinder is short stroke

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  8. Possibly of interest: improved replicas of these engines are manufactured in Holland
    by ABSAF. Ditto for BSA B34 Gold Stars.

    https://www.absaf.nl/index.php?page=3&product=10

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