Good Lord that's a piece of work !
Did you use a Keyway Broach to cut those slots ??

My first thought was to use a choke cable splitter - then I realised that this is for brakes so needs to be substantial. Nice job !

Bob.

I spoke to Dick Warne and it turns out that the TLS brake on his 'HS' is a Lester Grant Mk I. I should have known as I have one as well: DSCN4431.JPG DSCN4432.JPG DSCN4441A.jpg DSCN4442A.jpg I didn't find the Mk I to be any improvement over the standard brake so spoke to Lester. He told me he had ch...

Allan,

I spoke to Dick Warne and he suggested I sent you his e-mail address; he is happy to discuss TLS brake conversions.

You have a PM.

Bob.

p.s. I have a Lester Grant Mk IV TLS brake on my 'VH' - its very good.

I've read somewhere that an Ariel owner fitted a tls drum front wheel from an 'airhead' BMW. Does anyone have any information about this? Dick Warne fitted a BMW 'Airhead' front wheel to his VH. He reports a great improvement over the original. Dick's 1954 Ariel 'VH' with BMW front wheel - 20150717...

I've looked at BSA/Triumph 7" and 8" brakes, John. It would seem that a pair of fork legs (or just the sliders?) with bolt-on end caps would be necessary for the spindle - or have people who have used these brakes made a spindle which passes-through, like the original Ariel one? If so, wh...

Strangley enough I have never had a problem with a grabby FWH rear brake, wet or dry and have never heard of anyone else having a grabby rear brake. David Back in the late '60s/early '70s I had a '57 VB (in black - headlamp cowl, FW hubs, FERC and so on). On a damp morning the rear brake would cert...

Oooo nasty! Its something I always worry about when towing. It sounds as though your trailer has a narrow track - is it one of those folding jobs ?? Some details - with a picture or two - would be interesting. I bought a two-bike trailer, where a single bike uses a central channel. It has a decent, ...

I've used 'Lumiweld' successfully on small jobs (filling holes where the thread stripped and so on). I keep a load of rods in readiness as its a useful process. I also have a MIG and TIG welders. I repaired a Horse Trailer alloy partition with the MIG, using alloy wire, Argon shielding gas and with ...

I've also installed over 100m of SWA cable, only to find that one conductor had a break inside, grrr. So experiance has taught me nothing is 100%, 100% of the time. Paul DOH :roll: . . I've just installed 35 metres of 4-core 10sq/mm SWA cable - but I haven't tested it yet. Fingers crossed. ;) Bob.

Welcome to the wonderful world of Ariel singles, Steve - and welcome to the Club.

Whereabouts are you . . . . We may be able to get someone over to give you a hand and advice ??

A few pictures of your 'new' bike would be good as well .

Bob.