That is a beautiful work of craftsmanship and ingenuity. Few could do so well and still retain the Matchless look and character. Congratulations on your skill and hard work!
I have been wrenching bikes since 1962 and I live in awe of folks that can do this. A chap in the UK Norton O.C. did this with two ES2 engines. Another fellow got someone to build an OHV Matchless engine as was used in the Morgan, and stuck it in a Norton frame. All amazing stuff.
You should be proud on this beauty what a workmanship its a pitty that Matchless doesn`t exsist anymore otherwise they for sure would buy the design. I wish that you may ride her for the rest of your live. Bram
Very innovative craftsmanship and good looking results. I don't have particularly good feelings about that miserable timing side bushing main bearing and the puny oil pump. Perhaps if treated with lots of tlc, it will serve but my experience with them hasn't been exactly confidence inspiring.
The double drum hub is BRILLIANT - with that gap in the middle, too. Plenty of room for ventilation holes this way. GENIUS - Ya'll should be making these drums ... "left hand and right", pun unintended - They'd sell like HOT-CAKES! I mean, yeah - the engine is friggin' brilliant, yes. But the DRUM hub, that's something you just don't see! So is it a 7" diameter or 8"? It makes me think of all the conical front drums from '80s Motocross, and how they'd be soooo perfect for a 50cc-125cc G.P. racer of '60s extraction. All the better if their 2LS shoe plates could be adapted to run in reverse, so a true 4LS drum could be created from them. This way there'd be no shortage of 120mm-140mm-160mm 4LS drums for such bikes. Not that they're BETTER, per se - far better to use a 2LS which has a larger DIAMETER, with a halfway decent fork brace! Pound-for-pound, that would be the better brake. But once you get up to 8" or 200mm, it could be harder to find a used or pre-drilled RIM to suit such a hub - Though of course, the Guzzi 220mm Ambassador front hub is common enough. Just saying, the usual "go-to" 200mm 4LS drum from Suzuki is a bit of a rip off! Now, I'VE done a Suzuki 4LS for my daughter's "KZ440LOL" but only because the spoke makers told me it's as big as they could squeeze into the 3.00x16" Borrani rims I'd selected, for the Maxi-Scooter spec low-profile radial tires, 110/70 & 140/70.... For the EARLIER stuff though, such as MATCHLESS and NORTON MANX, early VINCENT etc etc - The type of thing you've got going on right here is - I'll say it again, BRILLIANT. Normally you'd see the Harley "Juice-Drum" style cast-Iron drums bolted up to a smaller dual-disc type hub, just as with the Vincent front wheel or the Vincent REAR wheel for that matter. But here, you've got the larger diameter spoke flange, meaning it's a stronger wheel, probably a good chunk lighter as well. Not as light as an "AL-FIN" type cast Aluminum/Magnesium 4LS hub, but that stuff wouldn't be correct for the PERIOD. THIS thing smacks of an early '50s heck maybe even 1940s manufacture. Everything about it, other than the fact you simply didn't SEE drums like this on a motorcycle of the day, is age-appropriate or period-correct. Of course you didn't see the V-twin Matchless either, so wtf. It's friggin' magic. Might be interesting to see one done up as an inline TRIPLE, too - then you could give it the whole late '60s early '70s SUPERBIKE vibes. Something else one might do with a Matchless V-twin such as this, is give it a '70s hippy-biker custom CHOPPER treatment, just as they would've done with an old Knucklehead back in those days. Kinda ridiculous, but I suppose if you had nothing else to work with, then it would seem realistic. Nothing quite as realistic as THIS thing however. Seriously though - not everybody might have the $$$ or the interest to buy a Matchless V-twin. But that front BRAKE hub, now that's something everybody and his DAWG should have for a vintage racer! I could really see the later alloy versions of it though, built from little MX hubs - Whether they be from a '70s Bultaco or Husky etc dirt-bike or an '80s Japanese MX-er, there are a TON of interesting little conical 2LS drum hubs which might find work as the front wheel for a MOPED racer or perhaps an earlier re-interpreted "RETRO-FRIED" version of a Honda MT125R Elsinore-based ROAD-RACER, done up in '60s guise. All sorts of applications where it would be an appropriate race-spec upgrade....
being an old amc fan, a great project. hope that old burman gearbox holds up. have you thought about fitting two 500cc barrels/heads making 1,000 v twin? well done.
cant do that with my matchless....lets my Triumph will be the twin one.. :-) lol.. but you doing great dude..V Twin matchless.. Regards : Antique Motorcycle Club of indonesia
Visually it would be better to have reversed the rear cylinder head and valve train to allow for a single carb and for the rear exhaust header to go straight back rather than bending around 90 degrees. As demonstrated on this custom Velocette v-twin czcams.com/video/PJS8NO2Koic/video.html
A fine piece of fantasy engineering. Maybe he`s made something more than the sum of the parts, cos the original bike was a dreadful piece of gutless, evil handling, oil spraying ugly dangerous junk.
