Cafe Racer Sportster - The Harley-Davidson Riders Club Great Britain

**Brigg** · #1 19-10-2009, 08:00 PM

Beautiful classic Iron Head Cafe Racer

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**kevscrivener** · #2 19-10-2009, 08:06 PM

Except it ain't an Ironhead!

Check out the crankcases; that's definitely a 45 bottom end, probably (Limey Dave will correct me if wrong) a Triumph box, and they are certainly NOT Sporty heads.

Methinks this may be the "Matchless Magnum" discussed in an earlier thread.

Edit: I was right, it is. See here for this and other interesting "bitzas".......

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**Dave_Scott** · #3 19-10-2009, 08:30 PM

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Originally Posted by kevscrivener

Except it ain't an Ironhead!

Check out the crankcases; that's definitely a 45 bottom end, probably (Limey Dave will correct me if wrong) a Triumph box, and they are certainly NOT Sporty heads.

Methinks this may be the "Matchless Magnum" discussed in an earlier thread.

Edit: I was right, it is. See here for this and other interesting "bitzas".......

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Looks like a Norton / AMC box

**kevscrivener** · #4 19-10-2009, 08:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Dave_Scott

Looks like a Norton / AMC box

Thanks Dave, I'll bow to your expertise; my knowledge of larger Brit bikes is a bit limited!

**Brigg** · #5 19-10-2009, 08:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kevscrivener

Thanks Dave, I'll bow to your expertise; my knowledge of larger Brit bikes is a bit limited!

I was convinced the plaque on the fender mentioned Sportster. I took the photo at a local Kent vintage bike do near Faversham earlier this year.

Never mind it still looks cool whatever it is... some patina lol

**Limey_Dave** · #6 19-10-2009, 09:11 PM

Not a great pic but looks like the return of the Magnum.
Norton frame,45 bottom end,AMC top end,and Norton/AMC box.
Note the covers on the rocker box.

**chilly** · #7 19-10-2009, 09:30 PM

I'll go with that LD

Theres a bloke in Romney Marsh Kent called John Newson ,he runs Oxney Motorcycles and used to run a Club for Norton Featherbed framed Specials,i'm pretty sure he has a bike like this with a Harley bottom end,Matchless/AJS top end ,with an AMC/Norton type G/Box,certainly not a pampered conkers condition bike, but looks very usable.