Dear fellow enthusiasts,

I am curious how to distinguish an original Altette horn from a replica. Are there any markings different on original horns?

Thanks

Dear fellow enthusiasts,

I recently visited Hyderabad, India. Here was a lineup of British bikes as static display at a wedding party. People here often display curious items at parties. The Ariel paint scheme looks appropriate for a party!

Dear fellow enthusiasts, I hope riding season is to a good start. We are still waiting for some warm weather here in Minnesota. I am curious about shelf life of petrol left in motorcycle tanks. It is common wisdom that petrol left in tanks is going to lose volatile components. I am curious if any of...

Dear fellow enthusiasts, I don’t intend to offend anyone but this most likely is a scam. The photos of same bike were uploaded on another website in December 2012. If you look carefully at Ebay listing, the first two photos have copyright information inscribed in faint font (devo4kaskerco). When you...

Interesting selection of machines. I in fact just posted this question in the general forum: Dear fellow enthusiasts, This is a general question and not specific to Ariels. I am curious if you had an experience with Bonhams auctions. I am thinking of bidding on a couple of motorcycles. I want to kno...

Dear fellow enthusiasts, This is a general question and not specific to Ariels. I am curious if you had an experience with Bonhams auctions. I am thinking of bidding on a couple of motorcycles. I want to know how the final pricing works. If the highest bid is let’s say 100 pounds, how much additiona...

Dear fellow enthusiasts, A reminder that not all plastics can handle petrol. I was using this measuring container from kitchen to prepare a 2T mix for my Scott. I left the petrol in the container overnight and the results were obvious. Petrol just went through the plastic container. The Scott ran fi...

Hi Chris, this is Kumar from Minnesota. I will buy this if still available. I also sent you a private message. Please call 612-four-3-eight-711-nine. Thanks.

Dear fellow enthusiasts, I am quite amused to learn how Square Fours keep popping up here in USA. I called two gentlemen in recent days to enquire about other machines. During conversation, both gents said, "by the way I also have a Square Four." It seems many of these are used as display ...

Dear Tony and fellow enthusiasts, Attached are photos of my 1951 NH and 1945 Triumph 3HW (also imported from India) and 1950 Norton Big 4 (imported from Egypt). This probably is not the correct forum but it would be interesting to see photos of Ariels and other British bikes re-imported from India a...