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2 unusual facts about Matchless


Berliner Motor Corporation

To get themselves off the hook from Ducati, they turned to Associated Motor Cycles (AMC) in the UK, and used the leverage of the vast USA market they controlled, informing AMC that they would be needing no more of the struggling factory's Matchless motorcycles unless AMC found someone to purchase the unwanted Ducati shipment.

Motosacoche

They are reputed to have supplied Triumph, Ariel, Matchless and Brough-Superior with engines at times too, first through H & A Dufaux England Ltd, and then, by 1912, Motosacoche Ltd (GB), with Osborne Louis De Lissa.


1667 in poetry

Katherine Phillips, Poems: By the most deservedly admired Mrs Katherine Philips the Matchless Orinda, published posthumously

Babra Sharif

After a long while, she came-back to television in 1992 and gave matchless performance in Nadan Nadia, a Pakistan television comedy play by Anwar Maqsood.

George Greville, 2nd Earl of Warwick

He amassed in his own words a "matchless collection of pictures by Sir Peter Paul Rubens and Sir Anthony Van Dyck", several of which are still in the collection at Warwick Castle.

Henry Collier

Henry Herbert Collier (d.1926), founder of the Matchless Motorcycle Company

Jonathan Steingard

He plays PRS Guitars, Matchless and Metroamp Amps, Pedaltrain Pedalboards, and GHS Strings.

Kelly Jones

Jones uses British style amps including models by Matchless and Badcat as well as the Vox AC30.

Matchless G50

Former Isle of Man TT winner George Beale set up George Beale Motorcycles in Coleorton, Leicestershire to make a range of replica motorcycles, including Matchless G50 racing motorcycles to a high specification which includes a special lightweight frame and swing arm, Ceriani forks and a magnesium six speed gear box with lightweight clutch.

Matchless Silver Arrow

In late 1929 Matchless launched the Matchless Silver Arrow, a cast iron head monoblock SV, 400 cc, narrow angle transverse18° V-twin motorcycle with chain drive designed by Charles Collier.

Tash Aw

His second novel, titled Map of the Invisible World, was released in May 2009 to critical acclaim, with TIME Magazine calling it "a complex, gripping drama of private relationships," and describing "Aw's matchless descriptive prose", "immense intelligence and empathy." His 2013 novel Five Star Billionaire was longlisted for the 2013 Man Booker Prize.

The Ballad of Baby Doe

The story begins by commenting on the riches of the Matchless Mine and on how Horace Tabor owns the whole town of Leadville, Colorado.

Tiger Hill, Suzhou

Tiger Hill boasts impressive rocks, deep dales, 3 matchless scenes, 9 suitable occasions for enjoyment, 18 scenic spots, and changing scenery at all times.


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