Bidders must satisfy themselves as to the description and condition of each lot prior to bidding. All lots are sold “as is/where is” with all defects and faults.227 229228 2302271928 BSA 250cc Model B28Registration no. KW 2278Frame no. 36461 Engine no. B36177A top-selling model for BSA in the 1920s, the versatile Model B, or ‘RoundTank’, was used by just about every tradesman whose job required cheappersonal transport. Advanced features, for a lightweight, included allchaindrive and pumped lubrication, though the traditional sight feed andauxiliary hand pump were retained. A three-speed version - identifiable byits black tank - was added for 1926 and then the following year a wedgeshapedtank replaced the much-loved original. This Model B carries a taxdisc dated May 1962, which is almost certainly when it was last on theroad. Apparently substantially original, the machine features acetylenelighting and comes complete with tool kit and tyre pump. We are advisedthat it benefits from overhauled forks, relined brakes and clutch, and newwheel bearings. However, the condition of the engine and gearbox isnot known and thus the machine is sold strictly as viewed. There are nodocuments with this Lot.£2,500 - 3,500€3,500 - 4,9002281929 Levis 247cc ‘6 Port’Registration no. BF 5880Frame no. 20593 Engine no. 24817This Vintage-era Levis two-stroke is an example of the sporting ‘6 Port’model, which was produced alongside the cheaper, four-port Model Zand advertised as ‘the 60mph 250cc two-stroke’. A ‘barn find’ in 2002,‘BF 5880’ subsequently underwent a complete ‘last nut and bolt’ rebuild,which was completed by the previous owner in 2009. It was displayedat the annual ‘Levis Cup’ event in 2011 but not ridden because of theowner’s ill health. The current owner (a relative) acquired the Levis in 2014and has ridden it on several occasions, though only over short distances,and describes it as in generally very good condition, starting and runningwell. The two-stroke enthusiast’s ideal ‘Banbury’ mount, this beautiful littleLevis is offered with sundry restoration invoices, dating certificate, an oldstylelogbook and old/current V5/V5C registration documents.£2,500 - 3,500€3,500 - 4,9002291938 AJS 245cc Model 22Registration no. FVW 746Frame no. 8202 Engine no. 38/22/5204AFollowing the 1931 takeover of AJS by rivals Matchless, production wasrelocated from Wolverhampton to the latter’s Woolwich factory and AJS’sidentity as a separate marque steadily eroded from then onwards as themachines became more like their Matchless counterparts. The Model22 was one of two new AJS overhead-valve machines introduced for1935 (the other being the 348cc Model 26) both of which featured avertical cylinder, twin-port cylinder head and forward-mounted magneto.Enclosure of the valve gear had arrived by 1936 and a single-port ‘head -standard on the competition version - became available later. Productioncontinued until 1940. This Model 22 benefits from recent partialrestoration, the mudguards, oil tank and mudguards, etc being repaintedin January 2015 and the engine and gearbox examined. Described as ingenerally excellent condition, the machine is offered with V5C registrationdocument.£2,200 - 3,200€3,100 - 4,5002301954 Matchless 497cc G80SRegistration no. 135 UXRFrame no. A10237 Engine no. 54/18S 25639Associated Motor Cycles announced its post-war range of Matchlessand AJS heavyweight 350cc and 500cc singles in June 1945. Housedin a rigid frame with Teledraulic front fork, the ruggedly built overheadvalveengine drove via a four-speed gearbox; hairpin valve springs wereadopted for 1949 and a swinging-arm frame introduced, the latter initiallyfor export only, models so-equipped being suffixed ‘S’. Cleverly, AMChad devised this frame by the simple expedient of producing a newsuspension-carrying rear sub-frame that bolted on in place of the old rigidback end. Thus it proved a relatively simple matter for owners of olderrigid models to update them. This motorcycle is a 1954 Matchless thathas been fitted with an AJS Model 18 engine dating from the same year.Restored between 2010 and 2014 and presented in commensuratelygood condition, the machine is offered with restoration invoices, datingletter and a V5C registration document.£3,500 - 4,000€4,900 - 5,60030 | the spring stafford sale
2311939 Matchless 245cc Model G2 Clubman DeluxeRegistration no. NSK 918Frame no. 3229Engine no. 39/G2M 4160Unlike the vast majority of Britain’s motorcycle manufacturers, whichwere located in the Midlands, Matchless was based in Plumstead,South London. Early ‘Matchboxes’ were JAP powered but in 1912the firm introduced a 500cc single of its own design. Nevertheless,within a short time it had gone, along with all the other singles, andfor the next several years Matchless built only v-twins. Singles werereintroduced in the mid-1920s. As the fashion for ‘sloper’ modelsbegan to wane towards the mid-1930s, Matchless introduced the firstof a new range of models with vertical cylinders - the G3 ‘Clubman’ –in 1935. An overhead-valve ‘350’, the G3 was joined for 1936 by thebroadly similar 497cc G80 Clubman and tuned G90 Super Clubman,and the 245cc G2 and G2M, all of which continued in production invarious guises until 1940. First registered in Scotland and acquiredby the current vendor in July 2008, this G2 Clubman Deluxe is saidto be ‘very pleasant to ride with a good turn of speed up to 65mph’.It benefits from a new rear tyre and a reconditioned voltage controller,and is described as in generally good original condition, thoughcharging is intermittent. The machine is currently taxed and comeswith a V5C document.£4,500 - 5,500€6,300 - 7,700232 N1929 AJS 349cc Model M6Frame no. M 105329Engine no. M6 105329After victory in the 1920 Junior TT, AJS’s new overhead-valve 350racer scored a memorable double the following year, Tom Sheardwinning the Junior race and Howard Davies the Senior, the first timesuch a feat had been achieved on a 350. The production versionmade its debut in November 1922. A right-first-time design destined toachieve countless successes in the hands of privateers, the overheadvalve350 AJS - latterly known as the ‘Big Port’ - changed only indetail before being superseded by a much-revised M6 model for 1929.The latter’s engine incorporated a number of improvements includingenclosed rocker gear and dry-sump lubrication, while the frame wasredesigned to accommodate a saddle tank, and Webb forks replacedthe earlier Druids. This twin-port M6 has been registered in the Isle ofMan since May 2005 and in 2007 took part in the TT Centenary Reenactment,being flagged off by IoM resident Sir Norman Wisdom (seesigned photograph on file. The machine has benefited from extensiverenovation over the years, as evidenced by numerous invoices on file,and is described by the private vendor as in ‘A1’ condition. Additionalaccompanying paperwork consists of an IoM registration certificate,expired MoT (2003) and old V5/V5C documents, though the machinewas exported in recent years. It should be noted that the IoMregistration is being retained by the vendor.£6,000 - 8,000€8,400 - 11,000Bidders must satisfy themselves as to the description and condition of each lotprior to bidding. All lots are sold “as is/where is” with all defects and faults.motorcycles | 31
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