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Beauty
« on: 04.02. 2022 09:25 »
1936 AJS V4
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A Distinguished Gentleman Riding his 1955 Plunger Golden Flash

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Re: Beauty
« Reply #1 on: 04.02. 2022 14:45 »
An adventurous manufacturer GB, innovative and always managed to make things look good.
That's a remarkable replica, that one, and well documented.
The racing 500cc water-cooled blown beast of 1939 (I think) was something else too, not to mention the later Porcupine etc.
A truly great marque, I think, which punched above its weight. I think of them, from those years, in the same breath as Velocette really.
But I am unaccountably biased - for no better reason than long exposure to my own scruffy post-war 'AMC' models.
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Re: Beauty
« Reply #2 on: 04.02. 2022 15:46 »
It's a replica!?
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Re: Beauty
« Reply #3 on: 04.02. 2022 16:13 »
Methinks GB - if it's the beauty Dan Smith built 15-odd years ago. But don't take it as gospel, I'm not at all well up on that sort of thing!
But see https://www.mecum.com/lots/LV0119-348696/1936-ajs-v-4/
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https://www.motorcycleclassics.com/classic-british-motorcycles/1935-ajs-v4-replica/
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Re: Beauty
« Reply #4 on: 27.02. 2022 10:23 »
In not dissimilar vein, and also not unlike the Alan M goodness but on vintage turf, this link and You Tube clip appearing on the AJS/Matchie forum  is another example of a man with passion at work:
https://forum.jampot.com/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=28699
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