Matchless G80 500 (G80S)

[@mattcollier5957]

What a lovely ol Matchless, i love these old singles

[@shockcoach]

The Matchless G80/AJS Model 18 is on my bucket list to own. I love these bikes. Currently, I need to do some work on my ‘66 Norton N15CS so that I can ride it regularly.

[@robreed2999]

What a lovely machine and sound wonderful 👍 congratulations 🥇😀

[@conanhayle]

my mate had one of these in 1964 cost £10 we put an old AA sidecar chassis and box on it , we used to go fishing on it back then , Oh such carefree days

[@thra5herxb12s]

What, you mean it floated !!. Cool 👍

[@conanhayle]

@@thra5herxb12s hah fukin ha ,,Conan

[@martincvitkovich724]

Old Brit bikes are just cool!

[@pippiperade4030]

Lovely old Matchless..

[@MrAndrew1953]

Magic. Looks like a very impressive commuter/short haul bike economical to own and run. Reliable? Matchless.

[@suyonosuyono256]

Topp❤❤❤

[@markdearman8236]

Very nice m8

[@rcbits404]

Mind you, it's a G80S, the sprung rear wheel model!

[@RoofRack2]

The owner (chap on the bike here) did actually sell that bike - probably spring 14 actually. I shall add your comment to the title though as we clearly did not know that at the time. Thanks.

[@rcbits404]

Well I should know this was my first big bike in 1969... It was just an old bike then, not a veteran.

[@ffrankenstein3]

Beautiful , is the valve train noise unavoidable? Do you set the tappets tight after rebuild?

[@RoofRack2]

I was with the owner (pictured) this afternoon and he said yes this is very much exactly how they always sound. He said tappets should never be tight - should be set correct but loose tappets are preferable to overly tight. Tight tappets can cause wear or damage. He did not rebuild this particular bike engine though and the bike was sold shortly after this video was shot, several years ago now.

[@Cobra427Veight]

On my G80 iron head , tappets are set to zero , it's in the manual.

[@mohamadashfaaqbhudookan5808]

I have a matchless If some one want to buy tell me

[@shoubhikduttavarman7771]

Where are you from? What model of bike? How much for this piece?