The rear light unit fitted to my Matchless G3LS when I bought it back in India was one of the common Lucas 564 types found on so many Royal Enfield’s and the like. However, if the 1951 Matchless part book is to be believed, the ‘correct’ rear light for my year of bike is actually …
With my bike off the road and largely in pieces whilst the dynamo and magneto were away for reconditioning, it also seemed like a good opportunity to sort out my rather worn clutch basket that I mentioned in a previous post. The ‘B52’ type clutch basket fitted to my 1951 ‘CP’ gearbox was quite heavily …
In order to be able to remove the dynamo from my Matchless G3LS to send it for servicing, I had also had to remove the timing chain cover from the engine. One of the timing cams came out of the engine, still attached to the timing cover, and so the cams would need to be …
My bike has been off the road for the last month or so whilst the Lucas ‘N1’ magneto and ‘E3NL’ dynamo were back in the UK being reconditioned. The magneto had started to fail intermittently a few weeks before and then lost it’s spark completely, and the output from the dynamo seemed to be flickering …
I picked up my bike from the mechanic yesterday. It had been in for about 6 weeks now so it’s been a long time since I was last out on the road! The main jobs that needed to be done were that the front suspension forks needed to be rebuilt (the seals were leaking oil) …
I went to collect my G3LS bike from the mechanics yesterday following various work replacing the valves, guides and springs as I mentioned in my previous post here. On the test ride I was having some problems with the carb which caused the engine to cut out a few times, but then the problem got …
Back in India, the mechanic had told me that the front brake shoes on my Matchless G3Ls motorcycle were getting a bit low but would probably need replacing in a year or two’s time. However the parts weren’t available there and my attempts at getting spares sent across from the UK had fallen foul of …
After moving from India to here in Hong Kong, I took my Matchless G3Ls to one of the local garages specialising in classic bikes for a good check over. I was reasonably sure that my mechanic back in Hyderabad knew what he was doing, but just wanted to be extra sure that everything was as …
Back when I was living in India, it proved impossible to source the proper spark plugs (e.g. a simple NGK B7ES) for my Matchless. The spark plug the mechanic recommended and had installed in my G3Ls was a Bosch type designed for Royal Enfield Bullets. The bike seemed to run ok on this, albeit a …
Went out for a ride this afternoon and stopped off at a friends house on the way back. When I came to leave, I went to put my foot on the kick-start and… it had gone! I guess it must not have been tightened up properly after the mechanic had been working on the gearbox …