English armada once ruled the race tracks. Luckily they still look good and sound even better.

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Norton Manx short-stroke and long stroke, Raleigh 350 Super Sports Model No.6 (1924), Matchless G50 (1958), AJS 500 (1956), Triton 500, Rex Acme Impy "A" 500 (1927) ... or who prefers it this way: Birmingham, Nottingham, Plumstead, Wolverhampton, Coventry ... they once ruled the race tracks.
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[@goran2003]

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[@grahamstubbs4962]

That Matchless is just downright beautiful. Looks like something MV Agusta or Gilera would have made.

[@brianperry]

I remember being at Brands Hatch in the early sixties. The bikes lined up, riders ready to bump start.... all was quiet until the flag dropped ... Then the ever increasing roar of open mega exhausts would fill the air as the bikes thundered by....That sound soon to be surpassed by the raucous howl of Honda four and six...Great days, great memories..

[@paulsquires9117]

Great video, superb bikes, and superb sounds.👍👍

[@goran2003]

Thank you Paul!

[@michelpognante3934]

Ah c'est bonne vieille anglaise qui consommer autant d'huile que d'essence !!!

[@goran2003]

Oui ... c'est une combinaison nutritive pour ces machines à voyager dans le temps :-)

[@russbetts1467]

Damn. They make me feel old, but I do LOVE the sound of an Open Mega Exhaust Note.... and not a Pudding Basin helmet anywhere to be seen.

[@goran2003]

You asked for it ... kzbin.info/www/bejne/sJrbqHamprqDpMk kzbin.info/www/bejne/fHOrl3-DfsujsMU Enjoy!

[@jfu5222]

Imaged in my mind if you say motorcycle I see, Manx Norton A little haiku on how I feel about these beautiful old things.

[@goran2003]

Manx instrumental ... kzbin.info/www/bejne/sJrbqHamprqDpMk Enjoy!

[@michaelgibson4705]

I think most of us at the time thought the 7R and G50 the better looking bike,but the Manx had the edge on performance.in the hands of Derek Minter at Brands it was hard to beat.I do remember theFrancis Beart Norton’s in their green livery looked great.i recall his rider as being Joe Dunphy My favourite was local riderRon Chandler on the Tom Kirby7R&G50.Halcyon days

[@G58]

If you hit the edit button as soon as you fix the space bar issue, I’m sure your comment will make a lot more sense. Oh, and there’s no apostrophe in the plural of any word. Peace

[@ronniehaworth4669]

i ran a 7r registered it for road use( gmf 553b ) CRAZY I KNOW BUT GOOD TIME HAD, on castrol R no lights yes seriously, then got married, could not afford both.

[@goran2003]

Hi Ronnie ... did you choose correctly? :-)

[@franciscomedinaherrera6514]

Que maravillas de motos,gracias por subirlas 🇮🇨🏍️🇮🇨

[@goran2003]

Cheers Francisco ... stay well and enjoy!

[@user-yz8fk5es3d]

Que motos hermosas ..... tenemos una manx parecida a la que aparece en el minuto 4.05

[@frankmlchaelglasscock6539]

They look better than too days bikes real beauty's

[@goran2003]

Very true! Cheers Frank!

[@RobertMcCall1313]

Superbe ! Broaaaarrrrr ! Broaaaaarrrrr !!! John Cooper, Jack Findlay, Peter Williams m'ont fait rêver avec leurs monos préparés

[@goran2003]

Hi Joel ... dream and enjoy!

[@brianperry]

Manx Nortons both 500 and 350cc, G50 Matchless, AJS 7R..(boy racers) staple machines in the early sixties when I first visited Race Tracks. a glorious symphony of mega exhausts....

[@goran2003]

@Bernardo Desmo Is it thanks to the motorcycle or the rider ... or is it a great combination that came together at a certain time?

[@samrodian919]

@@goran2003 there's no doubt at all in Agostini's quality as a rider , he won too often for it to be a fluke lol, but the MV Augusta was a really superb bike much as I hate to say it. In the very early 70's I used to get the Motorcycle News and they raved about the MV's design and how outdated the single's of Norton and the rest were, and to be true they were right. The singles had had their day and multi cylinder bikes were the way to go.

[@goran2003]

@@samrodian919 I like single cylinder bikes much more than multis ...

[@maxou042]

Les champions du monde toutes catégories en tant que constructeurs et pilotes, sont les italiens, des marques comme MV, Gilera, Ducati, Aprilia, Mondial, Gareli et j'en passe, ont tout raflé pendant des décennies.........

[@goran2003]

As much as I like (and own and ride) Italian motorcycles, motorcycle racing history is a bit more complex :-) Cheers Carlo!

[@maxou042]

@@goran2003 Maybe, but Italy remains the number 1 in victories and pilots!

[@williammuir638]

Makes me drool at the mouth 😜 Real bikes. No effn electronics or bloody computers.

[@goran2003]

Traction control is done by "twist the wrist" method ...

[@julespressigny1561]

C'est bien beau tout ça ! De toutes façon la plus belle moto de tous les temps reste la Manx talonnée par la 7R ... Les autres c'est très bien aussi mais ...

[@goran2003]

OK OK ... let it be Manx: kzbin.info/www/bejne/sJrbqHamprqDpMk Cheers!

[@davidrussell8834]

Where are the KTT Velocettes surely the best 350 of this era.

[@goran2003]

KSS maybe: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nJSvpqymqr-hrZI And this also: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fabPgXWebKqfjtU Cheers David!

[@Team-fabulous]

A few quid knocking about there..

[@goran2003]

Well ... you know ...

[@Team-fabulous]

@@goran2003 👍👍🏁🏁😅😅

[@kritromulus6851]

#BikerForce,..OW w w w )))),.. The Kingdom Of The Empire !?!

[@whalesong999]

Were the Manx and the G-50 about equal performance?

[@goran2003]

In general, yes. In general ...

[@goran2003]

@Bernardo Desmo I'd love to take a peek into that well from which you pull all that useful information 🙂 Thanks!

[@bigglesace1626]

My older brother raced a Matchless G50 with a Seeley frame and tuning, around 1970. Long mega exhaust, wonderfull sound. I remember one time at the IoM, (MGP, I think), he cut it a bit fine down Bray Hill - when the suspension bottomed he flattened part of the exhaust pipe on the kerb on the right, just where they put the tiny cameras now for the tv coverage. I think the speed trap was at the Highlander then and he clocked about 127mph. The 2 strokes were really dominating then so it was the end of an era. Happy days.

[@goran2003]

@@bigglesace1626 Happy memories you have ... cheers!

[@threepot]

@Bernardo Desmo you mention Joe Craig,read Bert Hopwoods book,,he was only going interested in racing,not production road bikes? Shame he didn't put that enthusiasm into the road but kes?

[@Lyingleyen]

Of course they wouldn't have been thought of as English in those days - they were British - made in Gt Britain and the riders were from all over the UK - works rides would be achieved on merit.

[@goran2003]

Yes, you're right ... but I kind of like the phrase "English Armada", with the more or less obvious association with the 16th century attack fleet ...

[@Lyingleyen]

@@goran2003 I see, like the NI Armoy Armada. 👍

[@kritromulus6851]

#BikerForce,..OW w w w )))),.. The Kingdom Of The Empire !?!