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1942 Ex RAF ARIEL W/NG with 1951 Red Hunter 500cc engine, 1949/51 Burman BA gearbox. Steel Red Hunter flywheels, Alpha Bigend. R&M mainbearings. Std. Hepolite piston, new valves / springs. Prewar A6/664 camshaft with oil level modification. Burman BA gearbox revised, new bearings. Prim. chain less then 1000Km. Secd. chain les then 3000Km. 23T engine sprocket 44T clutch sprocket, new kork in plates , new clutch centre. New chainwheels gearbox and rear wheel. W/NG girder fully restored, new taperd legs and n.o.s. bushes & spindles by Jake Robbins, England Front and rear wheel N.O.S. Alloy brakeshoes with new linings . Dutch 'Koets’ saddle . Restored genuine Smiths WD chronometric. New Monobloc 389 with chromed slide. Latest generation Alton 12V dynamo (works!) with Podronics rectifier. Beck Elektronika 12V ignition. Odyssey 12V battery. Altette with 12V Nippon claxon inside. Miller 6”headlamp (poss. Sarolea) with LED. Rearlight original Lucas L 564 with Beck Elektronica LED . All tinware genuine Ariel - NO Indian repro parts fitted ! - Own production : Part No. 6155-35 : lower Altette bracket - Part No. 6170-37 : AVC cover Part No. 4901-46 steering damper - Part No. 1520-29 : Magnetic bolt sumpplate – rear number plate. Battery holder & strap. This is no Trailer Queen !, I't build by me, riding Red Hunters since 1978, not much I dont know about them. The 500cc Red Hunter engine gives it plenty of poke. Busy with a new project so the W/NG can go, but does not need to ! After restoration ± 3000km in 2017 8750,- Euro -no bidding, no canvassing, no tire kickers please- contact via email : vincent-at-vincentvanginneke-dot-com

A bit of progress :

On a site called speedtracktales I found this picture. First period color picture I see of Ariel W/NG's. On this site ( http://speedtracktales.com/2013/11/09/remembrance-sunday-2013-motorcyclists-at-war/ ) the picture is reversed, it took me a while before I realised the bikes where Ariels. I think the Ariels are factory fresh as they look very clean, and some brown wrapping paper lies around.

Hello Niels. Nice W/NG, apart from the things you already know I see that the mudguards are not Ariel. They should have a rib running over the centre. These look like coming from a Matchless G3L. Also missing the lower rear chainguard. But, in all a good bike ! just enjoy like it is, the correct parts will show up in due time. regards, Vincent

Hello Radek, Second engine is from a Ariel MB32 sidevalve. Only strange thing about it is the circulair 'housing' on the timing case. Have not seen that before. Link to another MB32 : http://www.yesterdays.nl/ariel-1932-mb350-350cc-p-2430.html regards, Vincent.

G'day from Holland. New to HMVF so let me introduce myself; my name is Vincent and live in the Netherlands or as I prefer to write: 'Holland'. Have done -at that time compulsory- service with the Dutch Infantry, but that was long ago, 1977. Longer ago my father and his brother served in the Prinses Irene Brigade, my uncle as 'Engelandvaarder' from 1940 and my father from 1944. Both in what was called 'de Trein' (the Train) I think sometimes reffered to as a L.A.D. Light Aid Detachment, but I could be mistaken with that. Back to me, while in service I bought my first motorcycle, a Ariel VH from 1951. That was my only transport for a couple of years. From '84 I ride a BMW R75/5 and I still do. In fact it's such a boring motorcycle that I bought a Norton alongside to keep spannering. I am still spannering on that one. In 2005 I bought a 1945 Ariel NG. Found out that it was ordered by the Dutch Government during the war by a Dutch organisation in London called N.O.R.R. (Netherlands Organisation for Relief & Rehabilitation) . My bike is one of 400 ordered straight from the factory by the NORR. It was build in November '45. At the moment I am the third keeper of the Ariel. First owner was a Dockyard Engineer that used the Ariel for dutys in the (completely destroyed) harbor of Rotterdam just after the war. Fast Forward now ...2 weeks ago a long standing motorcycle friend asked me if I would be interested in the wreckage of a burnt Ariel W/NG. As you can see the complete engine & gearbox are gone. Perhaps the cilinder and cilinderhead can be saved. Also all brass fittings have disappeared, I think the heat must have been near 1080 to do that. I am going to check if the heat has had any effect on the soldered frametubes in the lugs. Amazingly there still is some paint left here & there. That would indicate that the heat has not been uniform over the whole bike. Probably the oil saturated engine and gearbox generated the most of the heat. Hopefully frame and fork can be saved as I intend to rebuilt it. Through a list on the website of Draganfly (Ariel spares) I learned that this W/NG was in the RAF. That's it for now, all the best to you all and If anyone has any advice with regard to the W/NG, do tell me.(and yes, I know I am nuts wanting to restore it) Thanks.