race in the first Isle of Man TT, held in 1907.

In 1938, Matchless and AJS became part of Associated Motorcycles (AMC), but continued producing models under their own marques. During the amalgamations that occurred in the British motorcycle industry in the 1960s, the four-stroke Matchless twin was replaced with the Norton twin, ending a long history of independent production. By 1967, the Matchless