Music totally inappropriate ... spelling errors (mariage, cilinder) ... how hard would it have been to use SpellCheck or dictionary.com for your text? Hope your engine had more attention to detail than your typing. FAIL
Harpo Marx stop being an ass.. oh and by all means, post your video of one thing of this magnitude that you have accomplished, and no, accedently getting some easy girl pregnant behind the middle school doesn't count as an accomplishment.
Top class engineering and beautiful end result, Matchless always made good looking bikes and you have carried that on.
I can barely follow the directions to assemble the 3 piece vacuum I bought on Amazon. The work this Man did blows my mind!
Good job & you've kept the Matchless silhouette 👍
A beautiful job done by someone who has the love for the machine, and long cold winters.
That is a beautiful work of craftsmanship and ingenuity. Few could do so well and still retain the Matchless look and character. Congratulations on your skill and hard work!
My sentiments exactly !!
I once lived close to the Matchless factory, and i am sure all the employees there would be very proud of your resulting bike.
I have been wrenching bikes since 1962 and I live in awe of folks that can do this. A chap in the UK Norton O.C. did this with two ES2 engines. Another fellow got someone to build an OHV Matchless engine as was used in the Morgan, and stuck it in a Norton frame. All amazing stuff.
Ingenious! You make it look so obvious and simple. Well done.
I had a 350 G3 Matchless jampot in the 1960's. 10 out of 10 for that Henk.
Wonderful video. Congratulations on a beautiful custom and creating a one-of-a-kind Matchless.
Really respect your ingenuity. I enjoyed the video big time.
beautiful looking matchless mate!
You made something great even better, and then showed the world good on you Henk.
a complete work of art some thing that matchless could not even do . but you did .
Very cleverly put together. Looks fantastic. Well done.
Bloody beautiful work mate cheers
You should be proud on this beauty what a workmanship its a pitty that Matchless doesn`t exsist anymore otherwise they for sure would buy the design. I wish that you may ride her for the rest of your live.
Bram
What a fantastic looking bike, Well done, it's a credit to you.
Great video!
Good idea for this vigorous Matchless.
a work of art sir.
Very nice job! Thanks for sharing.
Congratulations Henk, I hope it goes as well as it looks. Peter Jackson
Great bike, and good music
Masterpiece!
Nice craftsmanship Henk..
Wonderful job.
A beautiful result indeed.
Magnificent
Just found this upload. Great work. I'd be interested as I'm sure a lot of people would in a longer video with more info.
hell yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -sunset motors
Nice one!
Let's hear it run!
WOW>>>>>>>>>>>>
So much effort...
Very innovative craftsmanship and good looking results. I don't have particularly good feelings about that miserable timing side bushing main bearing and the puny oil pump. Perhaps if treated with lots of tlc, it will serve but my experience with them hasn't been exactly confidence inspiring.
Just ace
very nice work , is there a vid of it running
Mooi hoor, echt klasse.
The double drum hub is BRILLIANT - with that gap in the middle, too. Plenty of room for ventilation holes this way. GENIUS - Ya'll should be making these drums ... "left hand and right", pun unintended - They'd sell like HOT-CAKES! I mean, yeah - the engine is friggin' brilliant, yes. But the DRUM hub, that's something you just don't see! So is it a 7" diameter or 8"? It makes me think of all the conical front drums from '80s Motocross, and how they'd be soooo perfect for a 50cc-125cc G.P. racer of '60s extraction. All the better if their 2LS shoe plates could be adapted to run in reverse, so a true 4LS drum could be created from them. This way there'd be no shortage of 120mm-140mm-160mm 4LS drums for such bikes. Not that they're BETTER, per se - far better to use a 2LS which has a larger DIAMETER, with a halfway decent fork brace! Pound-for-pound, that would be the better brake. But once you get up to 8" or 200mm, it could be harder to find a used or pre-drilled RIM to suit such a hub - Though of course, the Guzzi 220mm Ambassador front hub is common enough. Just saying, the usual "go-to" 200mm 4LS drum from Suzuki is a bit of a rip off! Now, I'VE done a Suzuki 4LS for my daughter's "KZ440LOL" but only because the spoke makers told me it's as big as they could squeeze into the 3.00x16" Borrani rims I'd selected, for the Maxi-Scooter spec low-profile radial tires, 110/70 & 140/70.... For the EARLIER stuff though, such as MATCHLESS and NORTON MANX, early VINCENT etc etc - The type of thing you've got going on right here is - I'll say it again, BRILLIANT. Normally you'd see the Harley "Juice-Drum" style cast-Iron drums bolted up to a smaller dual-disc type hub, just as with the Vincent front wheel or the Vincent REAR wheel for that matter. But here, you've got the larger diameter spoke flange, meaning it's a stronger wheel, probably a good chunk lighter as well. Not as light as an "AL-FIN" type cast Aluminum/Magnesium 4LS hub, but that stuff wouldn't be correct for the PERIOD. THIS thing smacks of an early '50s heck maybe even 1940s manufacture. Everything about it, other than the fact you simply didn't SEE drums like this on a motorcycle of the day, is age-appropriate or period-correct. Of course you didn't see the V-twin Matchless either, so wtf. It's friggin' magic. Might be interesting to see one done up as an inline TRIPLE, too - then you could give it the whole late '60s early '70s SUPERBIKE vibes. Something else one might do with a Matchless V-twin such as this, is give it a '70s hippy-biker custom CHOPPER treatment, just as they would've done with an old Knucklehead back in those days. Kinda ridiculous, but I suppose if you had nothing else to work with, then it would seem realistic. Nothing quite as realistic as THIS thing however. Seriously though - not everybody might have the $$$ or the interest to buy a Matchless V-twin. But that front BRAKE hub, now that's something everybody and his DAWG should have for a vintage racer! I could really see the later alloy versions of it though, built from little MX hubs - Whether they be from a '70s Bultaco or Husky etc dirt-bike or an '80s Japanese MX-er, there are a TON of interesting little conical 2LS drum hubs which might find work as the front wheel for a MOPED racer or perhaps an earlier re-interpreted "RETRO-FRIED" version of a Honda MT125R Elsinore-based ROAD-RACER, done up in '60s guise. All sorts of applications where it would be an appropriate race-spec upgrade....
