AJS & Matchless Owners Club

Groily wrote:... Although the 500s are very easy to start when warm, 0° and cold oil can still make 'em a bit slow on the kickstart . . . Sometimes needs a pretty good prod in winter, does mine.

My experience too so I changed to 20W 50 non detergent multigrade and starting is much, much easier, cold or warm. And no, this is not an oil thread in the making.

ksj wrote:i am sure that somewhere on this site there is an article by a canadian gent who made an electric starter for one of our bikes he casted and machined a new primary chaincase and made a new clutch basket with a starter ring on it

I came across something like a g80 on YouTube a while ago that had this done. Cast new cases etc. Exactly for the reason of age limiting use. Even if you could do something with the dynamo, doesn't it run off the timing side of the engine. If it does, you wouldn't want to put that load through that drive train.