Matchless
G80S
| Year | 1957 |
| Mileage | 2307 km |
| Frame no. | A38690 |
| Engine no. | 52GSL19042 |
| Price | Sold |
Associated Motor Cycles announced its post-war range of AJS and Matchless heavyweight singles in June 1945. Housed in a rigid frame with Teledraulic front fork, the ruggedly built overhead-valve engine drove via a four-speed gearbox. Hairpin valve springs were adopted for 1949 and a swinging-arm frame introduced (the latter initially for export only), models so-equipped being suffixed 'S'. Cleverly, AMC had devised this frame by the simple expedient of producing a new suspension-carrying rear sub-frame that bolted on in place of the old rigid back end. Thus it proved a relatively simple matter for owners of older rigid models to update them.
This G80S was restored a couple of years ago. The original engine has been replaced with a 350cc variant. The machine is in good condition.
