Colonial model 3½ Matchless J.A.P., with pedalling gear.
A special feature in the 1911 productions will be the "Passenger Matchless," which is provided with a 6 H.P. twin-cylinder motor. The rear wheel is fitted with a 3in. tyre - really such as would commonly be employed upon a light car. A two-speed gear and free engine clutch are provided, and the side-car is very neat and easily detachable. We think that, considering the special attention that has been given to the really important point of adequately tyring the driving wheel and the provision of two driving belts passing over double-grooved pulleys, this machine will come in for a very considerable amount of attention from motor-cyclists who are enthusiasts on side-car machines.
MATCHLESS, No. 43.
6 h.p. MODEL (twin): 70 x 95 mm. ; a.o.i.v. ; Bosch magneto; Amac carburetter, h.b.c.; 4 and 42 to 1 gears; Hutchinson tyres; lin. belt transmission.
H. COLLIER AND SONS, LTD., Herbert Road, Plumstead.
A full range of the famous Matchless touring machines is on view, and as they remain practically unaltered as regards their main features, and have recently been described in our columns, no very long account of them is necessary.
Two complete sidecar combinations are staged, with the double belt drive and V.S. two-speed gear; also the T.T. winning model and the new 2½ h.p. lightweight with Druid forks and the Armstrong three-speed gear. The standard Matchless handle-bars are very pleasingly designed, being sharply upswept and turned down at the ends to afford a comfortable position for the wrists, whilst the cross-bar is a standard fitting, and makes it an easy matter to fit a speedometer immediately under the riders eye. They are finished in the serviceable Matchless grey.
