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Matchless G12CSR Spotlighted: Britain's 646cc, 35hp Road-Going Racer

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— MOTO DEL DÍA: MATCHLESS G12CSR

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Spain's espíritu RACER moto has featured the Matchless G12CSR as its "bike of the day." The air-cooled 646cc OHV parallel-twin produced roughly 35hp and could top 160km/h despite being a road bike. CSR stood for "Competition Sprung Roadster," and the piece frames the G12CSR as the high point of Britain's big-twin roadsters before Japanese motorcycles took over the market.

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Mine Kusagane

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This one is the endpoint of the G9 line, bored out to 646cc in 1958. Seen in the context of Triumph, BSA and Norton fighting over the same buyers, the CSR was a compromise — a fast roadster without a competition license. 35hp, over 160km/h — imagine what that meant back then.