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[[File:Matchless Model X.jpg|left|thumb|Matchless Model X]] | [[File:Matchless Model X.jpg|left|thumb|Matchless Model X]] | ||
In the last few years before the outbreak of the Second World War, [[Brough-Superior]] had switched from [[JAP]] power units, to employ instead the 990 cc [[Matchless]] vee-twin — side-valve for the [[Brough | In the last few years before the outbreak of the Second World War, [[Brough-Superior]] had switched from [[JAP]] power units, to employ instead the 990 cc [[Matchless]] vee-twin — side-valve for the [[Brough Superior SS80]], overhead-valve for the [[Brough Superior SS100|SS100]]. Yet the odd thing was that Matchless themselves offered a very pleasant vee-twin tourer, with precisely the same engine as supplied to Brough-Superior and just as well-equipped. It was just that George Brough charged £9O for his SS80, while Matchless, without all the ballyhoo and razzmatazz of Brough salesmanship, listed their Model X at only £69 15s! | ||
In fact the Matchless factory had been noted for big vee-twins since before the First World War, originally with engines by MAG or JAP, but by the mid-'thirties the Model X enjoyed a gently bovine engine designed and built on the Flumstead premises. It was 'designed for the big-twin enthusiast and, of course, with a special eye for heavy-duty sidecar work', to which end the 1936 version had been given more robust rear frame members. | In fact the Matchless factory had been noted for big vee-twins since before the First World War, originally with engines by MAG or JAP, but by the mid-'thirties the Model X enjoyed a gently bovine engine designed and built on the Flumstead premises. It was 'designed for the big-twin enthusiast and, of course, with a special eye for heavy-duty sidecar work', to which end the 1936 version had been given more robust rear frame members. | ||