Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/09/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Sep 25, 2014, at 7:57 AM, Douglas Barry wrote: > Ahh, Matchless! I had an old AJS 350 single which was basically the same > bike with a different badge. Got it running properly and sold it after a > week. Pity I didn't keep it. > > Anyway, I was flicking through the How To Spend It supplement that comes > with the Financial Times and, in addition to a great puff piece for the > Leica T(oy) ending the fulsome "but a snapshot of the extraordinary care > and talent that have gone into this amazing product", I saw an ad for > Matchless clothing featuring a breathlessly pouting, leather clad, and > artfully tousled Kate Moss posing in the dust beside a pristine Matchless, > and a matching artfully tousled toy boy. Sadly, the coolness quotient > shrinks to the minimum when one notices a sidecar is attached to the > Matchless.... > > However, I see a new model Matchless motorcycle is being launched in > November, but fear it will just another ill handling American tractor > designed for straight lines. I always lusted after one of those big singles. Way too "big" for my taste; and love for crooked roads; <http://www.motorcyclenews.com/mcn/news/newsresults/new-bikes/2014/september/matchless-is-back/> 500cc, 650cc and 750cc always seemed way big enough Regards, George Lottermoser http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist