AJS & Matchless Owners Club
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This listing does not cover every model the factory made since the War, but it should give you the knowledge on how to work each model out.

Marque codes - M = AJS, G = Matchless
(sometimes AJS machines are referred to as Model 16, 16, M16 or 16M, they are all the same thing!).

For example:

• 1949 G3LS - Matchless 350cc Light frame sprung model
• 1962 31CSR - AJS 650cc Competition Sports & Road (often called 'Coffee Shop Racer')
• 1966 G80CS - Matchless 500cc Competition Sports

There are a few things that nobody appears to know the answers to, for instance the meaning of CS or CSR - it depends a great deal on which book you read or which person you speak to.

We'll leave you to make the decision on that!