Matchless WD G3L

[mrclark303]

Hi Geoff, very cool looking bike mate, I haven't ridden in years, but that just gives me the urge to get some flies in my teeth again!

Well done, how has the addition to the fleet gone down with the boss?

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[bigduke6]

Hi Geoff, very cool looking bike mate, I haven't ridden in years, but that just gives me the urge to get some flies in my teeth again!

Well done, how has the addition to the fleet gone down with the boss?

Not too bad, her phone box is coming along between the weather and the Garden nearly done, plus it was items in the " toy box what paid for it, (like most here, its a build up from years of buying selling etc) to be honest if the Guy took credit card I would have an Ariel and a lovely looking Indian .......

Could you describe the controls on the left handlebar? I'm guessing that they may be the clutch, or throttle lock and choke or spark advance? Is it positive ground? Sorry for the stupid questions but you don't get to see many really cool bikes like that one around my parts anymore just the usual overpriced garish user friendly wanna bee's with sawed off pipes. Between this post and the one with the Red Matchless makes me want to build/ride some more.

The main lever is the Clutch, the one that sits on top (brass one with what looks like a nut) is the magneto advance and retard lever, the one its own which i guess was someones preference of how they wanted it is the decompression lever, on the right side (which is missing) you would have the same brass type lever which controls the air in take on the carb, bit like a choke.