1945/46 Ariel NG

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1945/46 Ariel NG

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On lock down but every cloud as they say, so I dragged the old Ariel out of the garage
and though it last ran 30 odd years ago I have it running.


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Re: 1945/46 Ariel NG

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What a lovely old lady! Almost as young as me! I was just reading Frank Westworth about his square four in this month's Real Classic!
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Re: 1945/46 Ariel NG

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Looks far too good not to be in regular use...
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Re: 1945/46 Ariel NG

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Wont be long before it's back were it belongs, riding round the local lanes.
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Re: 1945/46 Ariel NG

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And the dynamo's working!!
Amazed the magneto is, after 30 years - does it start again when hot?
My first Brit bike (in '66) was a '57 NH; my re-introduction to old bikes was a '54 NH around 20 years ago; and I really enjoyed my '57 Huntmaster and '28 Model C...
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Re: 1945/46 Ariel NG

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Stunning bike, is it a young red hunter prototype.
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Re: 1945/46 Ariel NG

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It seems to start ok hot or cold but that may change when it gets rely hot,
it was made just after the war as a touring motorcycle using the prewar
trials frame that had been used with mods for the military WNG, the
Red Hunters were a slightly more sporting bike with a lower frame though
you need to look at them side by side to tell.
I've had 2 Red Hunters and a VB 600 side valve in the passed did over
22000 miles on one of the Red Hunters.
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Re: 1945/46 Ariel NG

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"Real" Ariels were good sturdy machines. I rode a KH twin ( 1958? ) in the late 1960s until it was written off by a mini van driven by an apparently blind driver. Living in student accommodation at the time I had no option but to let it go and I regret that to this day.
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Re: 1945/46 Ariel NG

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They are certainly not fragile, the thing isn't fast but it pulls like a train.
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Re: 1945/46 Ariel NG

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It's magnificent Ralph, beautifully original! But why hasn't it been run for 30 years??

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