The British motorcycle magazine, 'Motor Cycling' (November 6, 1947) cover exclaims, "AJS Quality Motorcycles - The Choice of the Experts in Trials & Scrambles". The magazine's headline is accompanied by a pic of AJS works rider, Hugh Viney, tearing it up in the Scottish countryside.
Hugh Viney and the AJS works team dominated the Scottish Six Day Trials in the Post-War years (there was no SSDT from 1940-'46) winning the 1947 Trial on an AJS 16MC in his first attempt - then repeated the victory the following year and made it three in a row in 1949.
Viney was one of Britain's best-ever trials riders, aboard an AJS he captained their Trophy team to victory in the 1953 International Six Days Trial (ISDT) in Czechoslovakia.
Bonham's auctioned the very same, Hugh Viney, ISDT Trophy-winning, 1953 AJS 498cc Model 20 on June 20, 2015. The AJS sold for $24,372 (£16,100).
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