Talk:List of AMC motorcycles

Add to the list?
There are so many AJS and Matchless models that reappear (and disappear) in different years it can get quite confusing so please add to this list if you can Tony (talk) 17:58, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

New Category for British Motorcycles
As part of the Motorcycling WikiProject I am working though all the missing articles and stubs for British Bikes. To make things easier to sort out I have created a category for British motorcycles. Please will you add to any British motorcycle pages you find or create. It will also help to keep things organised if you use the Template:Infobox Motorcycle or add it where it is missing. I've linked the Category to the Commons British Motorcycles so you could help with matching pics to articles or adding the missing images to the Commons - take your camera next time you go to a rally! Thanks Tony (talk) 17:58, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

Has this category the right name and scope?
This category lists only those AJS & Matchless models that Associated Motorcycles produced. The colloquial use of "AMC" to mean "models common to AJS and Matchless" may be widespread, but it is also ambiguous and I at least find it confusing. AMC also owned, at various times, Sunbeam, Norton, James and Francis-Barnett. On the other hand, as this category is a list of "AMC" models it excludes pre-1931 AJS and Matchless models, and the 1968-2000 AJS Stormer and the 1987-1990's Matchless G80. I would add the AJS 7R (1948-58) and Matchless G50 (1958-63) to the list, but I'm not sure precisely which versions of these OHC singles were produced each year! AJS & Matchless' combination of a 35-year shared history, plus separate histories before and after the Collier brothers bought out the Stevens brothers of course creates a challenge to anyone trying to define helpful categories for the two makes' products. Any thoughts please as to how best to do it? Motacilla (talk) 00:33, 1 December 2008 (UTC)