Ariel Owners MotorCycle Club

You are right on the headlamp glass Ray - I must remember to look more closely. I don't think the Lucas U pattern was used on Ariels. 1938 did have the domed glass - for the one year - but breaking headlamp glasses is easy enough and you replace with whatever you can find at the time, especially if ...

I think the headlamp glass is correct for 1938 only. I didn't think the steering damper knob of this type was used pre-war but one learns all the time. Oil gauge is post war and the front brake lever is inside out. But one very, very good bike in terms of originality.

The larger lathe may well be needed, but I delivered half a dozen items I knocked out on my lathe to the North Yorkshire Moors Railway last week. It never ceases to amaze me the crossover of interest between railways and Ariels. What I have learned though, is that the filthiest Ariel is spotlessly c...

The Ariel Motors Limited silencer should have a "tea leaf" just inside the inlet pipe. If your silencer has a rattle when shaken, the tea leaf has fallen off, as is common. If it doesn't rattle, the tea leaf was never fitted ! Either way, a "pepperpot" on the inlet into the silen...

The only difference between a 1953 KHA and a 1954-57 KH is that the KHA has an alloy cylinder with cast iron liners wheras the KH has a cast iron cylinder. The two types of cylinder are interchangeable. The alloy cylinder has a tendency to crack the alloy. The central bolt between the cylinders will...

I am accustomed to verbal abuse at AOMCC gatherings, particularly from those I know well, but Bob Ward's post is a first.

It will be a very sad day indeed, Adrie, when you are no longer a Club Member. Your knowledge and expertise is second to none, especially in the Veteran era. Even if you no longer ride, please stay with us.

There are two ways to fit the pushrods on a cast iron Square. One is to put them into the head, followed by the rockers and shafts, which then gives you every chance to move the head gaskets out of line with the bottom of the push rods when you fit the head. I think this is the method the Works anti...

That, Adrie, is too much of a challenge to ignore. Are you feeling well? The 1935 500 has a 1938-on front brakeplate, incorrect exhaust leg shields, incorrect top panel paintwork and a chromed tank panel which didn't come in until 1938. It also has a 1938 - onward clutch lever on the gearbox and the...

No, you don't need the second breather. I ran my 1937 RH for many years and miles with only the breather on the back of the case with no problems.