Rear Carrrier

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altette
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Rear Carrrier

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I wonder if anyone can advise me on where I might find a rear carrier for my bog standard 1955 Matchless G3L - The spares scheme seems to be biased toward riders of 1959 machines with three variants available for this year, two of which are 1959 only !!

A casual look at these racks encourages me to think that they may be persuaded to fit my machine but I don't want to make a wasted purchase (quite Pricey) and then have to sell it on to a '59 rider (All of whom probably have one due to abundant availability !!)..

Any advice gratefully received...
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Taid
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Re: Rear Carrrier

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I think the main difference is due to the width of the rear mudguard .. wider on the earlier bikes .. I bought a used 59 carrier (thinking it was the same to fit to to my 56 16ms , but I found I had to spread the legs to fit it .. after about 6 months one of the legs broke, presumably due to stress cold spreading the legs ..

Open to correction on any of the above ..
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Now sold ... 1956 AJS 16MS Bitsa .. HSU 414 .. rebuilt/re-registered 1987
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Re: Rear Carrrier

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altette wrote: Mon Mar 27, 2023 8:29 pm I wonder if anyone can advise me on where I might find a rear carrier for my bog standard 1955 Matchless G3L - The spares scheme seems to be biased toward riders of 1959 machines with three variants available for this year, two of which are 1959 only !!

A casual look at these racks encourages me to think that they may be persuaded to fit my machine but I don't want to make a wasted purchase (quite Pricey) and then have to sell it on to a '59 rider (All of whom probably have one due to abundant availability !!)..

Any advice gratefully received...
One period option is a Craven carrier there are usually a few used ones at larger bike autojumbles, or they are available new again https://craven-equipment.co.uk/index.php/bikeracks and can usually be made to fit most bikes.
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