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Production Racer – 1956 Matchless G45

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1-29-17 Update: 2 years later, this G45 is back up for sale. Bidding is up to $10,000 with the reserve not yet met here on eBay. 1-14-15 Update: Though it did not sell for a BIN of $55,000 last time, this G45 is back up for sale with a BIN of $58,000 or best offer here on eBay. Post-Listing Update: …

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Built in ’88 – 1963 Seeley MK II G50

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Post Listing Update: After 3 bids on eBay, this Seeley got up to $16,600 but that wasn’t enough to meet reserve. After AMC went out of business in ’63, Colin Seeley bought all the tooling and spares. He then took the famed Golden Eagle and built custom frames to create Seeley G50 specials.

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1967 Matchless G85CS

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11-7-15 Update: Alright, this is the last time I’ll feature this bike. Now it’s down to a BIN of $18,000 (bidding is up to $8,200 with the reserve not yet met) here on eBay. 6-30 Update: Reader Russ A notes that this bike is still available, for another discount – now it’s $20,000 here on Craigslist. Reader Bob K notes …

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1962 Matchless G50

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Also known as the Golden Eagle (note the color of the magnesium engine cases), the Matchless G50 was a racer that evolved from the AJS 7R (the Boy Racer). Here’s one of the 180 G50s that were built.

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CSR? 1965 Matchless G80 Rhodesian Police

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When it comes to the Matchless brand, the CSR acronym is typically associated with the G12. But the seller of this G80 claims to have 1 of 20 G80 GSRs built as a special order for the Rhodesian High Commission for their police force. I can’t find any independent verification of this and the reader who submitted this to me …

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Rebirth – 1988 Harris Matchless G80

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Regular readers of this site should be familiar with the Matchless G80, the classic British single which was built between 1946 and 1966. What you may not be familiar with is the Harris G80, a ‘new Matchless G80’ developed by Les Harris after he decided to stop making Bonnevilles under license.

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1965 Matchless G12 CSR

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With the acronym CSR (which stood for Competition/Sprung/Roadster), the G12 CSR was a high performance bike thanks to upgraded cams and higher compression. Here’s an example that’s apparently been ‘fully restored to original factory specifications’.

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Ending Soon – 1961 Matchless G80TCS Typhoon

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After years of success with the G80, Matchless offered a “Competition Suspension” variant called the G80CS to answer demands for more power, aimed towards US riders who were looking for a desert racer. But for three years (’59-’61), Matchless released an even better version – the Matchless G80TCS Typhoon. Just 125 were built, and most were exported to the US.