classic bikes

[Budgie]

so wots anyones veiws on an AJS CSR 250CC 1964 any good ,asking price £1850 any thuoghts greatly appreciated thinking of taking a look at it if they,re worth it?

[Troutrunner]

Sounds good to me, whats the condition like, running with an MOT or a bag of bits ? I would think for that money it should be on or nearly on the road for that.

I found a BSA Bantam 175cc for £450 needing work but the AJS is a four stroke and a bit more desirable.

I am after a 1949 Triumph 3T (350cc) but the chap keeps teasing me, now it's for sale now it's not, so I just sit and wait now. I offered him £1500 for it, it's reasonable condition but not restored and I have found a fully restored all singing and dancing one for £3250 but that takes the fun out of it

[Budgie]

yeh well i nearly bought a triumph 5ta twin imaculate but at £3000 couldn,t stretch to that bin lookin for a while now on this dealer on the net down in pembroke bout 50 miles from me but not sure of my old bikes so always ask on here so the latest is the ajs it looks imaculate low owners/mileage mot they sold it some years ago and now bought it back just wondered if they were reliable i,ve posted a few models on here over the last few months trying to gauge wot to buy and wot to avoid did like a norton jubilee he had but read up on it and some guys on here confirmed that they wern,t the best of bikes so hence this new query about the ajs it looks really nice and at £1850,i wonder

[Troutrunner]

Well Budgie, looks like the choice is yours, if it's a good running bike for £1850 you can't loose much at that, I think it's a matter of opinion on all these things and folks opinions differ quite a bit, so as I said it's your choice

[irmscher]

Mike go for it quite a rare little bike and pull like a little train and have more grunt than some 350cc bikes good luck

[ian.mcdougall]

Well this takes me back 41 years at the tender age of 17 and at school bought a 1960 250 matchless as a non runner fixed it up and drove it to school in woolwich SE london when doing my GCE's. Single cylinder made a lovely sound only thing was not nice driving when cold and frosty Reg no VUT 53 or maybe 52 used to say it was Very Unreliable Transport as quite a few breakdowns two gearbox failures, three clutch cables, one broken chain in two years use

[Troutrunner]

Well this takes me back 41 years at the tender age of 17 and at school bought a 1960 250 matchless as a non runner fixed it up and drove it to school in woolwich SE london when doing my GCE's. Single cylinder made a lovely sound only thing was not nice driving when cold and frosty Reg no VUT 53 or maybe 52 used to say it was Very Unreliable Transport as quite a few breakdowns two gearbox failures, three clutch cables, one broken chain in two years use

But it would make a great Sunday bike, who would be mad enough to use one daily these days

[irmscher]

Matchless is the same bike under amc badging Ian at 17 i presume you thrashed it never changed the oil etc like everyone did as they were cheap and throw away wish i still had my t120 sold it for £25

[ian.mcdougall]

No treated it with the respect it deserved was not a speed freak if I am honest speed was frightening for me at that time in my life, my friend had a Zundapp a cross between a bike and scooter Russian I believe

[irmscher]

Sorry Ian i thought everyone was like me Zundapp Bella maybe ??they were German made two strokes after the 50 s as there 4strokes did not sell built out of old tanks