ianrichards Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 Today I became the very proud owner of a 1943 Matchless G3L. The bike is in orginal colours and equipment and not demobbed after the war, At some time in its career it "joined" the Provost Company of the 48th Division and remained in the service and acquired a Royal Military Police ER II transfer to the tank. On the side of the tank is a painted over panel that reads "Military Motorcycle Museum" (interesting !!!) As soon as I get the paperwork I should be able to find out when it was demobbed. The C# is C4842901. Will keep the forum posted. Regards Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snapper Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 Welcome aboard Ian! We are always pleased to have motorcycle owners in the gang. Post some snaps of your new machine up as soon as you like. cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 Rate things are going they'll be about the only things running. Welcome, I'm sure there is an odd corner in the bike shed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick W Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 Welcome aboard. You seem to have a lot of info already on your bike, more than most of us could hope to have! (I would like to point out that my Morris is running it just lacks any body, cab etc...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6 X 6 Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 It's always a thrill to find something that hasn't been mucked about with and your Matchless sounds quite a find. Sadly, I'm old enough to remember Pride and Clark Ltd in London selling as new, still in their wooden crates, WW11 motorcycles for about £15 in the early 1960's. It would be nice to see some pictures of your Matchless posted on the forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abn deuce Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 Welcome , there are a several other members who are looking for information on Military motorcycles as well as their use with sidecar's by the way. So the more owners the better . Just make sure to use the approved two or three wheel vehicle parking area's lest it be used as a tire chock by Very Large Vehicle crowd !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianrichards Posted June 14, 2008 Author Share Posted June 14, 2008 (edited) Here are some pictures. Any feedback/comments/observations would be greatly appreciated. THanks Ian Edited June 14, 2008 by ianrichards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6 X 6 Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 (edited) Thanks for posting pix. A very nice looking bike but I'm amazed this is a 1943 vintage machine, I'd been expecting girder forks. Edited June 14, 2008 by 6 X 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianrichards Posted June 15, 2008 Author Share Posted June 15, 2008 Matchless developed the Teledraulic forks in 1941 and that is what made this bike the forces favourite. Can't wait to get on it myself. TTFN Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
25 pounder Posted June 15, 2008 Share Posted June 15, 2008 nice looking bike , a friend owns a Norton 500 , would like to get one myself , but still so much work to do on my trucks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianrichards Posted June 16, 2008 Author Share Posted June 16, 2008 Yep, I consider myself very lucky to have found it (he/she) and only 20 miles from where I live. I really wanted something in original condition rather than a rebuild and was willing to travel the whole of the UK to find one :-). Will post more pictures later. nice looking bike , a friend owns a Norton 500 , would like to get one myself , but still so much work to do on my trucks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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