AJS V-Twin World Speed Record attempt replica motorcycle

In this video our friend Richard Johns tell us the story of how he built an AJS OHC V-Twin from scratch in his shed. The bike is actually a replica of a 1930s AJS motorcycle that was built to challenge the World Speed Record.

// FIND OUT MORE ABOUT RICHARD JOHNS AND HIS PROJECTS
YouTube: richard johns

// ABOUT THE CLASSIC MOTORCYCLE CHANNEL
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// CHANNEL PARTNERS
- Dave Mitchell. Dave owns and runs a classic motorcycle workshop called Mitchell's Classics.
- John Oakes. John is a classic motorcycle enthusiast, rider and restorer and works closely with us on all our video content.
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// A BIG THANK YOU TO
- Richard for taking the time out of his day to show us his bikes.
- John Oakes for referring us to Richard in the first place.

/ PHOTO CREDITS
- Thijs Lempens from Yesterday's Antique Motorcycles for allowing us to their photo of the Ariel Model G using in this video.

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[stevoStevo-txcq]

British Men in their world class engineering. Awesome work.

[donparker]

This is just fabulous! Reminds me of Mr. Millyard and his V twins. No wonder Britannia Ruled the Waves for so long.

[rfmrs]

This is awesome and amazing. The great British shed builder, can’t beat em. Hats off to the unbelievable knowledge and skill. Sounds amazing too!

[jamesmoon]

Well done that Man, I'm 70 yrs old, and a biker back in the day. To see this fella bring back into existence these gorgeous machines brings a tear to my eye and a lump in my throat. We live in terrible times, with the boys clubs around the world running us all into extinction for there profit and Gain. This lift's the veils of corruption to bring a little sunshine of hope to my fellow brothers and sisters around a sad planet. Bless that Man.

[Norton]

Beautifully engineered, built and running bike, a credit to you sir. Sounds fantastic too. Cheers from Australia.

[del.]

A true labor of love...Thank you for sharing your bike with us lesser skilled motorheads. It is absolutely gorgeous.

[randallburgess]

This man is amazing! He did his own engineering, designing, molding and produced his own parts to make his own replica of 3 different motorcycles!

[philroberts]

Beautiful bikes, amazing craftsmanship. A joy to behold.

[dogsbody]

My jaw is on the floor! You make somethig bordering on impossible sound easy. Great.

[dogpaw]

man oh man!, this gives me the fizz, The stance, the motor package and the engineering execution make me once gain feel like that ape in 2001 space odyssey .

[tinymotogarage]

Absolutely incredible. Proper British craftsmanship at work there - back to when guys would build amazing things in their "sheds". I am available for immediate adoption by the way (well-used, balding 50's with odd accent in Mexico - but whatever - just throwing it out there 😀)

[GaryT]

Fascinating! I am in awe of your machining and fabrication skills...just brilliant

[desmckenzie]

Sir, you are some sort of genius and I am green with envy at your skills.
Happy trails !

[nick]

3.5 years is incredibly short for such a big project. good job

[twinphill]

There are some clever people, this man is definitely one.

[oldschoolmotorsickle]

Proper, indeed.
It makes most “custom” motorcycles look kinda weak. I’m a Yank, and most of our builders create parade floats.

[kittysinkoff]

Thank you Mr. Johns, you made my day. What a pleasure to see you hold a giant middle finger to all those who say "you can't DO that".
Long live your spirit !

[NiallSmith]

It baffles me how these blokes do this. Incredible.

[Rapidlaser]

The world is a richer place with guys like Richard in it, sadly guys like him are dwindling in numbers, just beautiful.

[XREOO_e_NCO]

Absolutely no words to describe the grandeur of this incredible work of yours.
I send here my CONGRATULATIONS from Brazil.