Download or read book Motorcycle Apprentice - Matchless - in name & reputation written by W, A. ‘Bill’ Cakebread and published by David and Charles. This book was released on 2015-07-09 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A young Londoner had only one ambition in life – to work with motorcycles. That simple wish led to an apprenticeship that was to change Bill Cakebread's life forever as the training that Associated Motorcycles Limited provided enabled achievements that he never dreamed possible. This book gives a unique insight to the atmosphere and excitement of working in a motorcycle factory. It is an inspiring story, supported by a host of period photographs and rare documents, which provides a fascinating record of work within the British motorcycle industry in the final years of its decline into oblivion.