1936 AJS V4 racer/engine

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Whilst looking for something else (an electric conversion kit for the Honda Cub ) I came across this interesting (rainy day) article in the link below which also has a link to a chap who built one from scratch around 2007 just from drawings. I hadn't seen it before........

https://silodrome.com/ajs-v4-motorcycle/

[Mick D]

Stunning machine - thanks for posting Nev

Regards Mick

[Rob Harknett]

It's a 1936 model 20 AJS. I am sure one of my prewar pages in Jampot featured this first AJS model 20. Here's the sales cat.
http://archives.jampot.dk/promotional/S ... rticle.pdf

[Mick D]

To think - this was on offer for less than £95

Were they too expensive to manufacture or sell?

How did they measure up to the HRD and Brough offerings performance wise?

Regards Mick

[56G80S]

Ill never forget Sammy Miller riding the V4 at the Woolwich Arsenal; he even got the front wheel slightly off the ground and the sound was fantastic.

Johnny B

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Ill never forget Sammy Miller riding the V4 at the Woolwich Arsenal; he even got the front wheel slightly off the ground and the sound was fantastic.

It was a rare treat John. Sometime later I was at his museum and he had it outside. A visitor asked him if he would run it up to which he replied: "Not unless someone underwrites ten grand for an engine rebuild".