Very nice little 250cc.

Blimey, 9 years. I remember this thread was one of the first stories I read on here, when I had only had my SQ4 a few weeks. There's four Ariels in the workshop now! I know Simon, and its actually closer to 10 years as the auction was in July 2011. Scary how time slips by without you really noticin...

Why don't you guys start a new topic instead of adding to my 9 year old one?

An update. After today's run, I've now done a total of 315 miles on the 4G and all seems to be well..better than I expected if I'm honest. For the last 80 miles, I've been running it on Halfords Classic 20/50 oil, same as my '48 KG which also has shell bearings and a cartridge filter --- both bikes ...

The horn bracket is the correct way up

The third and final Ariel that I'm selling. 1948 KG 500. The first year of Ariel's new twin. And this bike has all those unique 1948/9 features like the "ARIEL TWIN" timing cover, the shaped / contoured Lucas dynamo, early crankshaft & cases, CP gearbox ('48 only), poor turning circle ...

I'm going to buck the trend and speak out in favour of bonded plates. On a couple of bikes, one an Ariel 4F and the other a Matchless Silver Hawk, I have lost all clutch lever control due to cork plates getting too hot in heavy town traffic. This happened about 20 years ago --- in fact, the only rea...

Paul Miles does have some nice old horses and he does shop and change, maybe he will offer you one that you can't refuse. Paul and I are good friends and we often ride together. But he would never own / ride an Ariel and I would never own / ride a Velo. Weird, isn't it? I do like his Zenith though....

Hi, just curious as to your dislike of Velo’s ? You obviously know your onions , looking at your fabulous 4F , so wondered what was behind it ? (I’m not defensive of them btw, I don’t own one but I’ve had one though) I've never owned one Dave so I shouldn't be so unkind. But having been in the VMCC...