And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
The AJS name has been owned by a lot of different companies. About 15 years ago a buddy of mine was working in England where he had a 125 Scrambler. It got great fuel mileage.
Old English bikes, subsequently adopted by Norton but now under Chinese ownership?
ReplyDelete58 model, 500cc single cylinder. My first motor cycle
ReplyDeleteAre you talking about another bike? This is obviously a 4 cylinder engine. And a very nice design too!
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Didn't look that good when new from the factory. Nice resto.
ReplyDeleteThe AJS name has been owned by a lot of different companies. About 15 years ago a buddy of mine was working in England where he had a 125 Scrambler. It got great fuel mileage.
ReplyDeleteIt looks like a very complex engine to build with the dual magnetos and exposed hairpin valve springs.
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Replica hand built by Dan Smith - story here https://cdnbkr.ca/vintage-motorcycles/built-scratch-ajs-v4/
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