£4,300
1958 AJS 16 MS, 348 cc. Registration number YTG 828. Frame number SB/16MS 33542. Engine number A64174.
Associated Motor Cycles announced its post-war range of AJS and Matchless heavyweight singles in June 1945. Coded Model 16M and G3L respectively, the two 350cc models shared the same 93mm stroke as their 500cc brethren, coupled to a 69mm bore, and could be distinguished by the different magneto position: forward of the cylinder in the AJS, behind it in the Matchless. Housed in a rigid frame with teledraulic front fork, the ruggedly built overhead-valve engine drove through a four-speed gearbox. Hairpin valve springs were adopted for 1949 and a swinging-arm frame introduced, the latter initially for export only but available in the UK from 1950, machines so-equipped being suffixed 'S'.
This example was built by Pykett Engineering of Andover in 1982 for John Fenton of Cleakheaton. He supplied the engine and gearbox and they the rolling chassis at a cost of £1,622 plus VAT. Our vendor acquired it 1992 and it appears to be in good order but will need recommissioning before use.
Sold with a V5, a 1988 MOT, the Pykett receipt and letter.
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