Ron Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 thanks Jan. Ron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingfleasteve Posted October 24, 2020 Author Share Posted October 24, 2020 I have found one!!! Arrived this week, a little bit of surface rust but very solid and will clean up lovely! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welbike Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 Nice one! I saw there was a postwar one on Ebay, it went for 72 pounds or so. Cheers, Lex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flying_flea Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 On 10/24/2020 at 9:50 AM, flyingfleasteve said: I have found one!!! Arrived this week, a little bit of surface rust but very solid and will clean up lovely! Must be the right month for air filters as I just got one too 😀 after 3 1/2 years looking for one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingfleasteve Posted October 27, 2020 Author Share Posted October 27, 2020 Very nice!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rewdco Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 Looks like a different air filter (?) on this one...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingfleasteve Posted October 30, 2020 Author Share Posted October 30, 2020 Great Photo... never seen this before......very interesting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 (edited) I'd like to see the whole picture. But it must be a pre production bike (looks like that one has been on test) Here's a catalogue picture with the long civy mudguards and the air filter with a choke, which is unnecessary as the ML has it's own choke unit in front of the filter. Ron Edited October 31, 2020 by Ron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welbike Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 Here's the whole picture, but I will ask a friend if he can come up with a high res. scan. Lex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 Something odd about that picture Lex! There's a tele fork Ariel Square 4 in the background??? Ron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welbike Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 (edited) Yes, now you mention it!! but it looks to me like they fitted a pair of Teledraulics on a prewar Squariel. here another picture of the same bike in some army trials. Have more pictures of this same bike, but not very clear, have to order the whole series I guess. Lex Edited October 31, 2020 by welbike additional info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rewdco Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 Think the tele-Ariel was Artur Bourne's personal hack. Remember reading this somewhere... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 That explains the mud on Jan's Hi Res! Did Ariel have tele's in 1943? Somehow the picture looks superimposed to me.....Hey Ho! Ron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welbike Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 No, the picture is real!! here the complete scans of the Blue un article. Lex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welbike Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 Forgot this one. Lex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welbike Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 (edited) I just got word that the Flea in the article still exists and the logbook for it was first issued to Arthur Bourne!!! Cheers, Lex Edited October 31, 2020 by welbike additional info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 It's just that there's something strange about the picture with the Sq4. Looks like the ML is superimposed??? Just not heard of Ariel teles during the war.......Perhaps they're Matchless forks??? Ron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rewdco Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 I knew I had seen it somewhere... 😁 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 Ah Ha! Matchless as I suggested! That clears that up! 🙂 Ron 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welbike Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 Ron, I had already said that above!! But so they are the wider "heavyweight ones, maybe from the Sunbeam bike ? Cheers, Lex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welbike Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 Is there anyone here, who has an original cable holder for the 2 wires to the headlamp? it's a bit like the Norton one, but less the clip. Please post a picture, or if you have one for sale, let me know. Cheers, Lex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 (edited) Steve Madden told me that it was the same ring as on the Norton clip, so I used one of mine with a broken spring clip. Removed the spring clip and spaced it off with an extra 2BA nut. No extra nut is shown in the parts list, so I guess it was screwed directly to the fork. Ron Edited November 16, 2020 by Ron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welbike Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 Thanks Ron, Steve will have to try and make a picture! he's talking about it, but we rivet counters like to get it 110% correct! Cheers, Lex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 I await the findings! Steve doesn't come on here lately so it seems I'm missing out again due to FB. 😪 Ron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingfleasteve Posted November 16, 2020 Author Share Posted November 16, 2020 Hi Gents. I have an original one of these.....currently not fitted......il take some pics now 👍 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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