Category: Carburation

Good or Bad Carbs+De-Chrome

No, this is not a lesson in nutrition! Yesterday I had a bit of a play and cleaned up the 276 Carby I got with the bike. Most of it is useable, needs a new slide and loads of other bits, but is looking good after a careful clean. Someone had painted it silver, presumably…


Inventory of Needed MAC Parts

  SO, today I had a real walkaround and took a closer at the MAC to see what parts would be needed to turn this into a real stunner. On top of this will come the cost of blasting (where necessary, which I don’t really think that it will be) priming and painting/powder-coating and the…


1956 Matchless G80S

Ah yes, the one and only Matchless I ever owned. I believe that this was bought in 1981; four international moves, a divorce and a number of other life-changing events have made it impossible to keep all my paperwork and photos intact, unfortunately…I picked this one up in London for the aforementioned sum (£800) and…