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Dave Rop..er's Daytona Vintage Race winner
Team Obsolete's
Matchless GSO
By Don Laurino
Team Obsolete is in the business of road
racing vin ta ge motorcycles. To date this
Matchless GSO has been the team 's most successful ven tu re, winning vintage races both
here and overseas wit h th eir
most recent major vict ory com.
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m g at aytona.
Team Manager Ro bert Ian nucci a nd rider Dave Roper came
together three years ago to campaign
the G50. They share the wrenching
duties a nd have managed to accurnulat e an impressive. r.ecor~ wit h this
twen ty-year-ol d British single.
Pro d uced from 1959 to '62 the
Match less G50 was co nsidered to be
the world's finest privateer GP mount.
The G50 was essentially a 500ccdevelopment of the famous AJS 7R " Boy
Specifications
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