Lightweight 250 CS - numbers

[nvmat1]

Hi. I have some Matchless G2 CS parts and am going to make a bike which will be a part CS / part standard road bike. Anyway, I was wondering if anyone knows how many 250 CS bikes were actually made? I have read that as scramblers they were not competative, being too heavy and underpowered. If this is the case why did they have such a long production run of 4 years - 1959 to 1962, and how did the factory keep selling them? Anyone got any unwanted CS parts so I can make my bike more of a G2CS build? Thanks.

[Rob Harknett]

The G2CS did not quite run for 4 full years, the fact that by April 1962 they were only available by special order, seems to indicate they were not selling that well. The same applied to the AJS mod 14CS, both marques and all 250 models appear to all share the same numbering series. So only factory records may reveal how many were made.

[Al_Bolton]

I have a feeling - but can't confirm it, as I can't find the book! - that the number made MAY be mentioned in Roy Bacon's useful "AJS & Matchless - The Post War Models" book. You can probably get it through your local library but it's well worth buying - information is power! Some copies appear on eBay or on Amazon from time to time at a lower cost.

Al

Hi. I have some Matchless G2 CS parts and am going to make a bike which will be a part CS / part standard road bike. Anyway, I was wondering if anyone knows how many 250 CS bikes were actually made? I have read that as scramblers they were not competative, being too heavy and underpowered. If this is the case why did they have such a long production run of 4 years - 1959 to 1962, and how did the factory keep selling them? Anyone got any unwanted CS parts so I can make my bike more of a G2CS build? Thanks.

[Eamonn]

[quote="Al_Bolton"... Roy Bacon's useful "AJS & Matchless - The Post War Models" book. You can probably get it through your local library but it's well worth buying - information is power! Some copies appear on eBay or on Amazon from time to time at a lower cost.
[/quote]

Go to the main club website at www.ajs-matchless.com, then look under Club and Books - there's a (used) copy available now at £29.99

Quick link: http://www.ajs-matchless.com/Books.asp

[nvmat1]

Thank you all for your responses. Have the Bacon book so will have a closer look. The fact it was only available to special order by May 1962 is interesting.

[Rob Harknett]

They were probably not selling well,