Matchless is one of the oldest marques of British motorcycles with the first models manufactured at the start of the 20th century.
Matchless Silver Hawk was a Bert Collier designed motorcycle produced by Matchless in 1931 and introduced at the Motorcycle Show at Olympia, London as one of two up-market four-cylinder machines from two manufacturers; the Silver Hawk whose production would last less than four years and the Ariel Square Four, whose production lasted into the 1950s.