http://www.vintagebike.co.uk/pictures/1962-matchless-g2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=1962-matchless-g2 Thu, 23 Mar 2023 18:54:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.vintagebike.co.uk/pictures/1962-matchless-g2/#comment-7885 Sat, 31 Aug 2013 20:35:56 +0000 http://www.vintagebike.co.uk/1962-matchless-g2/#comment-7885 my first ever motorcycle, cost £250 in 1966, both loved and hated it, the primary chain drove me mad as it constantly gave up (usually at the most importune moment) so much so that i carried spare links etc all the time, on the up side , I could strip and rebuild the old girls engine in two hours flat with no special tools and she was indestructable despite having even hit a wall at 30mph in the snow covered roads of Scotland. My next purchase was a jap ( yamaha 125 twin) very efficient and a great machine but lacked the “character” of the Matchless !

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