twin front drum brakes were standard on large royal enfield twins till factory closed, easy to pick up with patience auto jumble etc.
Please upload when the bike riding...i wanna hear that pipes..
being an old amc fan, a great project. hope that old burman gearbox holds up. have you thought about fitting two 500cc barrels/heads making 1,000 v twin? well done.
Hallo Henk,
Zeer mooi filmpje en een prachtige motor !!
Grt.
Aaldrik
ps: Ben jaloers op zoveel technische kunde.
why wasnt it shown running ,,, tease .
lot of great detailed work, well done.
Whats the integral braking system? sounds interesting.
May i know the reasin why you opted for a double drum brake when you could have easily fitted a disc brake in the front..??
Sir this is awesome if you don't mind can you pls share the design of gear box?
👋👋👋👋👋👌👌👌
Could I be able to do something like this on an M21 ??? Thanksssss
Nice work, but, if you make another video,could you please use a contrasting color for the print? Much of this was impossible to read.
How did you keep from getting a copyright strike for the music?
How much would you charge to make one for my 250cc Hunter Spyder?
Its amazing, but I would question how long that married connecting rod would last... looks a lil weak...but still amazing work
350cc AJS low compression will not pound as hard on the lower end as the Harley did so I suspect will serve fine.
We want to see it running please?
Great impressive job! But had to give thumb down cuz there's no of this thing running.
just... why can't I see it RUUUNNNINGGGG?? :'(
For the same reason that it doesn't have a flame paint job. It's supposed to look like a factory built bike
sir.. can you help me with engine I want to do the same with my honda cb 125cc
can you make one for me?
its not the cylinder just the cam follower position
Is anyone ever going to ride it?
Dutch ??
cant do that with my matchless....lets my Triumph will be the twin one.. :-) lol.. but you doing great dude..V Twin matchless.. Regards : Antique Motorcycle Club of indonesia
and the sound engine !!!!!! . ????
We don't even get to hear it run ? ! ?
Visually it would be better to have reversed the rear cylinder head and valve train to allow for a single carb and for the rear exhaust header to go straight back rather than bending around 90 degrees. As demonstrated on this custom Velocette v-twin czcams.com/video/PJS8NO2Koic/video.html
hasn't anybody noticed that the front cylinders stroke is about 1 1/2 times longer than the rear cylinder, i don't think this will run.
I think the rear cyl sits higher on the casing than the front one.
Both connecting rods share a common crank pin which guarantees the stroke is the same for both cylinders.
T.S. RACING
Any email address about this builder
Cylinder has a Y in it. How can someone that is capable of building an engine not be able to spell Cylinder? cilinder?
I'm ad'head
A fine piece of fantasy engineering. Maybe he`s made something more than the sum of the parts, cos the original bike was a dreadful piece of gutless, evil handling, oil spraying ugly dangerous junk.
Would have a great video without the bloody awful music !
Thumbs-down for the annoying music.
Music totally inappropriate ... spelling errors (mariage, cilinder) ... how hard would it have been to use SpellCheck or dictionary.com for your text? Hope your engine had more attention to detail than your typing. FAIL
+Harpo Marx The gentleman is not a native English speaker. How hard would it have been not to come across like a complete arsehole?
+Harpo Marx Ouwe zeur....wat heb je zelf gepresteerd?
Fuck you dude
first makes an engine.
then gives English lessons.
Harpo Marx stop being an ass.. oh and by all means, post your video of one thing of this magnitude that you have accomplished, and no, accedently getting some easy girl pregnant behind the middle school doesn't count as an accomplishment.