laird387 Posted March 6, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2014 Hi, Gordon Jackson with his works Ajay, watched in the Perce Simon by Ralph Venables and John Harris. Enjoy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laird387 Posted March 7, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2014 Hi, For a brief period in 1959 Peter Fletcher was loaned a works AJS, he didn’t like the bike and was happy to quickly revert to the Royal Enfield camp! For the 1959 British Experts, the works bike is obviously a comp shop knock-up, with the old swinging fork and long Girlings fitted with the alloy clevis bottom mount! Gordon Jackson had his 1959 bike VYW 659 for that Experts, so this is probably his old bike, UXO 194 in its final, still short stroke, form. Enjoy. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laird387 Posted March 8, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2014 Hi, Bob Gollner had several ex-works models, here Cecil Bailey spotted him on TUL 654, an ex-Bob Manns AMC registered as an AJS but fitted with the Matchless G3C motor from the outset! This machine was subsequently owned by yours truly, and is currently in use in the United States. Enjoy. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laird387 Posted March 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2014 (edited) Hi, Maurice Hocking spotted with his rigid AJS at the 1998 Talmag. Enjoy. Edited March 9, 2014 by laird387 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laird387 Posted March 10, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2014 Hi, The year is 1961 and we find Gordon Jackson on his Scottish winning works AJS at 'Quarry' in the Colmore. Enjoy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laird387 Posted March 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2014 Hi, Issued in May 1963, the factory press release photograph of the 1964 model AJS ‘Experts’ trials model, the soon to be available production short stroke motor with the Norton oil pump type bottom end. Beautiful in the extreme, but to those more used to the unstoppable nature of the previous long stroke design – and it should be noted that grouping included most of the works riders – possibly fatally flawed. It is not unusual for so-called AMC ‘experts’ to decry 1964 models as being inaccurate when fitted with a small seat pad rather than the traditional Dunlop rubber saddle, but this factory illustration proves them sadly wrong! Enjoy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laird387 Posted April 2, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 2014 Hi, Not all of the Ajays that turned up at the Ilkley Reunion trial in 1992 were being ridden in the trial !! Did you know that AJS (Albert J Stephens & Co) whilst they were still based in Wolverhampton and hadn't merged completely with Matchless at the Plumstead factory (at the time the largest motorcycle production facility in the world!) had manufactured a car? This example was brought to the AJS/M Owners Club Jampot Rally in the early 1990s. Enjoy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laird387 Posted April 2, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 2014 Hi, Brian Newbury from Chippenham in Wiltshire, with his AJS in the 1993 West Riding round of the Sammy Miller series. Enjoy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bashplate Posted April 3, 2014 Report Share Posted April 3, 2014 (edited) Offroad Archive Admin 1,202 posts Posted Yesterday, 06:41 PM Hi, Not all of the Ajays that turned up at the Ilkley Reunion trial in 1992 were being ridden in the trial !! Did you know that AJS (Albert J Stephens & Co) whilst they were still based in Wolverhampton and hadn't merged completely with Matchless at the Plumstead factory (at the time the largest motorcycle production facility in the world!) had manufactured a car? This example was brought to the AJS/M Owners Club Jampot Rally in the early 1990s. Enjoy. Attached Images MMMmmm, always was lead to believe that BSA were the largest manufacturer of bikes.....till the Japs took over the 2 wheeled world......but I have been wrong before, LOL Edited April 3, 2014 by bashplate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laird387 Posted April 3, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2014 Offroad Archive Admin 1,202 posts Posted Yesterday, 06:41 PM Hi, Not all of the Ajays that turned up at the Ilkley Reunion trial in 1992 were being ridden in the trial !! Did you know that AJS (Albert J Stephens & Co) whilst they were still based in Wolverhampton and hadn't merged completely with Matchless at the Plumstead factory (at the time the largest motorcycle production facility in the world!) had manufactured a car? This example was brought to the AJS/M Owners Club Jampot Rally in the early 1990s. Enjoy. Attached Images MMMmmm, always was lead to believe that BSA were the largest manufacturer of bikes.....till the Japs took over the 2 wheeled world......but I have been wrong before, LOL Hi, bashplate - the clue is in the phrase 'at the time'............. Cheers, Deryk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laird387 Posted April 4, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2014 Hi, At the top of Weighbridge in the 1992 Guy Fawkes, we find one of the Yorkshre contingent. "Oh dear Mary', he says, " You've pressed the Barry Fall Off button again on that camera......" Enjoy. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laird387 Posted April 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2014 Hi, Admit it! How many of us have had the feeling Roger Ashby's face tells us - "Why did I put THAT foot down there.......??????) Seen in the Stratford round of the 1991 Sammy Miller series. Enjoy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laird387 Posted April 26, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2014 Hi, In days of yore, I am led to believe, one might hear the cry, in battle, "Nay, Sam, come pick up thy musket........". Later, in the 1990s, I know for a fact, one could hear the cry, in motorcycle battles, "Nay, Stan, come pick up thy Ajay......" Enjoy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laird387 Posted April 27, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2014 Hi, The last Sunday in March 1993 and Mike Naish, from Bristol, is enjoying his ride in the Golden Valley's March Hare trial in the woods above Chalford near Stroud. Photographed by Mary Wylde, enjoy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laird387 Posted May 5, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 5, 2014 (edited) Hi, Sorting through the archives - I reckon this is Brian Newbury, from Chippenham way, riding his Pykett replica AJS in about the 1992 or '93 Greensmith Memorial trial, about to enter Hopton Brook. Enjoy. Edited May 5, 2014 by laird387 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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