100 YEARS OF AJS – A CELEBRATION

August 1910 saw the launch of the first ‘True’ AJS with both cycle parts and engine manufactured by the Stevens family having formed the A J Stevens & Co Ltd (AJS) in November 1909.

The AJS & Matchless Owners Club is promoting a series of events throughout 2010 to mark the centenary. The key event is a run for AJS Machines spread over two days on Saturday 3^rd and Sunday 4^th July linking Wolverhampton, the birthplace of AJS, to Plumstead in London the final manufacturing base in the ‘Classic’ period. The run will be escorted by Club members throughout the route and can be joined at any of the ‘Section Changeover Points’ throughout the route. The run will end with a display at the old Woolwich Arsenal site opposite the former AMC Factory in Plumstead on Sunday 4^th July.

The run will include an overnight stop at a Hotel in the Guildford area with a meal and entertainment provided and including a number of ex-Factory Employees and Special Guests to re-tell their tales of ‘Life at Plumstead’.

The event is open to All-comers. Application Forms for the event are available by clicking on the link at the top or the bottom of this page.

Entries for the run close on 30th April 2010 to ensure inclusion in the programme and qualification for the issue of a ‘Commemorative Run Pack’. Enquiries for the event in the interim can be addressed to centennial@jampot.com

Events on the Sunday will include demonstration runs featuring a number of Famous Sporting products of Plumstead. Appearances by a series of Special Guests closely associated with the models through the years including runs on machines that made them famous. In addition a display – both static and running, of at least one machine from every year of AJS production throughout the 100 Years.

Trade Stands including a display of the current range of AJS machines, imported by AJS of Andover will be in place through the day together with an AutoJumble