Ariel Owners MotorCycle Club

Nick, are you doing this with the box in the bike...or on the bench? Nick, the reason I asked is because I've done this many times on the bench with the gearbox being held in the vice by the mainshaft clutch bearing surface with open box facing upwards. In this situation, it just a matter of assemb...

Nick, are you doing this with the box in the bike...or on the bench?

Hi John, Yep...3 too many cylinders without a doubt! We're in luck I think. I still have 2 new Viton seals that I used on the Sloper and I've just dug them out. They are 20 x 26 x 4...and having just measured the sprocket boss diameter (22.8mm) and the crankcase hole diameter (23.7mm), these look pe...

John, A couple of photos from a crankcase that apparently has never been used....came from Healey works I think. The hole measures 0.935" When I restored my Sloper in 2012, I had a similar issue and didn't want to dismantle the engine etc. In the end, I resorted to carefully opening up the dama...

Looking good Paul. Over the past 3 months, and while my Red Hunter is off the road with a broken rear mudguard hinge, my '48 KG has really grown on me. And a mate has just bought a '51 KH. Both pictured below. That tyre looks great --- not a name I'm familiar with --- where did you buy it & cost...

I do find it strange that we're almost at the position where some models of SQ4s are selling at the same price as similar condition Black Ariels. Prices on the latter have risen over the last 24 months while prices for SQ4s have stagnated and, in some cases, fallen. Paul I can imagine, but I think ...

I've been battling with the mudguards from day one --- they have been the worst aspect of this restoration. Under layers of paint on the top, and some sort of bitumen underneath, they are not in a good shape. A MIG-welding friend has managed to salvage the rear one but having had both gently bead bl...

paul.jameson wrote:Did you spray the wheelbuilding jig for practise first?

No, but it does look like it!

Six months since my last update :( . I'd like to say that progress is slow but steady, but in truth, it is slow and erratic. In my defence, back in April, a friend and I bought three oily rag 1930 Douglas S6/T6 motorcycles and we've had fun re-commissioning those and riding them. Here they are in Mi...

Bob.Murphy wrote:I've never seen a 'Green Lane' with tarmac & white lines before .

Nor me

And a chromed plated rear stand on the 4G.