TRUE HYDRAULICS FORE

AND AFT

many commendable features. Separate barrels

and alloy heads allow cooling between, to

eliminate hot spots. Valve mechanism is as

light in weight of reciprocating parts as a con-

ventional overhead cam model because of use

of lightweight swinging arm cam followers and

elimination of unusual valve adjustment nuts.

Valves can be simply and quickly adjusted

by the novice with only a screwdriver by rais-

ing or lowering the eccentric rocker arm shaft

LEFT, The flying M, crest of the long established

Matchless line, is being carried into its second

year on the tanks of a refreshing new vertical

twin model. Smart appearance and billowing

comfort are emphasized through refined tele-

draulic springing, deep cushioned duo-saddle

RIGHT, Full length cylinder studs assure rigidity.

Unusual in this design is the featured center

main bearing and twin flywheels, making it pos-

sible to give central support to the crankshaft

resulting in extreme smoothness. Also important

are the twin-geared oil pumps, giving 100

pound oil pressure, plus a beefed up fiber clutch

ABOVE-RIGHT, Cut-a-way showing

enlarged swinging arm rear suspension cylin-

der and modified teledraulic fork. The rear

shock tube is visibly greater in diameter and

has been fitted with larger coil springs together

with an increased hydraulic capacity, combina-

tion of which offers a softer action. Internal re-

vamping has reduced the load on oil seals and

provided finer control of dampening action. Im-

provement within the teledraulic forks involved

modified dampening, imparting a more sensitive

front wheel action with no bottoming, re-

sulting in controlled steering and safer braking

RIGHT, In addition to the regular oil by-pass

system used to cushion fork action, a unique

shuttle device operates within the inner tube,

automatically metering oil flow according to the

progressive increase of fork impact and rebound.

Partially because of this oil control, Matchless

boasts of a rarely heard of 3 inch rear wheel

movement. Front fork travel is near 4V1 inches

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