Hi all you Arielophiles, But would anyone out there known the whereabouts of a switch element pt. no. 45490063 for a Ryobi HT550 electric hedge trimmer (a small 'v' shape white plastic piece). It is supposedly obsolete but there has to be one out there somewhere? \.../ JohnB John, Have you tried: h...

It gives me inspiration and more confidence for a much smaller trip I am about to take, old but not Ariel! Now you're teasing us Jade . . . . . Watchagot . . Watchagot . . . :?: :?: :?: :lol: (from one who is restoring a 1931 500cc Panther that he intends to take to Sweden one day ;) ). Bob.

When I had a four pipe Square Four (back in the 60s/early 70s) the advice was to try different sets of coupling gears in order to get a pair with the tightest fit. I had four sets back then. The set I used still clunked at tickover when the motor was hot but were tight enough to whine a bit when col...

An excellent adventure - all the more so because it ended well with just enough problems to make it a bit of a challenge :D . Well done to both of you (you'll be wanting to 'push the envelope' again before long ;) ). Those are fantastic roads for motorcycling :mrgreen: It looks a great place to live...

It looks, and sounds, good on the road.

Thanks for posting this, its a fascinating read.

Off-topic . . Is that blue & yellow car sneaking up behind at the start a Lea Francis (or a Riley) ??

Bob.

Nice! Fraser Nashes were chain driven hence they were referred to as "The Chain Gang" :) . Back in 1970 I was in Ramsey, IOM with my Square Four when a fellah came out of a shop with his shopping and said "Ah, a Square Four, I've got one of those, do you want to see it?". Silly q...

Keith, 'Chronos' have mounting plates and chuck combinations. Its a good site for info as well. http://www.chronos.ltd.uk/cgi-bin/ss000001.pl?RANDOM=NETQUOTEVAR%3ARANDOM&PAGE=SEARCH&SO=1_3_4_0&SS=chuck+mounting&ACTION=Search&TB=A&PR=-1&GB=A&SX=0 My 1950s Denford Vicer...

This sounds like a fantastic trip - best wishes to you both.

Keep safe and lets see some pictures .

Bob

And its a HAPPY NEW YEAR from a sunny and dry Edinburgh . . . Quick, where's the camera. I saw the new year in and then watched the Edinburgh fireworks - from the lounge window :lol: Hopefully I'll get out on the bikes more in 2013, no Ariels but the Beemers are going strong. Have a great 2013 y'all...

Also ,check for cracked flywheels,it very common,and often goes unnoticed until the bike is run.I have a model 70,with both flywheels cracked.Second gear is broken too.Regards John. Thanks for the tip, I'll pass it on to the Panther owner. I rebuild BMW 'Airhead' gearboxes for members of http://ukg...