Ariel Owners MotorCycle Club

One for the "Cruel Indignities" file.

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Interesting bike on Ebay Australia.

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This bike was mentioned in Cheval: April 1985 on p22. Looks like Frank had the number plate for a long while, SA1 was stolen in 1954. Here is a clipping from the "Adelaide News" 23 March 1954 p30. We can assume he recovered it. My (unreliable) spies tell me it stayed in the family, initial...

In my case it was a loose ratchet. I can't explain why. Here's the reference from Waller.

First I changed all bushes that were out of tolerance as per Simes chart. The layshaft bushes were at end of life I think, but they are not replaceable by amateurs as far as I can work out? I replaced the spring box springs and turned over the little squares. I replaced the camshaft pins. I omitted ...

Now resolved. I changed out the gearbox for an unrelated reason as discussed above. To get the primary case to meet the frame lug at the rear, I loosened the engine plates and used a ratchet strap to pivot the engine up and forward a little. The fix seems so obvious now. I did end up putting a washe...

There's been a number of posts over the years about CP/BA boxes jumping out of gear, but not many which have been resolved. I had just done up a BA box, and it was jumping out of third. Referring to Waller, I replaced the gearchange sector/quadrant/ratchet assembly. The ratchet on the original one w...

Hi Lee, I have had lots of trouble sealing the head on a 48 iron twin. My problem was not with compression but untolerable oil leaks around the pushrod holes. I have had the head and block finished flat at the machine shop. I have rubbed them flat with wet and dry on glass. I have tried the block bo...

I rub a bar of soap on the threads, until the thread is full, and use fibre washers. Seems to work alright.

I am not an authority. However, I recently put a sidecar on an Ariel which was already registered in Queensland. I would describe the roadworthyness test as "self assessed" in my instance. These are the rules: 1. Sidecars which bolt directly to the motorcycle’s frame without the need for a...